Asia’s growing appetite for meat, milk drives up costs

Asia’s fast-growing economies will increase demand for food in the next decade, especially meat and dairy, as incomes rise, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations

World Briefs

CHINA’s manufacturing was weak in June and employers cut more jobs, two surveys showed yesterday, in a new sign the world’s second-largest economy is struggling to emerge from a slump.

Health Bureau stresses priority in protecting non-smokers

Several reports and opinion-makers argue that the full smoking ban on casinos will have a negative impact on the economy, but the Health Bureau director, Lei Chin Ion, stated that

Cooperation | Portuguese medical institute opens European market for local firms

Portugal’s Institute of Traditional Medicine (IMT) has collaborated with the Hengqin-based Guangdong- Macau Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park to establish an international exchange and cooperation centre within the park, which

Gaming | Revenue slumps to lowest level in over four years

Local casino revenue fell to the lowest in more than four years amid China’s slowing economy and a graft crackdown that deterred high rollers. A surprise easing of Chinese travel

Heritage | 10 years after UNESCO listing | Urban planners say city should be seen as a whole

Residents have a closer attachment to heritage sites that have “a social role” – like the post office and the several modernist markets – than they have with emblematic monuments

ARTS AND CULTURE | Fair with extended English book offering

This year’s edition of the Macau Book Carnival is seeking to inject positive energy into the city by cultivating reading culture among locals, according to the organizers of the event,

HKD7 million seized by Customs

A Korean national was preparing to leave Macau carrying HKD7 million in a large black backpack when Macau Customs stopped him at the airport. Officers asked him to open his

LRT construction to extend to peninsula section at year-end

The Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) is focusing on its primary task to allocate resources to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Taipa section’s construction, the office’s new coordinator, Ho Cheong Kei,

Extra flight added to current Taoyuan-Macau schedule

Budget airline Tigerair Taiwan intends to increase its flight frequency between Taoyuan and Macau. The airline currently operates two round-trip flights every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. However, from August 1,

FILM | One more award for ‘A Useless Fiction’

Cheong Kin Man’s award-wining short film, “A Useless Fiction,” has just clinched another prize: “Distinción Amarilla.” Known as “the Yellow Prize” in English, it was awarded at the Cinemística Film

China scrambles to reassure jittery stock traders

Chinese authorities are scrambling to reassure jittery investors after soaring stock markets plunged, threatening to set back economic reform plans. The market benchmark soared 150 percent from the start of the

Corporate Bits | Summer special offers for local residents at wynn

Accommodation - Macau residents can stay at the Forbes Five-Star Wynn Macau. The package includes one-night’s accommodation, choice of breakfast for two persons, complimentary WiFi, complimentary parking and late check-out

Portugal | Mainland groups put forward proposals to buy Novo Banco

The Resolution Fund and the Bank of Portugal received three binding bids to buy Novo Banco, according to a statement from the Bank of Portugal which did not identify the

Angola | Chinese company hired to build hydroelectric plant

The government of Angola has hired a consortium made up of the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) and Niara Holding to build the new Caculo Cabaça dam, in the Middle

Beijing’s climate goal calls for aggressive push on solar, wind

China’s new pledge to curb greenhouse gas emissions means the world’s biggest carbon polluter must make a more aggressive push to install solar and wind power, according to an industry

World Bank urges PRC to embrace basic financial reforms

China needs fundamental reform of its state-dominated financial system to keep economic growth on track, the World Bank said yesterday. The communist government needs to address wasteful investment, over-indebtedness and weak regulation

Hong Kong | Sparse crowds at anniversary march as democracy movement struggles

Hong Kong’s annual march against Chinese rule attracted a fraction of last year’s turnout as democracy activists struggle to muster supporters after a year of protests failed to wrest political

New law to boost cyber security

China yesterday passed sweeping new legislation reinforcing government controls over cyberspace in the wake of what it describes as growing threats to Chinese networks and national security. The vaguely worded National

Indonesia | Plane crash death toll reaches 141 as search effort ends 

Indonesia’s air force said yesterday it will investigate if the transport plane that crashed into a city neighborhood, killing 141 people, was violating orders by carrying paying passengers. A local military

Seafood from slavery | Myanmar fisherman goes home after 22 years a slave

All he did was ask to go home. The last time the Burmese slave made the same request, he was beaten almost to death. But after being gone eight years and

Greece | Tsipras makes concession but no deal seen before Sunday vote

Greece’s government has made new concessions in talks with its creditors, though some European officials said they were still not good enough and that a deal was nevertheless impossible before a Greek

USA-Cuba | Washington, Havana reach agreement to open embassies

The United States and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in each other’s capitals, the biggest tangible step in the countries’ historic bid to restore ties after more than a

Egypt | Militants attack army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 38 

Islamic militants yesterday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 38 soldiers, security and

Tunisia | Beach killer trained with museum gunmen 

The student who massacred tourists in a Tunisian seaside resort trained in a jihadi camp in Libya at the same time as the two men who attacked a leading museum

This Day in History | 2005 – Millions rock to Live 8 message

Bob Geldof said the day had been “full of hope and possibility and life”. In London Madonna, U2, Coldplay, Sir Elton John and Sting all performed. Almost all of the singers

Offbeat | Recent spike in shark attacks reported off Carolinas coast

Shark experts have a not-so-reassuring explanation for a recent spate of attacks along on the coast of the Carolinas: It’s mainly because so many people are getting in the water. Six

Football | Copa America – Messi & Argentina shining together, closer to elusive title

Lionel Messi is a step closer to finally breaking through with Argentina. The Barcelona star heads into the Copa America final with a chance to end his nation’s 22-year title

Lausanne favored for 2020 Youth Olympics

Lausanne appears favored to win 2020 Youth Winter Games hosting rights after an International Olympic Committee evaluation of the two candidates. An IOC report notes uncertainty about how Romanian city

All ingredients in place for mouthwatering Tour de France

The Tour starting on Saturday has all the ingredients in place: —A nervy first week on treacherous roads. —Towering mountains passes to climb. —The grandest of finales up 21 hairpin bends to the

World Views | History says Greeks will vote to stay with Europe

If Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is confident he can persuade his countrymen to vote against the austerity package offered by their creditors on Sunday, he should think again: The

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The Buzz | President admits fixing 5 Serie B matches

The president of Catania has admitted to fixing five Serie B matches aimed at preventing the Sicilian club from relegation to the third division. Antonino Pulvirenti also claimed to have

Transgender swimmer at Harvard believed to be a 1st

Schuyler Bailar was a star recruit for the women’s swimming team at Harvard University, a tough competitor with a shot at winning titles. But Bailar is opting to forgo such

World Briefs

CHINA’s ruling Communist Party recruited almost 15 percent fewer new members last year amid hopes that better-qualified candidates will expand its guiding role in Chinese society. CHINA-USA Chinese authorities have arrested

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