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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
* Queen Pansy takes the helm of a family empire in dire straits * Autonomy in peril | China voted to rule over Hong Kong * Charity organizations are taking steps into
* Calls for independence — Hong Kong demonstrators face a formidable challenge in reigniting street protests as calls for self-determination rise * Cold war II: India and China move in more troops
* Several former employees of gaming operators are distressed at not being able to return to the city to retrieve their belongings * Gaming: Bernstein forecasts average daily revenue down 103% *
— Fury, Wilder to trade blows in third bout in Macau, not Vegas: Arum * How Covid-19 forced development of virtual events * Classes were suspended yesterday afternoon following the rainstorm signal
* Roaring back — Hong Kong opposition forces ended weeks of social distancing to mount their latest display of resistance, this time against their greatest threat yet * Macau elites report Beijing’s
* Pandemic looms over NPC, CPPCC sessions | Two meetings, one issue * Two top races may be cut from Grand Prix * The new round of the mask supply scheme begins
— Organizers take police ban on Tiananmen vigil to court * Visitor spending plummeted in the first quarter in proportion to the decline in the number of arrivals: DSEC * Anti-corruption report
* Terrific 12 tournament to go ahead amid Covid-19 restrictions * SJM workers seek gov’t help after mass food poisoning case for alleged breach of sick leave entitlement * Local health officials
* Pandemic probe — China releases $2 billion to the WHO, under pressure from a hundred countries for an independent investigation into the epidemic * Melco to shoulder expense of chartered flight
* Lawmakers squabble over dress code amid June Fourth debate * HK watchdog finds police action in protests ‘reasonable’ * The tourism board’s four so-called ‘mega-events’ accounted for 30% of Macau’s tourism
— Zhuhai is charging its own residents for Covid-19 tests but footing the bill for Macau ID holders on the mainland. Why? * HK economy struggles to break free from worst
* MGM Grant — Profiling Grant Bowie, a veteran gaming executive who helped shape Macau * White Dolphin bathes in NAPE waters * World’s largest casino company, Las Vegas Sands, drops its pursuit
— China’s cooling down ‘nationalistic fever’ amid calls for the invasion of Taiwan during the pandemic, while Taipei fights Beijing for a seat in WHO * 696,100 Population increase mainly due
— Hong Kong in talks with Macau, mainland authorities on easing travel restrictions * Bowie leaves MGM China * Maxim Bessmertny’s latest film is an eye into the freelancer life * An operation
* Gov’t reverses June 4 exhibition decision * 20,000 Zhuhai workers to avoid medical observation when headed to Macau * Air Macau’s 25-year concession, due to expire this November, has been extended
–Buses resume Macau-HK service while all residents can test to enter Zhuhai * A Priest Least Holy * Electric buses pose no problem to Middle Bridge, engineer says * Despite price hikes and
* Int’l events doomed – Fireworks contest canceled — what is next? * LRT: Barra station on track * Rosário at the AL: Public works cannot advance without long-awaited master plan * Mainland visitors
— Little do we know * Mask use gets in the way of physical education outdoor activities, experts say * Dragon boat races in June without foreign teams * High courts have dismissed
– It has been Macau’s via crucis where all governments have tumbled or achieved little. Secretary Ao Ieong wants to conquer that path, with medical and sports tourism as cornerstones
– Macau residents vent online over supermarket price hikes, but authorities say there’s no evidence of that. Globally, analysts say price inflation may make a nasty comeback next year * 929,000
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