Construction sector sees notable growth in companies, staff in 2019

  The Macau construction sector ended 2019 with a decline in receipts of 2.3% year-on-year to MOP53.29 billion, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) found through a survey conducted on the

China rapidly expands use of experimental Covid-19 vaccines

China is rapidly increasing the number of people receiving its experimental coronavirus vaccines, with a city offering one to the general public and a biotech company providing another free to

Briefs | China passes amendments outlawing insulting national flag

  The Standing Committee of China’s congress on Saturday passed amendments to a law that will criminalize the intentional insulting of the national flag and emblem, after anti-government protesters in Hong

This day in history | 1977 Kidnapped German found dead

The body of kidnapped businessman Hanns-Martin Schleyer has been found in the boot of a car in the French town of Mulhouse. It is reported the 62-year-old German had been shot

France | Suspect in teacher’s beheading was Chechen teen

A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of

GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, wife finance anti-Biden group

Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given $75 million to a new super PAC that is attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden, an investment made amid GOP concern that

The Buzz | Record avalanche of early votes transforms the 2020 election

More than 22 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed

Pandemic, politics lead to closure of storied Hong Kong bar

Nearly 15 years ago, Grace Ma decided to name her bar Club 71, in commemoration of a July 1, 2003 rally where hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers protested a

World Views | Online shopping the pandemic away? There’s a better way

You probably want to buy something. For many households, there is more money at the end of the month. Spending is way down on restaurant meals and entertainment. Excess income over

Monday, October 19, 2020 – edition no. 3640

* Final stage of testing — China is rapidly rolling out experimental Covid-19 vaccines to have one ready for the public before January * Motorcycle GP teams told race will not go

This day in history | 1967 Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus

The Soviet Union has successfully sent a space probe into the atmosphere of the planet Venus for the first time. After its four-month journey from Earth, Venera 4 plunged through the

G2E Asia | China-US tensions could create operational problems for concessionaires

CEO and owner of Global Betting & Gaming Consultants (GBGC), Warwick Bartlett, considers it almost certain that all six gaming concessionaires will continue under the next tender. “The tension between China

Briefs | Domestic abusers will not evade responsibilities, says Prosecutor General

  Prosecutor General Ip Son Sang has said that despite successful prosecutions of domestic violence being low in reality, it does not mean that suspects can evade their responsibilities. Viewing it

Suncity Group grows stake in Summit Ascent to 70%

Hong Kong-listed Suncity Group Holdings has become the controlling shareholder of Summit Ascent Holdings, the lead promoter of the Tigre de Cristal casino complex near Vladivostok, Russia. Led by Macau junket

G2E Asia | Not granting US gaming concessions an ‘act of self-harm,’ gaming expert says

The denial of new licenses for the U.S.-owned gaming concessionaires operating in Macau in the upcoming tender would be an “act of self-harm,” said the CEO and owner of Global

Crime | Smugglers lurking at Qingmao Port to enter the SAR

The Judiciary Police (PJ) intercepted a group of three mainland residents trying to illegally enter Macau, the department said yesterday during a special press conference. Zhuhai’s police department shared intelligence with

CCAC investigates two cases of alleged wrongdoing at Labour Affairs Bureau

An individual allegedly bribed a training course invigilator from Labour Affairs Bureau, promising to give the government worker a sum of 2,000 patacas in return for helping him to pass

Woman becomes a scapegoat after husband denies crime

A male driver has been charged by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) with evading criminal responsibilities, and his wife has been charged with conducting personal favoritism. The 28-year-old local suspect

Lawmaker report | Agnes Lam: gov’t measures show ‘double standards’

Some government measures have “recently begun to show double standards, and public opinion has rebounded,” said lawmaker Agnes Lam during a press conference held yesterday, where she reported on her

IPIM executive says city is undertaking market reshape

Vincent U, Executive Director of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), said that a market reshape is taking place in Macau as the idea of the Greater Bay

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