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SOUTH KOREAN President Moon Jae-in said yesterday the country’s 2015 agreement with Japan to settle a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery was seriously

The Buzz | Ex-Miss Americas asked to help find new leaders

Trashed by emails sent by pageant officials, former Miss Americas may help choose the new leaders of the Miss America Organization. The group told AP yesterday that

Slovenia’s puppet theater performs in Macau for the first time

A musical puppet show called, “A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather” will be staged at the Macao Cultural Center from today. Slovenia’s Ljubljana Puppet Theatre will

Bizcuits | Wishes for a real-world holiday

Holiday time. Time to rest and relax? Time to explore? Time to experience something new – sights, sounds, smells and flavours? Holiday time means different things to

Happy New Travels

  * Movies: Downsizing * Books: The Wanted by Robert Crais * Music: The Visitor by Neil Young & Promise of the Real * Wine: The Palatine Idyll * KitchenWise: Korean Grain Bowl     DOWNLOAD

‘Downsizing,’ a big-picture film about little people

It’s hard to say what’s better about the first half of Alexander Payne’s wonderfully weird — or is it weirdly wonderful? — “Downsizing”: the audacity of its premise,

Robert Crais’ ‘The Wanted’ is rewarding page-turner

Devon Connor is beside herself with worry. Her teenage son, Tyson, keeps showing up with things that neither of them could possibly afford: New clothes from Barney’s.

Neil Young lashes out at Trump, world on ‘Visitor’

Neil Young is unhappy. That’s good news for music fans. Young is back and crotchety in “The Visitor,” a record that finds him lashing out

Travelog | From Malta to Minneapolis, a look at where to go in 2018

From Malta to Minneapolis, here’s a look at some destinations around the world that will be making news in 2018. They include designated culture capitals, places hosting

The Palatine Idyll

With some 23,000ha of vineyards, Pfalz is Germany’s second largest wine region, marginally smaller than Rheinhessen, which has approximately 26,000ha. Formerly known as Rheinpfalz (or Rhine Palatinate in

KitchenWise | Korean Grain Bowl is built on healthy, filling ingredients

Every New Year, lots of us resolve to lose weight. And every year, lots of us fail. The problem? We go from eating too much food, much

Friday, December 29, 2017 – edition no. 2956

* Macau Daily Times person of the year | Sulu Sou: Lawmaker * A guide: where to go for the new year’s countdown * Government to curb employment agency fees * US should

House of Dancing Water shortened | Visitor accuses Melco of ‘unethical business practices’

Water-based entertainment show, The House of Dancing Water, has allegedly been eliminating the most iconic parts of its acrobatic show for some time, without prior notice to

Beijing to discuss first revisions to constitution since 2004

China’s leading policy makers plan to discuss next month a proposal to amend the national constitution for the first time since 2004, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

3,000 people prosecuted for smoking inside casinos since 2013

Three thousand people were prosecuted for smoking inside casinos since the current tobacco control law came into effect in 2013, said Tang Chi Ho, Chief

Briefs | Overcharging taxi drivers may have license revoked

The President of the Associação dos Comerciantes e Operários de Automóveis de Macau, Leng Sai Vai, suggested revoking the driving licenses of taxi drivers who consistently

Health | Gov’t grants hefty contracts to supply chemical reagents, lab equipment

The Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On approved several contracts between the Health Bureau (SSM), the University of Macau (UM) and three pharmaceutical companies for

Gov’t awards MOP760m for Seac Pai Van School facilities

The government has granted a total of MOP760 million for the construction of school and education facilities on plot CN6a at Seac Pai Van, Coloane.

MOP14.4m for emergency repairs to public facilities damaged by Hato

The Chief Executive (CE) approved, through an order published in yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO), the granting of MOP14.37 million to the construction company – Lei

GNI for 2016 drops by 1 percent

After discounting the effect of price changes, the Gross National Income (GNI) fell by 1 percent year- on-year in real terms in 2016, according to the Statistics

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