Health | Childbirth delivery service fee for non-residents may increase nine-fold

According to the deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM) Ho Ioc San, the adjustment concerns two groups of people: non-resident workers and tourists.  According

United Nations | N. Korea sent banned items to Syria, Myanmar

North Korea sent items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along with missile technicians in violation of U.N. sanctions — and banned ballistic

Art | All-female biennale wants to fight gender gap

An international art biennale exclusively reserved for the work of female artists will attempt to redress a lack of gender representation in the world

Woman tells police Steve Wynn raped her in ‘70s

A woman told police she had a child with casino mogul Steve Wynn after he raped her, while another reported she was forced to resign from a

Economy grows by 9.1 percent in 2017

The economy of Macau grew by 9.1 percent in 2017, ending the economic contraction seen over the past three consecutive years, according to data released yesterday by

AL Plenary | ‘PRC’ should be imprinted on more Macau travel documents, lawmaker suggests

Lawmaker Mak Soi Kun has urged the government to engrave the name of the state, the People’s Republic of China, on more types of

Briefs | Unemployed number drops to under 7,000

For the three-month period ending January 2018, the general unemployment rate (1.8 percent) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.4 percent) both dropped 0.1 percentage points compared

Crypto’s hottest hires aren’t millennials. They’re banking cops

Veteran Wall Street enforcers are landing new roles on a wild frontier: virtual currencies. A growing number of crypto startups are adding former regulators

Toys ‘R’ Us’s UK arm enters administration after failed sale

Toys “R” Us Inc.’s U.K. unit said it entered into administration yesterday after talks to sell the business fell through. Simon Thomas and Arron

Opinion | How Hong Kong could scrap income tax and prosper

It may be a good problem to have, but it’s a problem nevertheless. In his annual budget speech yesterday, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced a

US proposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminum foil

The U.S. Commerce Department yesterday recommended raising import duties on Chinese-made aluminum foil it said is being sold at unfairly low prices due to improper subsidies

Taiwan | Prosecutors detain developer of building where quake killed 14

Prosecutors in eastern Taiwan have detained the developer of a building complex that collapsed in an earthquake earlier this month, killing 14 people. The

Ruling party approves list of nominees to fill top government positions

Chinese leaders have approved nominees for top government jobs, state media said, as the ruling Communist Party also promised changes to the country’s regulatory structure. The

Economy | Factory index at 19-month low as holiday slows work

China’s manufacturing activity weakened to its lowest level in more than a year and a half as the extended Lunar New Year holiday curtailed production.

India | Grieving Bollywood fans pay their respects to Sridevi

Lining up for hours and visibly grief-stricken, thousands of mourning fans paid their respects yesterday to Sridevi, the iconic Bollywood actress who drowned accidentally in a

Bangladesh | Nobel laureates blame Suu Kyi for Rohingya crisis

Three Nobel Peace laureates yesterday accused Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation’s military of genocide for their role in violence that has forced

USA | White House downgrades Kushner’s security clearance

The security clearance of White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner has been downgraded, significantly reducing his access to classified information, according to two people informed

USA – Shootings | Infowars says YouTube dinged it for slamming survivors

Infowars, a conspiracy website that suggested survivors of the Florida school shooting were coached on their pleas for gun control, said its video account was temporarily frozen

Offbeat | At Flag Day ceremony, Mexico’s ‘tri-color’ flies upside down

A Flag Day ceremony in Mexico has gone awry, with troops flying the country’s red, white and green “tri-color” upside down. Local media show images of the

This Day in History | 1966 – Britain to go decimal in 1971

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, James Callaghan, has confirmed the “historic and momentous” decision to change over to decimal coinage. It was just one of a

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