This Day in History | 1968 Manchester Utd win European Cup

Ten years after the Munich air crash, which killed eight of Matt Busby’s young team, Manchester United have reached the pinnacle of European football. Celtic became the first Scottish and British

Offbeat | USA: Aerosmith’s Tyler not really doing a strawberry farm show

NJ.com reports (bit.ly/1AymvkV) the rock star and “American Idol” judge was listed on concert websites ReverbNation and Eventful as performing a Saturday morning show at Windsor Farm & Market. Farm owner

Football | Europa League final – Bacca the star as Sevilla beats Dnipro 3-2

  Sevilla won the Europa League for a record fourth time, with two goals from Carlos Bacca steering the Spanish club to a 3-2 win over Ukraine's Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in yesterday's

Kapok | Collective Empowerment

José Pereira Coutinho’s arguments are pretty straightforward: Macao needs a long overdue Trade Union Law for three sets of reasons. First, because this is enshrined in Article 27 of the

Friday, May 29, 2015 – edition no. 2323

* Bangkok conference on boat people | Rohingya migrant crisis far from over * CTM to update internet services * Trailhiker 2015 over half booked * Arts Festival final show this weekend   DOWNLOAD

The reinvention of Macau – Cotai 2.0 starts on Broadway hoping for a happy ending

* Books: Piranha by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison * Music: The Purple Album by Whitesnake * Wine: The Wildness of Beauty IV * Food: the Italian Job * Jack Black by Paulo Coutinho *

Times Square by Rodrigo

Jack Black

Tea Leaks by Talkers

Leak in! Well-informed sources have circulated an unprecedented list of top People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers “who have been booked for corruption” and Talkers screened it with his own eyes

‘Poltergeist’ solid remake of haunted house classic

It’s infrequent and particularly satisfying when the remake of an especially memorable film equals or exceeds the experience of the original. In 1982, “Poltergeist” saw the brilliant pairing of “The

Cussler’s ‘Piranha’ is great book for summer reading

Piranha,” the latest in the Oregon Files series of novels by Clive Cussler, has a new co-author, Boyd Morrison, and proves to be the best entry in the series to

Whitesnake delves deep into Purple past on new album

Who says you can’t go home? David Coverdale delves deep into his Deep Purple background on the new Whitesnake album, which re-does songs from his tenure fronting the legendary classic rock

The Wildness of Beauty IV

(Continued from “The Wildness of Beauty III” on 24 April 2015) In the 16th century, Corsica became a major battleground for Habsburg Spain and Valois France over the control of the

Food | The Italian job

There is a new, ultra-talented, extraordinary chef in town, and I cannot wait to tell you more about him. Lovers of Italian cuisine, boys and girls, listen up. Discerning diners

Cotai 2.0 | Channeling Batman, Versailles: Macau’s new wave of resorts

  Macau is doubling down even as the odds change. The world’s casino capital this week welcomed the first of a new wave of lavish casino resorts for its up-and-coming Cotai

Screen People | Actress interrupted – Judge closes book on last Lohan criminal case in Los Angeles

Lohan’s career was already in trouble when she was arrested twice for driving under the influence in 2007, but the charges and two ensuing court cases cost the once-promising actress

scITech | Youtube – After a decade online, The Tube is redefining celebrity

It’s a meet-and-greet worthy of an A-list star. Outside the three-story bookstore at the outdoor shopping mecca known as The Grove, hundreds of mostly young women have formed a line that

Travelog | Milan Expo – 2015 US pavilion seeks to be catalyst in food security discussion

Fields of waving grain may have come to symbolize the United States’ industrialized agriculture, but the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2015 world’s fair is seeking to lead the conversation on

The Buzz | Jaguar Land Rover profit falls most in 2 years

Jaguar Land Rover became the latest casualty of a slowdown in Chinese auto demand, reporting its steepest drop in quarterly profit in two years after retail deliveries slumped in the

World briefs

CHINA-TAIWAN Mainland authorities have ruled out the possibility of its citizens being allowed to gamble in Taiwan, as casinos are mooted on one of a number of Taiwanese islands which

S. Korean hoops coach suspected of manipulating games

South Korean police plan to question a high-profile basketball coach over allegations that he manipulated games he coached to make money from gambling. Seoul police official Kim Seong-woon said yesterday they

Architect calls for suitable urban renewal policies

Explaining why many old buildings have been left idle, veteran architect Joy Choi pointed to the absence of suitable laws and policies as something that is hindering urban renovation. The

Galaxy phase 2 and Broadway open | Mass market will be ‘the new normal,’ says Francis Lui

As Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) opened Macau’s first new projects in three years on the Cotai Strip, its vice-chairman Francis Lui stressed yesterday that the mass market will become “the

Scholar | Mindset change needed to promote disability acceptance

Schools need to become more welcoming in order to further the city’s inclusive policy when it comes to children with disabilities, suggested assistant professor Wong Meng Ee of Singapore’s National

Number of non-resident workers increases by 18 pct

The Human Resources Office recorded that by the end of April there were 115,565 non-resident workers from mainland China, up by 21.67 percent year-on-year. A total of 22,352 were from

More mainland health professionals slated to counter staff shortage

After the opening ceremony of the second health center in Taipa yesterday morning, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, who officiated at the event, disclosed to the

New health center in Taipa opens

Among the medical personnel of the new staff that have been hired for the centre, as Cheang Seng Ip, Deputy Director of the Health Bureau (SSM) revealed, some were employed

Survey on manpower needs and wages | Average earnings increase during Q1

At the end of the first quarter of 2015 hotels in Macau had 45,817 full-time employees, up by 2.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages

Arts | Carving wood to raise environmental awareness

For French artist Mickael Obrenovitch, carving wood isn’t just about completing an artwork. He’s also hoping to raise awareness of environmental issues, particularly regarding deforestation in Indonesia. “Human Roots,” an exhibition

Exhibition opens at the Orient Foundation

Line – An Exhibition by Tank Kuok Hou, opened yesterday at the Orient Foundation gallery. The exhibition comprises part of New Visions, a long-term project initiated by the cultural organization

World Series of Poker starts this week with new events

If the World Series of Poker is lucky, the popularity of the Las Vegas championship’s newest event could cause a poker chip shortage. The annual set of 68 tournaments at the

Samsung’s Lee tightens grip on conglomerate in USD9.3b deal

Cheil Industries Inc., the de facto holding company of Samsung Group and which counts Lee as the largest shareholder, agreed to acquire Samsung C&T Corp., according to a filing Tuesday.

Corporate Bits | Sands China team members get active for World Challenge day 2015

Sanctioned by the Association For International Sport for All (TAFISA) and the Asian Sport for All Association (ASFAA), World Challenge Day is an annual event in Macau. Its aim is

Drunken Dragon Dance heralds birth of Buddha celebrations

Performers stage the drunk dragon dance during the Drunken Dragon Festival to celebrate Buddha’s birthday in Macau, May 25. Buddha’s birthday fell on Monday this year according to the Chinese lunar

Portuguese group buys Angolan state coffee company

Angonabeiro, an Angolan company under the Portuguese Nabeiro group, will invest USD1 billion in the purchase of the entire share capital of Angolan state coffee company Liangol, said the managing

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