Democrat lawmaker calls on parliament to enter digital age

The website of the Legislative Assembly (AL) is poorly designed and not user-friendly, lawmaker Sulu Sou told a press conference yesterday, as he called for more work to be done

Visitor spending falls 70% in first quarter

Visitor spending plummeted in the first quarter of 2020 in proportion to the decline in the number of arrivals, new data from the Statistics and Census Service shows. Excluding gaming spending,

MGTO to launch free tours in overnight visitor push

The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will provide free half-day tours for overnight visitors as part of an ambitious plan to revive the local tourism sector. The measure, which is part

Virus looms over China’s national legislative session

When China convenes its National People’s Congress tomorrow, will the 3,000 delegates stand shoulder to shoulder? Will they wear masks? This year’s version of China’s biggest political meeting of the year

This Day in History | 1991 Bomb kills India’s former leader Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. He was campaigning for the Congress Party on the second day of voting in the world’s largest democratic election when

‘New normal’ anything but as countries continue to reopen

Hundreds of thousands of high school seniors in South Korea had their temperature checked and rubbed their hands with sanitizer as they returned to school yesterday, many for the first

Analysis | Crisis reminds us that nothing beats dollars

There is something about America that tends to shed fear. Its citizens occasionally tremble, but America as a whole exploits fear. It may do anger or retribution, or internal divisions

One Good Thing | Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers

Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work -- for New Orleans’s hospital workers and

The Buzz | Taiwan President Tsai takes stock of pandemic

Taiwan’s president said the coronavirus pandemic has changed the global political and economic order, accelerated and expanded the reorganization of global supply chains, restructured the global economy, and changed the

Quest for ‘super-duper missile’ pits US against key rivals

They fly at speeds of a mile a second or faster and maneuver in ways that make them extra difficult to detect and destroy in flight. President Donald Trump calls them

World Views | How to make coronavirus restrictions easier to swallow

  To address the coronavirus pandemic, it’s essential to influence human behavior; to promote social distancing, to get people to wear masks, to encourage people to stay home. Many nations have imposed mandates

Thursday, May 21, 2020 – edition no. 3538

— Organizers take police ban on Tiananmen vigil to court * Visitor spending plummeted in the first quarter in proportion to the decline in the number of arrivals: DSEC * Anti-corruption report

Ghosn’s suspected escape accomplices arrested in Boston

A former Green Beret soldier and his son, charged in Japan with aiding the escape of Carlos Ghosn, were arrested in Massachusetts today and are being held for possible

Asia Today: S. Korean students return to class; 32 new cases

South Korean students began returning to classes Wednesday as the country counted 32 new coronavirus cases. It was the first time in nine days that the daily increase was above 30.

Last Macau Covid-19 patient recovers as second wave subsides

All patients diagnosed with Covid-19 have officially recovered, the Health Bureau (SSM) revealed yesterday at the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center’s daily press conference. After a brief absence from the

Local health officials join WHO Assembly by videoconference

Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Ao Ieong U said that health officials and other government staff gained new insight from the opening session of the World Health Organization’s

Court clears hotel from liability over guest death

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has cleared a hotel unit at the Sands Cotai Central development of any liability over the suicide of a guest in a hotel room. The

Casino workers seek government help after mass food poisoning case

  Yesterday, six members of the New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association delivered a petition of complaint to the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) asking the government to intervene in their employer’s

MGM Resorts redeems $700 million from real estate trust

MGM Resorts International has announced the redemption of $700 million (5.6 billion patacas) worth of “operating partnership units” from its real estate trust, MGM Growth Properties (MGP). The move comes

MUST launches book on Tong King-sing studies

The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) will continue its research on historical figures Zheng Guanying and Tong King-sing with a new book launched yesterday. Yesterday marked the 188th anniversary

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