Travel bubble has limited buoyancy, says expert

The plan for the Hong Kong-Macau travel bubble has come crashing down again, after the neighboring city detected a locally transmitted case on June 23, bringing a harsh end to

USD12 billion case | Experience considered ‘key factor’ in awarding gaming concession

Carlos Lobo, one of the legal consultants for the Macau Gaming Commission (Commission) responsible for selecting the winning bidders to be awarded gaming concessions in the early 2000s, told the

Travel Expo to further rely on online component

The Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE) will continue to host its activities both onsite and online this year. Following the experience of last year, and due to continuing Covid

Lisboeta’s entertainment facilities to open on July 17

Several non-gaming entertainment and leisure facilities located at the Lisboeta Macau will open to the public on July 17, the Macau Theme Park and Resort (MTPR), the company that owns the

Gov’t prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret

Chinese authorities have closed Beijing’s central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the

Hong Kong | Embattled Apple Daily says it will close

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper will stop publishing today, following last week’s arrest of five editors and executives and the freezing of $2.3 million in assets under the city’s

Parents unhappy with delayed weather forecaster’s rainstorm reaction

Yesterday morning, the city recorded a peak rainfall of 80mm. The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) issued the yellow rainstorm warning signal at 7:10 a.m., and the red rainstorm warning

Gaming | Rigorous HK-Macau travel bubble prompts JP Morgan to scale down GGR forecast

JP Morgan scaled down its gross gaming revenue (GGR) prognosis for the third and fourth quarters of this year to 43% and 58% of pre-pandemic levels, vis-à-vis the earlier prediction

Gov’t claims no increase in requests for help on students’ mental health

The director of the Centre of Psycho-pedagogical Support and Special Education from the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ), Chow Pui Leng, said to the media yesterday that the number

Gov’t urged to designate part of Yat Yuen Canidrome for new schools

Lawmaker Ella Lei has urged the government to reinstate the original plan to remodel the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome — once a greyhound racing stadium located in Senhora de Fátima

Public Funding | Sonia Chan admits discrepancy between laws and reality

In the reply, Chan said that the two operative laws “no longer correspond to the current social situation and increasingly do not fulfill the demands of society regarding the supervision,

Hong Kong | Carrie Lam says US ‘beautifying’ security offenses

Foreign governments are “beautifying” acts that endanger national security in Hong Kong when they criticize the recent crackdown on a pro-democracy newspaper, the leader of the semiautonomous Chinese territory said

Commentators slam Health Code requirement

Lawmaker Au Kam San voiced the opinion that the government’s strategy on the two-day Covid-19 test validity period and expanded requirement on the Health Code was “illogical”, while commentator Larry

SARs to reopen border if Hong Kong sees no local case for another 14 days

Eligible visitors and returnees entering Macau from Hong Kong may soon be exempt from undergoing mandatory quarantine, provided that Hong Kong has no locally transmitted cases for 28 consecutive days,

Crime | Man accused of domestic violence for threatening wife

A 65-year-old man, a local resident working as a driver, is being accused of domestic violence after he allegedly repeatedly threatened and abused his wife, the Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson

China administers 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses

Nearly 1.03 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in China as of Sunday, the National Health Commission said yesterday, as the country pushes ahead with the largest vaccination

Taiwan to maintain Hong Kong office despite visa problem

Taiwan says it will continue operating its de facto consulate in Hong Kong in spite of visa difficulties for its staffers while also providing consular services online. The Taipei Economic and

MASTV exploits legal loophope to delay stipend

A loophole in Macau’s labor law has given the "disreputable" Macau Asia Satellite Television Company (MASTV) free rein to continue to not paying long-overdue stipends to their staff, lawmaker Ella

Gaming | Pansy Ho further reduces participation in MGM International

Pansy Ho, co-chairperson and executive director of the gaming operator MGM China Holdings Ltd (MGM), continues to reduce MGM’s participation in the Macau gaming operator’s parent company MGM Resorts International. According

Covid-19 | Health authorities disregard EU travel ‘white list’

Local health authorities are not taking into account the inclusion of Macau on European Union’s (EU) list of countries and regions, which are safe for travel and border restrictions are

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