FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
— Easter holiday visitors equal CNY arrivals, around half a million * HK ferry comeback — Ferry sailings to increase by May as Hong Kong tourist numbers are on the rise * Macau
— The plan to retire pollutant scooters fell short of expectations as gov’t forecasted over 7,600 applications, yet only 1,800 were received * Kwok-yung Yuen | Universal antiviral medications to prevent
— Tourism boom, canceled special offers are giving residents ‘a feeling of a price hike’: Scholar * Environment | Tons of trash washed ashore on Macau coastline * The gov’t is cooperating
* Gaming | Casinos record best month in three years * Public pools keep anti-Covid measures due to ‘change of habits’ * Eligibility for overseas group tour subsidies is being reviewed now
— Taiwan’s Tsai transcontinental trip to Latin America, via US, has all ingredients to be a bumpy one. But despite warnings of retaliation from Beijing, Premier Li tempered the rhetoric
— Lawmakers backing population’s objections to group tours * Travel | AirAsia hopes gov’t incentive attract Thai tourists * Cooperation | Ho meets with Portuguese ambassador to China * Basic Law 30 years:
— As Forum Macau celebrates 20 years, officials seek for ‘new leaps’; local gov’t pledges to bolster cooperation * Education | USJ opens new center for teachers * The government is considering
— Diversification into non-gaming to remain ‘slow’ amid billions in investments: Fitch * GP history in wax * MUST science and technology research and development facility in Coloane expected to open soon,
— A long-time dream of Macau comes true: The city’s own stock exchange, Micro Connect was finally launched * WTT | Macau unveils players line-up with 11 foreigners * Forum Macau turns
— March 18 sees three-year high of single-day visitor arrivals: 96k * Urban life | IAM facelifts Kun Iam promenade * Taste of Edema * With medical facilities to open, more opportunities for
— Top executives from the six gaming concessionaires, among others, will accompany Ho Iat Seng in an official visit to Portugal from April 18-22, with daily events planned at downtown
— President Xi’s visit to Moscow and his ‘poster’ peace plan for Ukraine’s conflict seen as major leap forward to China’s greater prominence in world affairs * Employment | 650 hired
— The government allotted MOP470 million for subsidies on topical projects this year; 214 projects received grants totaling MOP353 million in 2022 * Golf | Macao Open ‘bigger and better’ in
— The city recorded its lowest birth rate in 38 years, death rate is at its highest since 1991 * Sports | Kenyan athletes dominate Sands’ 10K * The number of visitors
— 74% Macau students have poor sleep quality: Study * Gaming | ID not fully aware of big six proposals for sports events * Invisible Monet * Two Kenyan runners will take part
* Dragon Boat | Races launch with more doubts than certainty * Gaming | Palazzo Versace to ‘soft open’ in April * This year’s Macao Arts Festival will have half of its
— For the first time in three years, China will reopen to tourists and resume issuing all visas today * Jonathan Kaufman | Pulitzer prize-winning author presents new book in Macau *
— Collectivism plays part in residents’ mask wearing despite recommendation dropped, experts say * Everything Oscars Michelle Yeoh all at once * New approvals of residential mortgage, commercial property loans fell deeply
‘New Era’ — Xi Jinping secured historic third term as president by the NPC, emerged as China’s most dominant leader in decades; appoints Li Qiang as premier * Grand Prix | Gov’t
— Hotel prices hike driving international, Hong Kong visitors away * Confidential IAM member talks of ‘big project’ near Grand Coloane * Taste of Edesia in Bangkok * By Chinese New Year, Macau’s
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