Briefs | Joint university exams to take place between April 16 and 19

  The joint exams of four local universities will take place as planned from April 16 to April 19, according to the exam organizer. The four universities are the University of

Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent

Soldiers patrol the streets with their fingers on machine gun triggers. The army guards an exhibition center-turned-makeshift-hospital crowded with rows of metal beds for those infected with the coronavirus. And

Exceptional Times | South Korea shoe cobbler donates for needy amid coronavirus

Kim Byung-rok survived tuberculosis when he was 23, but was left with one good lung. In his work polishing and mending shoes, he inhaled too much dirt. So when he bought

Exceptional Times | Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus

They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already difficult lives harder, and more hazardous. And so a

This Day in History | 2000 Wartime coding machine stolen

A coding machine used by the Germans to encode messages during World War II has been stolen from the Bletchley Park Museum in Buckinghamshire, south-east England. Police said the thief is

Spain hit by record virus deaths; NY demands reinforcements

Spain’s coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number yesterday as the country’s medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and the World Health Organization

Huawei warns of ‘pandora’s box’ if US curbs Taiwan supply

Huawei Technologies Co. is bracing for its most difficult year on record in 2020, when tightening U.S. sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic threaten to slam an already slowing business. Rotating Chairman

Football | Tottenham announces salary cuts as chair’s pay rise emerges

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy says salaries for non-playing staff are being cut due to the coronavirus pandemic as the club has disclosed his pay package more than doubled to 7

The Buzz | Bottles of spirits, wine free at Taipa bar [April Fools’]

A Taipa bar is offering bottles of spirits and wines for free to regular and walk-in patrons – up to 10 bottles per person. The bar owners said this measure came

Hong Kong dollar strength to last after best run since 2003

In a world convulsed by market volatility, there’s one surety (for now): Hong Kong’s currency will continue outperforming the greenback. Elevated local rates relative to the U.S. have made the city’s

World Briefs

RUSSIA Moscow woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of the vast country quickly followed suit to stem

World Views | New tests could turn tide against coronavirus—if they work

Spain wanted some new rapid coronavirus tests so badly that it bought ones that didn’t work. So did the Czech Republic. The U.K. snapped up millions of them as well,

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 – edition no. 3505

    * No way back to Macau from HK * Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent * Lawmakers call for gaming operators to do more for economic diversification ahead of

Elderly among most vulnerable, reminds health authority after first serious case

Following news reports of the emergence of Macau’s first serious case of Covid-19, health authorities yesterday fielded questions from journalists seeking to better identify the most vulnerable parts of the

English-language media crucial to outbreak control

Leong Iek Hou, coordinator at the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during yesterday’s daily press conference that English-language media plays an important role in helping the

AL plenary | Mi Jian says Basic Law does not allow for housing market controls

The constitutional law of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law of Macau do not allow the concept of “Macau people, Macau land,” said Mi Jian, director of

Macao Foundation encouraging beneficiaries to ‘write better reports’ after call for greater transparency

The Macao Foundation has been working to improve its subsidy approval process by requesting that sponsored organizations submit forms with improved designs, according to Ng Chi Leong, Chairman of the

Briefs | Liaison Office announces appointment of new vice-director

  The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region announced the appointment of Yan Zhichan as one of its four vice-directors. According to a statement

Imports fall to lowest level since March 2011

Total merchandise import fell by more than 30% in year-on-year terms in February, falling to its lowest single-month figure since March 2011, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has informed

MUST to confer honorary doctorates on six distinguished personages

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has planned to confer doctoris honoris causa on five distinguished academics and one local community

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