FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
— Cyprus discovered a new strain of coronavirus that combines the Delta and Omicron variant. Yet, its impact is too early to tell * Associations discouraged from organizing CNY celebrations * Govt:
— The government is contemplates mandating a ‘vaccine bubble’ – requiring people to provide proof of vaccination status before being permitted to enter indoor public and commercial facilities * Xplorer Prize
* Another lockdown — Macau and Hong Kong are banning incoming flights from regions outside mainland China for two weeks in an attempt to stem an emerging omicron outbreak * Cebu Pacific
* Try later — Quarantine hotel rooms fully booked until Chinese New Year * 2022 to be a ‘sports-busy’ year in the city: Pun * GBA integration a priority for new drug administration
* Gaming closes 2021 44% up * Macau 2021-22 | Experts on the ‘age of transformation’ * Three Chinese astronauts in space station Tiangong held a video chat with students in Beijing,
* Hengqin bonds — Companies in the cooperation zone eligible for RMB5.5m support for issuing bonds in Macau: officials * Goodbye 2021 | Party is on-off * Lawmaker Ip Sio Kai suggests gov’t
— Lawmakers expressed discontent over the gov’t’s handling of corruption cases and the misuse of funds causing damage to public purse, fearing reduced public trust * Covid-19 | Omicron surge may
* X’mas bonus — Tourists flood the city and its shopping malls in record numbers during season holidays * China | Advertisements draw flak over Asian stereotypes * Coutinho demands answers about the
— A former high government official and two prominent businessmen were arrested over the Christmas holidays in another major corruption scandal, involving a total of eight suspects * The Horror, The
— Gov’t considers awarding concessions based on ‘quality not quantity’, according to a report on new gaming law’s public consultation released yesterday * Christmas | Festive events to cap off the
— Omicron is leaving the world on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but South Africa’s case drop may show new variant peak has passed * China sanctions on US officials
— A 68-strong delegation of top Chinese athletes arrived in Macau for a three-day visit * TNR | Lawmaker Ma advocates a stricter regime for domestic workers * Halted applications for residency
— Gov’t budget for 2022 deemed unrealistic by lawmakers, economists * Junket crisis | More workers from Suncity call for help, tally rises to 318 * Sin Fong | Legal action to
* Hong Kong | Major fire traps hundreds in Causeway bay tower, 12 injured * House of Dancing Water | Remaining staff laid off, Melco says most were ‘offered alternatives’ * Secretary
* Gaming | Morgan Stanley forecast cut reflects ‘tightened crackdown’ * The end of an era | Albano is leaving tonight! * The government may review the retirement income making the sum
* Interview | Kenneth Feng: Gaming law needs improvements, amendments * Economic association: 16% growth likely in 2022 * The gov’t has completed legislation on instituting advisers to the Committee for Safeguarding
— The cause of Macau’s poor property management services is the lack of room for profit boosting, which could be improved with the introduction of smart city technologies: sustaincia.org * TDM’s
— Macau in a good position to market itself as a travel destination with high-quality offerings as purchasing power grows among millennials: Trip.com CEO, Jane Sun, told the Times in an
— A new association is set to reinforce online livestreaming as a marketing strategy to businesses, which has garnered great success on the other side of the border * Gaming |
* Game over — The Public Prosecutions Office has ordered notaries to immediately suspend the practice of notary acts involving the junket mogul Alvin Chau; Wynn will reportedly shut down VIP
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