This Day in History | 1976 Chinese earthquake kills hundreds of thousands

Hundreds of thousands of people are feared dead following an 8.3 magnitude earthquake in China. The quake has virtually destroyed the city of Tangshan, north-east of Beijing, and Western sources believe

USA | AP-NORC poll: Anxiety props up Biden, Trump voters fervent

Murtice Sherek is not excited about Joe Biden. The Minnesota Democrat, a 79-year-old retired nurse, preferred another candidate in the presidential primary. She also worries about Biden’s age, 77. But anxious

China-backed crypto guru wants to unify world’s blockchains

The blockchain world today is thousands of disparate platforms that can’t talk to each other. So a little-known startup hatched one of the most ambitious plans yet to bridge all

Football | Premier League’s longest season ends, pandemic issues linger for clubs

Once the final whistle blew on the Premier League’s longest season, 352 days after it began, there was a sense of relief and grief for Dean Smith. Joy at Aston Villa

The Buzz | South China Morning Post to put up paywall amid Kong Kong slump

South China Morning Post is dropping its free online model after months of political unrest and the coronavirus pandemic hit advertising revenue at the Hong Kong newspaper backed by Alibaba

One Good Thing | Donated bikes help ease difficulties through pandemic

A year after he passed away at age 17, Benjamin Canlas is still making the world a better place — one bike at a time. The teenager is the inspiration for

Our Desk | The Dead Artists Society – Part 1

Recently, a new artist-led movement has emerged, taking (mostly) social media platforms by storm. Under the motto ‘Support living artists, the dead ones don’t need it,’ the movement tries to present

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 – edition no. 3585

  * Yellow code | Macau adds Xinjiang, Liaoning provinces to medium-risk list * Nam Van project a way into Macau for Malaysia’s Genting * Hong Kong bans all dine-in services at restaurants

Asia Today: Australian outbreak attributed to sick workers

MELBOURNE — Australia's hard-hit Victoria state on Monday posted a new daily record of 532 new COVID-19 cases, and the government leader warned that a lockdown in the city of

Taxi driver support for HK national security law now under investigation

The Public Prosecutions Office (MP) will investigate the legality of a series of messages and posters placed in some taxis in Macau, which praised the approval and enforcement of China’s

Briefs | Local mask manufacturer opens factory

  Local mask brand “853” has recently opened its factory, which is located in an industrial building on Avenida de Venceslau de Morais. The factory had a soft opening in March

Tourism board to face 35% budget cut next year

The preliminary 2021 budget proposed by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will see the tourism board’s funding slashed by more than one-third. According to Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director

Gov’t penalizes travel agency for crashing helicopter tour registration platform

The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has penalized a local travel agency participating in the “Macao Ready Go! Local Tours” for jeopardizing its system’s functionality and apparently leading to last

Sulu Sou sees potential in domestic economy

Lawmaker Sulu Sou has called on the population to reexamine the need to diversify the economy, saying that Macau needs to nurture its own domestic economy and rely less on

GEG suspends discretionary bonus this summer

Galaxy Entertainment Group has announced that it will not offer a discretionary bonus to employees at all levels as it did annually in recent years. In a video announcement made to

Gov’t tests over 25,000 casino frontline workers for Covid-19

Over 25,000 casino workers from Sands China and SJM have undergone Covid-19 testing and all tested negative, the health authorities announced. During the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre’s press briefing,

LVS to reconsider Japan if conditions change, says Adelson

Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands (LVS), said his company would reconsider its position on Japan if the country adopted a more investor-friendly regulatory

Coffee brand partners with MGM to offer tourism products

A local SME that sells organic coffee products has partnered with MGM China to offer its products as souvenirs for visitors to Macau. Charlestrong Café Companhia Limitada’s Café Dilly coffee will

Gov’t to finish leisure land projects this year

  Sports and leisure facilities, playgrounds, restaurants, cafes, and garden areas; these are just some of the proposed plans that will go ahead, as announced by the government during this year’s

MUST contributes to national mission to Mars

The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) is involved in the Chinese mission to explore Mars, the higher education institution said in a statement to the Times. MUST scientists are

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