Over concerns, HK introduces revised extradition laws

Hong Kong introduced revised extradition laws before the legislature yesterday despite concerns they would allow suspects to be sent to face torture and unfair trials in mainland

Legislative Assembly | Sulu Sou appeals rejection of ‘secret meetings’ complaint

Lawmaker Sulu Sou is appealing to the Legislative Assembly (AL) Executive Board regarding a March 19 decision made by the president, Ho Iat Seng, rejecting Sou’s complaint

National security education | Exhibition to highlight Macau responsibility on ‘road to national rejuvenation’

The SAR government is set to hold the second National Security Education Exhibition with a focus this year set on four key themes: “the road to national

Gaming | Analysis: After sturdy March, analysts cynical on April

Analysts predict Macau gross gaming revenue will fare poorly this month, declining at a rate of between 2 and 8 percent. The prediction comes as March revenue

IAS to launch autism center in 2020

A dedicated center for high-functioning autistic citizens is expected in late 2020, according to the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS). Following an event on autism, Choi Sio Un, head

Exclusive interview | Consul General Alexandre Giorgini: There are ‘romantic and historical links between France and Macau’

Alexandre Giorgini is a happy man in the place he was meant to be, since coming to China was a long-time aspiration. In his maiden

Gaming | Poor on paper, March is strongest month so far

Gross gaming revenue dipped 0.4 percent year-on- year in March, rounding out the quarter with a 0.5 percent contraction in the latest sign of market stabilization.

Special education | Parents left with few options

Parents of children with special needs – particularly English- speaking children - are left with very few options when their children do not meet the acceptance

Tourism | Guangdong will bar Macau re-entry for 60 days, despite new measure

Mainland visitors to Macau will not be permitted to re-enter the SAR from Guangdong Province within a 60-day period dating from their last departure under the new

Kim Jong Nam | Vietnam woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case

A Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a Malaysian

Tourism boon | Beijing lifts major restrictions for mainlanders to visit Macau

China will streamline procedures surrounding the application for exit-entry permits by its citizens, according to information given by the National Immigration Administration (NIA) last week, which

Local resident falls to death in Grand Canyon

A local resident visiting an Arizona State attraction in the U.S., the Grand Canyon, has died after falling from a height of 305 meters while attempting to take

Fed up with Portuguese bureaucracy, Madonna plans on moving to Macau

The ‘material girl’ is said to be acquiring “one or two mansions” and other properties in Macau, Spanish media reported yesterday. According to Atardecer

How single women are driving gentrification in HK and elsewhere

Gentrification is reshaping urban areas all around the world, displacing large segments of the population and making cities increasingly unaffordable. In San Francisco, only

Hong Kong | Proposed extradition law sparking concerns even after backpedal

Business and human rights groups are expressing concern over proposed changes to Hong Kong’s extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China where

Aviation | AirAsia would use Macau base as foothold further into China

Asia’s largest low-cost air carrier is considering establishing an operations base in Macau, aiming to expand their services into mainland China. The move was signaled by

Health | SSM stocks up on vaccines amid measles outbreak

Two new imported cases of measles were detected yesterday, raising the total number of cases to 25, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement. The

Over 550 people barred from casinos

Some 550 people have been barred from entering casino facilities in Macau since 2017 due to breaching security rules or causing disturbances on gaming floors, the director

State censorship | CPPCC members call for internet freedoms to extend into Guangdong

Johnny Ng Kit-chong, member of the Hong Kong Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has expressed his confidence in the proliferation of freedom of internet access

Brexit | May offers to step down once EU divorce finalized

British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a final push yesterday to save her European Union withdrawal deal after her promise to step down gained the

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