Amended smoke regulations put into effect

Amendements to the Tobacco Prevention and Control Regime (Smoking Law) entered into force on January 1, with harsher penalties for transgressors.  On the first two days of

Tourism | Package tour visitors up by 24 percent

Visitors on package tours rose by 24.6 percent year-on-year to 917,000 in November 2017, with a month-to-month increase of 14.8 percent. Package tour visitors from mainland China

Briefs | 1.2m border crossings at Gongbei during holiday period

The Gongbei border gate saw a total of 1.2 million crossings during the three-day New Year Holiday, according to a report by Macao Daily News. On the first

USA California rolls its own recreational pot sales out for 2018

From a pot shop in Santa Cruz that hung a banner proclaiming “Prohibition is Over!” to one in San Diego handing out T-shirts showing the first moon

Singapore | Solid growth lays ground for possible tax, MAS moves

Singapore’s economy finished 2017 on a solid footing, allowing more room for policy makers to consider raising taxes and tightening monetary policy this year.

AP Exclusive | China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad

Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up about 200 fellow Uighurs who had fled

Briefs | 2017 movie ticket sales rise 13.5 percent

China’s total domestic movie ticket sales rose 13.5 percent in 2017 to 55.9 billion yuan (USD8.6 billion), state news agency Xinhua said this week. The top-grossing title was

Sports diplomacy | South Korea offers to talk with North on Olympic cooperation

South Korea yesterday offered high-level talks with rival North Korea to find ways to cooperate on next month’s Winter Olympics in the South. Seoul’s quick proposal

Kim Jong Un | US should know Pyongyang’s nuclear force a reality

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on his New Year’s speech that the United States should be aware that his country’s nuclear forces are now a

42 survive boat capsizing off Indonesia’s Borneo; eight dead

Rescuers have found 42 survivors and are searching for one man still missing after a speedboat capsized off Indonesia’s part of Borneo island. At least eight

US-Pakistan | Trump slams Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in New Year’s tweet

President Donald Trump slammed Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in a New Year’s Day tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for ‘fools.’ ‘No more,’

Offbeat | Russian army demonstrates latest weapon: Cuddly puppies

The Russian Armed Forces has unveiled its latest cutting-edge weapon in a New Year greetings video: cuddly puppies. After a year of showing off its military

This Day in History | 2000 – Art theft was ‘professional’ job

Police have said the Cezanne painting taken from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on New Year’s Eve was probably stolen to order. The painting - Auvers-sur-Oise

Football – EPL | Lingard, the late developer finally flourishing at United

For all the recent talk about the money Jose Mourinho has — or hasn’t — spent at Manchester United, his best player at the moment might be

Tennis | Murray withdraws, Muguruza retires with cramps in Brisbane

Andy Murray’s long-term hip injury has forced him out of the Brisbane International, cast serious doubts over his participation in the Australian Open and has him contemplating

World briefs

NORTH KOREA Kim Jong Un said that the United States should be aware that his country’s nuclear forces are now a reality, not a threat. But he also

The Buzz | American blogger Logan Paul apologizes for YouTube video

American blogger Logan Paul has apologized after getting slammed for a video he shared on YouTube that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest known as

Japan’s emperor greets cheering crowd at palace for new year

Japan’s Emperor Akihito, who will abdicate the Chrysanthemum Throne and hand it to his son next year, was showered with cheers from tens of thousands of New

Macau Matters | Amazing Angkor Wat

I am  inclined towards calm stoicism rather than extravagant gushery, but when you see Angkor Wat you cannot help but gush about it. It is a truly

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 – edition no. 2957

* Death toll in Iran protests climbs as Rouhani calls for calm * 90pct of ATMs with facial recognition * Casino revenue miss signals volatility * Smoking regulations put into effect   DOWNLOAD

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