Covid-19 | China, in global campaign, vaccinates its people in Thailand

Chinese citizens living in Thailand began being vaccinated yesterday as part of China’s global campaign to inoculate its nationals living and working abroad. China recently donated 500,000 vaccine doses, and Thailand

SJM CEO appeals for extension of gaming concessions for ‘at least one year’

The vice-president and chief executive officer of SJM Holdings Ltd, Ambrose So, is calling on the SAR government to consider prolonging the six current gaming concessions for at least one

Gaming | Galaxy cancels IR plans in Yokohama

Galaxy Entertainment Group will no longer participate in developing a proposed integrated resort (IR) in the city of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, in another blow for the Japanese city following

Civil servants should be allowed to nominate candidates: Neto Valente

Jorge Neto Valente, President of the Macau Lawyers Association, said yesterday that civil servants should have the right to nominate candidates at parliamentary elections, although he thinks that their participating

Gov’t urges Taiwan to help Macau students amid worsening pandemic

The SAR government is seeking assistance from the Taiwan government to help the “several thousand Macau residents studying in Taiwan” amidst the worsening pandemic situation on the island. The government’s plea

Two universities open strategic research centers

The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the City University of Macau (CityU) yesterday unveiled two research centers to foster academic progress, one in cultural heritage preservation and

Hong Kong | New bishop wants differing views respected

Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow called for respect for different views as he prepares to lead a diocese that has been polarized by the city’s deteriorating political

Economy | Moody’s: Growth volatility of Macau among the highest

Moody’s Investors Service confirmed the Macau SAR’s local and foreign currency issuer rating at Aa3, and maintained a stable outlook. In a statement, the rating agency noted that despite the collapse

Budget | Further cuts to gov’t spending in 2022

The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has announced that the SAR government will continue to retrench public spending next year, given the uncertainty of the city’s economic situation. According to the

Taiwan closes borders to foreigners and transit passengers

In an effort to better control the current wave of infections, Taiwan will close its borders to foreigners and transit passengers from tomorrow, its Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced

Public centralized procurement database to combat corruption

In yesterday’s meeting at the Legislative Assembly (AL), several lawmakers urged the government to accelerate the planning of a centralized database — a platform offering public access to all details

Standing Committee labels Coutinho’s accusations ‘unfair, exaggerated’

Two members of the First Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly responded to José Maria Pereira Coutinho’s denunciation at yesterday’s session, at which Coutinho accused the committee of dragging its

MGM concludes dual-listing of USD750 million senior notes

MGM China Holdings Limited yesterday announced that its USD750 million 4.75% senior notes due 2027, issued on March 26, 2021 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

SJM issues HKD 1.25b and MOP300m in senior notes

SJM Holdings Limited (SJM) recently announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Champion Moments Limited had successfully issued senior notes in the Macau bond market in the amounts of HKD1,250,000,000 and MOP300,000,000,

Group to arrange flights from Taiwan for returning students

More than 500 Macau students currently in Taiwan have expressed their intention to take a unified flight to return to Macau, Choi Man Cheng, President of the Macao and Taiwan

Trade to launch personalized itineraries to entice discerning travelers

The forthcoming novel tours, dubbed “Macao Highlight Tours” will shift its focus to personalized services to meet the growing demand for private tours among discerning travelers in the Covid-19 pandemic

China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions

China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious

Gaming | Galaxy Q1 EBITDA triples year-on-year, pledges continued investment in town

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) recorded an adjusted EBITDA of HKD859 million in the first quarter, more than triple year-on-year, as the SAR has seen a gradual increase in visitor arrivals

As Hong Kong revs up testing digital RMB, Macau still in preparatory stage

Hong Kong and China are in discussions to further expand the scope of cross-border technical testing of the digital yuan, also known as digital RMB, following its first phase, according

Gaming | Suncity backs off from IR project in Japan due to pandemic

Suncity Group has backed off from competing for the development of an integrated resort (IR) in Wakayama, Japan, according to an announcement published on May 12 by the group’s Japanese

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