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Propaganda faces stiff competition from celebrities
When the propaganda film, “The Founding of an Army,” hit theaters in China recently, the reaction wasn’t quite what the ruling Communist Party might ... -
CCAC report | Fong blamed for faulty typhoon forecasting procedures
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday issued an investigation report on the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG)’s typhoon forecasting procedures. The report states ... -
Philippines | Five months of Marawi siege reveals city in ruins
Smoke wafted from the smoldering carcasses of buildings and houses, with the dome of a mosque blasted out with holes, as Philippine troops battled ... -
Portuguese revisit Macau in soap opera
A Portuguese film crew is currently in Macau to film a part of a new Portuguese TV drama. Produced by Plural Entertainment for the television ... -
MIF | Angola seeking investors for its primary sector resources
The growing trade of China with Angola has significantly increased in the first seven months of this year, amounting to USD10 billion – a ... -
19th Party Congress | Conflicted goals: Freer markets, more party control
China’s ruling Communist Party is expanding its role in business even as it promises freer markets and support for entrepreneurs on the eve of ... -
New legal year | Neto Valente continues to call for judicial reform
Another year has passed without any substantial changes in the justice field,” said the president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), Jorge Neto Valente. ... -
Communist Party Congress | Xi: One country, two systems best institutional guarantee for HK, Macau
At the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, President of China, said that the policy ... -
Q&A – Leong Sun Iok, Newly elected lawmaker: ‘Many people from the gaming sector supported me for the election’
Newly elected lawmaker Leong Sun Iok is the vice president of the Executive Board of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) and the ... -
‘Convenience gambling’ at root of addiction, not IRs, says scholar
Problem gambling is not necessarily more prevalent in gaming meccas like Macau and Las Vegas, a professor on responsible gambling said on Tuesday, but ... -
Gaming | Crown hit by slot-machine tampering claims after China turmoil
An Australian lawmaker is demanding parliament and police probe claims that Crown Resorts illegally tampered with slot machines, a potential setback for the company ... -
Analysis | China-Japan rivalry deepens as Xi and Abe on pace for more power
Asia’s two biggest economies both have their most powerful leaders in decades – and neither one has much incentive to mend a relationship that ... -
Co-working space a platform for local start-ups to collaborate
The trend of co-working spaces has been on the rise, particularly in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with entrepreneurs, creatives and start-up businesses engaged ... -
Fire Services answer more calls because of typhoon
The Fire Services Bureau (CB) has released operational data for the first nine months of 2017, showing that the number of cases related to ... -
Wagyu beef company in talks to open Macau shop
Japan’s corporate enfant terrible Takafumi Horie built one of the country’s most successful Internet businesses, stood for parliament, went to prison and started a ... -
Myanmar |Thousands more Rohingya Muslims cross border into Bangladesh
Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are ... -
Legislative Assembly | Ho Iat Seng almost uncontested
The newly inaugurated Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary session re-elected president Ho Iat Seng, to a new mandate, the second after his election in ... -
Q&A | Taleb Rifai – World Tourism Organization: China benefits from ‘serious’ attitute to tourism
Based in the Spanish capital Madrid, Taleb Rifai is the current Secretary General of the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), having been unanimously ... -
Global Tourism Economy Forum | Pansy Ho: Macau must develop own brands to mature tourism
The Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) 2017 kicked off yesterday at Grand Hyatt Macau with secretary general Pansy Ho saying it was necessary for ... -
British official optimistic on HK, Macau investors
The UK still remains Europe’s top destination for inward investment projects even after the 2016 “Brexit” referendum, and will likely remain so in the ... -
Iberia | Portugal wildfires kill 35; four dead across border in Spain
Wildfires in Portugal killed at least 35 people, injured dozens more and left an unconfirmed number of missing in the country’s second such tragedy ... -
Severe weather | Typhoon Khanun injures seven in Macau
Typhoon Khanun passed into the South China Sea over the weekend, initially on a trajectory headed for the Pearl River Estuary area, before banking ... -
Teaching at UM could be incompatible with being lawmaker
The new legislature is set to begin today with several new faces at the Legislative Assembly, including scholars at the University of Macau ... -
Gov’t announces vision for Border Gate future
The government has published a report detailing its plans for the future of the Border Gate, which will see the area transformed into a ... -
Hong Kong | Twenty activists guilty of contempt in 2014 protests
A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted 20 activists, including prominent student leader Joshua Wong, for defying authorities trying to clear a protest site ... -
Tourism | Osaka is Japan’s new tourist hot spot for Asian visitors
Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has gone through in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty ... -
Hong Kong | China lashes out against criticism of HK interference
China has lashed out against critics of the decision to bar a British human rights activist from entering Hong Kong on Wednesday, claiming that ... -
Q&A | Sulu Sou, newly Elected lawmaker: ‘To have a pro-democratic wing would be the best for us’
Active participant in and board member of the New Macau Association (ANM) for the last few years, Sulu Sou became known to the public ... -
New legal regime for ‘rights and guarantees of the elderly’ given the green light
The Executive Council (ExCo) concluded its analysis of several administrative regulations for topics related to social welfare matters, namely efforts to deal with ... -
MGM kicks off ninth edition of its Oktoberfest
MGM Macau kicked off the ninth edition of its Oktoberfest Macau yesterday, bringing an 11-day event of Bavarian traditions to the public. From now ... -
Property tycoon tops China’s rich list, Wanda boss slides
Property tycoon Xu Jiayin has vaulted to the top of a Chinese rich list after his wealth quadrupled, knocking Wang Jianlin off his longtime ... -
Chui Sai Cheong to be next AL vice-president
Indirectly-elected lawmaker, Chui Sai Cheong, brother of the Chief Executive, may be elected as vice-president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) on Monday, when the ... -
Hong Kong – Policy Address | Lam says residents must reject threats to China’s sovereignty
Hong Kong’s leader said yesterday that residents are obliged to reject threats to China’s sovereignty, in what appeared to be a veiled warning aimed ... -
Macau’s Water Polo gaining recognition on their merit
Back in 2012, the idea of having a Macau Water Polo team was harbored by Rui Pedro Pinto, the Portuguese national that, at the ... -
Festival recalls Latin American’s influence in Macau
The ongoing 2017 Latin American Cultural Festival features eight cultural activities and aims to raise the public’s awareness on the region’s overlooked Latin American ...
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