UK publishes celebrity home addresses by mistake

British officials have apologized after mistakenly publishing the home addresses of more than 1,000 people who received special honors including singers Elton John and Olivia Newton-John. The list also included Oscar-winning

AP Male Athlete of The Decade | The King reigns: LeBron James

He left Cleveland for Miami, finally became a champion, went back to his beloved northeast Ohio, delivered on another title promise, then left for the Los Angeles Lakers and the

The Buzz | North India prepares for New Year’s enveloped in cold smog

Opaque, chilly smog blanketed northern India yesterday as low temperatures collided with hazardous levels of air pollution. Across many cities in the region, including New Delhi, the capital, visibility was reduced

World Briefs

CHINA A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world’s first genetically edited babies was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about outbreak of WWII

Poland’s prime minister said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been lying in remarks blaming Poland for the outbreak of World War II, and argued that Putin is doing

World Views | This man holds Europe together as Brexit tears it apart

Michel Barnier, the European Union’s top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 – edition no. 3445

• The new port will be open for 15 hours per day starting January 23 * LRT trial period extended another month after faults * HK developer donates land to offset housing

New electronics recycling plan to tackle large appliances

Starting from January 1, the local government will implement a new recycling program for more types of electronics and electrical devices, the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA)

Gross national income reaches 406 billion patacas

Gross national income at current prices amounted to 406.02 billion (about $50.63 billion) in 2018, according to the latest data released by the Statistics and Census

Exhibition showcases city’s urban transformation

The exhibition “A Pearl of the Sea – Exhibition of Macao’s Urban Evolution” is showcasing a total of 101 exhibits on the integration of different cultures

Almost 1 million Christmas visitors in just seven days

Tourist arrivals to Macau numbered 984,995 in the seven days from December 20 to 26, indicating an end-month improvement from what had been an otherwise slow month

Most Indian tourists say they want to return to Macau

More than 70% of visitors from India are willing to visit Macau again, according to a Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) survey. In pursuit of

Briefs | LRT suspended yesterday after power problem arises

The Light Rapid Transit (LRT) was suspended yesterday at about 1 p.m., reportedly due to a power outage at a site between Cotai West Station and Lotus Checkpoint

Research center for machine translation, AI established at IPM

A research center for machine translation and artificial intelligence opened at the Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM, from the Portuguese acronym) last week, becoming the first

Higher Education Bureau calls on Portuguese language applicants

The Higher Education Bureau (DSES) will continue to organize courses in the Portuguese language next year, in order to support the government policy to train more

Higher education | IPM to host Open Day with series of activities

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM, from the Portuguese acronym) will hold its annual Open Day this Saturday at its main campus in a bid to attract students

UM appoints new vice rector

The University of Macau (UM) has appointed a marketing scholar and the former pro-vice-chancellor and vice president at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Michael

HK economy expected to shrink in fourth quarter

Hong Kong’s economy is set to contract in the fourth quarter as the city reels from six months of violent social unrest, the financial chief said

Hong Kong | Protesters demand mainland Chinese traders leave

Police fought with protesters who marched through a Hong Kong shopping mall Saturday demanding mainland Chinese traders leave the territory in a fresh weekend of anti-government

Zhuhai industrial park helps promote traditional Chinese medicine

An industrial park for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) jointly built by Guangdong Province and Macau is exploring ways to promote traditional Chinese medicine in Portuguese-speaking countries,

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