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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau, Friday, April 04, 2025
* 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
* National People’s Congress to convene May 22 | Back in business * Wong to push creation of national security protection office * Labor Day traditions halted by Covid-19 as epidemic prevention
* Virus screening to extend to wider community * Gov’t grants Melco until 2022 to fully develop Studio City land plot * Covid-19 provides chance to reflect on diversification failures * Hong Kong
* Lawmakers want answers on casino deal details * Over ten earthquakes above magnitude 2 recorded in Guangdong every month * A Covid-19 patient who was discharged from hospital isolation has tested
— On almost every continent, Chinese envoys have set off diplomatic firestorms with a combative defense whenever their country is accused of mishandling the coronavirus * Former graft buster warns too
– Macau is setting aside billions of patacas under an ambitious plan to capture the mainland tourism market as soon as the pandemic clears * IKEA opens first store as visiting
* Ho Iat Seng rethinking the university model * Carrie Lam reshuffles cabinet * Life returns to the Yangtze as Wuhan normalizes * Macau has again seen a rise in its population
– Despite a negative outlook by rating agencies, local economists say Macau will bounce back as borders reopen * Fearing big election loss, China goes on offensive in Hong Kong * Gaming
* Chief hope: Hengqin could be ‘another Macau’ • Chief messages: – Economic goals need not come at environment’s expense – Public to be consulted on new gaming law later this year – Macau
* The fight ahead — Macau looks for signs Ho Iat Seng has political will to save economy * Back to school again | High schools to restart classes for seniors in
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