Policy Address | Lionel Leong Salary growth and labor import top lawmakers’ concerns

Last Friday, Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong continued to answer questions posed by the lawmakers, during the second day of his Policy Address presentation

Obituary | Fidel Castro, communist former leader of Cuba, dies at 90

Fidel Castro, who established a communist regime in Cuba that survived the collapse of the Soviet Union, inspired revolutionary movements and brought two superpowers close to nuclear

Candidates must pledge allegiance to the MSAR

Macau intends to amend its electoral law in response to the oath-taking controversy triggered by Hong Kong legislators, Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, which involved Beijing’s intervention preventing them

Jiangxi | At least 67 killed in scaffolding collapse

Scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China collapsed into a deadly heap yesterday, as iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks tumbled down and crushed nearly

Policy Address – Lionel Leong | Human resources and economy diversification top lawmakers concerns

Questions on human resources and economic diversification topped lawmakers’ concerns during the first day of presentation by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong. During

I Int’l Film Festival – The opening

The inaugural International Film Festival & Awards Macao (“IFFAM”) will launch in December with a selection of Asian and international feature films. The festival — which features 12

Auction and art fair organized simultaneously in town

The Poly Macau Art Auction is being held again until today at the Regency Art Hotel. The categories include Chinese and Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, Fine

Zhongshan-Macau yacht scheme officially inaugurated

A scheme for free-sailing yachts journeying between Zhongshan city and Macau was officially inaugurated yesterday. The new scheme shortens the traveling time between the two cities

Q&A | Jeremy Jauncey – Globetrotting Instagrammer: ‘There’s so much more to Macau than everyone thinks’

The social creative agency, Beautiful Destinations, is currently expanding its market to reach new and significantly larger audiences, in response to trends in tourist behavior. Dubbed the “travel

Policy Address | Sonia Chan Simplify procedures to cut number of civil servants, say lawmakers

The idea to rationalize the number of civil servants in order to save on government resources was one of the highlights of the second day of

Lucky Dragon casino-hotel opens just off Las Vegas Strip

An Asian-themed property catering to Chinese gamblers and guests has become the first new casino-hotel to open in nearly six years along the Las Vegas Strip. The Lucky

Facebook developing censorship tool to enter China market

Facebook is developing censorship tools to suppress controversial content as a means to appease China’s ruling Communist Party and finally re-enter the world’s most populous country.

China formally arrests Crown staff amid gambling crackdown

A group of Crown Resorts Ltd. employees detained in China since last month have been formally arrested for alleged gambling-related crimes, according to a lawyer, paving the way for

Property | Chinese-made USD100 billion city near Singapore ‘scares everybody’

The landscaped lawns and flowering shrubs of Country Garden Holdings Co.’s huge property showroom in southern Malaysia end abruptly at a small wire fence. Beyond, a desert of

Hengqin’s director says more land could be made available to Macau

 The director-general of the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee, Niu Jing, pledges that the park is not the only place Zhuhai has prepared within the scope of Guangdong-Macau

Policy Address – Sonia Chan | Political reform, the skeleton in the closet

Political reform was, perhaps inadvertently, the issue that dominated yesterday’s presentation of Sonia Chan’s office’s action plan for 2017. The Secretary for Administration and Justice was

Taiwan airline TransAsia to shut down after suffering losses

Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways Corp. decided to close down operations after two fatal crashes in the last two years pushed it into losses. After a

AL Plenary | Government budget continues to increase in 2017

The Legislative Assembly has passed the government’s proposed budget for 2017, albeit with many doubts raised by the lawmakers. The budget for next year is estimated to

MDT Interview | Norbert Riezler, LVS: Macau is ‘our center of excellence  for furniture buying globally’

Meet Norbert Riezler, an Austrian-born American, in his 40s, who holds two key positions in Las Vegas Sands’ management and strategy. His double-task is to

Macao Big Data Forum 2016 | Computer engineers voice opinions on smart city development

Three experts on data management were invited to the University of Macau, to participate in the Macao Big Data Forum 2016, last week. Their expertise was called

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