Economy | Beijing’s squeezed private companies face more funding pain

The funding squeeze for China’s private enterprise is expected to persist, despite recent measures aimed at easing financing difficulties. Non-state companies have borne the burden of the

Trade | India is said to plan deal to boost exports to PRC

India is devising a plan to boost shipments of around 200 products to China and narrow the deficit with its biggest trading partner, a person with knowledge

Jumpei Yasuda | Japan confirms ID of journalist freed from Syria

Japan confirmed yesterday that a man freed from Syria is a Japanese freelance journalist who was kidnapped three years ago and said he appears to be in

Advertorial | Sands entertains: A new era of live shows

LEON METRO LIVE OCTOBER 27, 2018   Hong Kong ‘Heavenly King’ Leon Lai will bring October to a close with a bang with Leon Metro Live

Australia | Rush’s wife testifies actor wept denying allegations

The wife of actor Geoffrey Rush cried as she told a Sydney court yesterday how he had wept and curled up in the fetal position following newspaper

Middle East | The Sons of Tyrants: Saudi prince joins pantheon of incendiary Arab rulers’ sons

They rose to positions of unbridled power because of their bloodline, and those who fell, sometimes in a grisly manner, did so because of what they had

USA | Trump awaits briefing from CIA director in Khashoggi case

President Donald Trump says the killing of a Saudi journalist was a botched operation and a “bad original concept” as his administration has taken its first

Offbeat | Hawaii bonsai tree stolen after owner raised it for decades

Hawaii police are trying to find a rare bonsai tree that was stolen from a nursery owner who says he spent 56 years caring for it. The

This Day in History | 1984 – Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia

The EEC is donating £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia. Officials from Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid and the Red Cross believe

Football | Mourinho’s warning underlines extent of Man United’s fall

The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford revived memories of much better times at Manchester United, when England’s biggest club had a slew of the

Football | A-League to ask for stadium, TV broadcasts of VAR

The head of Australia’s A-League is hoping international soccer authorities will allow video-assisted referee (VAR) decisions to be shown on television broadcasts and on stadium video boards

World briefs

MALAYSIA-THAILAND Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met yesterday with Thailand’s leader and discussed peace talks in Thailand’s southern border provinces where a Muslim separatist insurgency has been raging

The Buzz | Agents nab possible explosive devices sent to Obama, Clinton

The U.S. Secret Service says agents have intercepted packages containing “possible explosive devices” addressed to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The agency says neither Clinton nor Obama

Winning USD1.6B Mega Millions ticket sold in South Carolina

Lottery officials say someone has won the record USD1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mega Millions officials said a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all

Made in Macao | Why is chrysanthemum wine auspicious?

The Chung Yeung Festival 路陽節, one of the main Chinese festivals of the year, took place one week ago. Two years ago I wrote about how

Thursday, October 25, 2018 – edition no. 3156

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GTEF | Pansy Ho appointed UNWTO ambassador in Macau

Pansy Ho, the vice chairman and secretary general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) was nominated as the first ambassador in Macau of the United

Local law firm launches branch in Hong Kong

Local law firm MdME has set up a branch in Hong Kong, following approval from the Law Society of Hong Kong to register as a foreign

HKZMB | Macau CE says bridge proof ‘One country, two systems’ working

President Xi Jinping yesterday opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge linking Hong Kong to the mainland, a feat of engineering carrying immense economic and political significance,

Columnist says AL does not fulfil role

Son Pou columnist Lei Kwok Keong says that the competencies of the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) are not being fulfilled, as stated in his recent column. “It is a

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