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The Buzz | Ford unveils new Taurus influenced by China

With its newest Taurus, Ford is joining the race to appeal to Chinese business buyers by offering bigger, more luxurious back seats. The Taurus, Ford Motor Co.’s first full-size sedan

World briefs

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban storms a police checkpoint in a northwestern province and kills nine border guards, while a roadside bombing kills six civilians in the country’s southwest. JAPAN Two Japanese Cabinet

Space odissey | NASA releases picture of starry fireworks for Hubble’s 25th

What better way to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s quarter-century in orbit than with cosmic fireworks? Yesterday — one day before the 25th anniversary of Hubble’s launch — NASA released an

Interview | UM student Lisandra Wagan Fesalbon: ‘Encouragement needed for more students to speak English’

University of Macau student Lisandra Wagan Fesalbon outperformed the other 100,000 contestants at the “21st Century Coca-Cola Cup” National English Speaking Competition, taking the top honor. Born in Macau in

Chinese literature remains largely unknown in the West – translators to blame

A lack of good translators and a sense of reluctance among Western publishers to publish non-European literature has been hindering the spread of Chinese literature, said Swedish linguist and sinologist

Fire at UM college, journalist prevented from filming evacuation

A foreign exchange student, dormitory authorities and security guards from the University of Macau (UM) were embroiled in a conflict with a local journalist who attempted to photograph students fleeing

Corruption | DSAT staff took bribes from parking management firms

The case was unveiled by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) and involves companies that were granted 70 percent of the local public car parking contracts since 2012. One of the

Hengqin Free Trade zone opens

The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong attended the opening ceremony of Guangdong’s pilot free trade zone (Hengqin area) yesterday. Leading Macau’s delegation in Hengqin, he assured attendees that

Arts | ‘Ghost the Musical’ in town this summer

The Broadway musical ‘Ghost,’ based on the 1990 hit movie starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, will take center stage at Macau’s Cultural Center (CCM) this summer with a run

Briefs | LECM workers’ suspended

The two Civil Engineering Laboratory (LECM) employees, allegedly involved in a bribery and document forgery case unveiled by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) earlier this week are no longer working

Sands China falls as local downturn causes forecasts miss

  Sands China Ltd. fell to a month low in Hong Kong after the Macau casino operator reported earnings that were worse-than-expected and billionaire chairman Sheldon Adelson said he’s uncertain about

Music – Education | Macao Orchestra visits schools

Real Estate Matters | The most important questions to ask when you are a landlord renting out a property

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties

Project Poker | Things you learn as a poker player

It has been quite a few years since I first started playing poker, and as you surely know, there is so much more to it than just playing a game

Survey | Mainland factory activity slips again to 1-year low

China’s manufacturing deteriorated again in April to its lowest point in a year, in a fresh sign that growth is faltering in the world’s second biggest economy. HSBC said yesterday that

China fines Mercedes USD57 million in price-fixing probe 

A Chinese regulator said yesterday it has fined Mercedes Benz 350 million yuan (USD57 million) on price-fixing charges in a wide-ranging probe of the auto industry that has prompted complaints

Corporate Bits | Sands resorts cotai strip awarded in ttg china travel awards

“Receiving this award is a great honor for Sands China Ltd as it acknowledges our continued efforts to deliver the best possible entertainment, leisure, dining and accommodation experience for our

Party releases pictures of top 100 graft absconders

Following the publication of a list of China’s top 100 fugitive officials wanetd on suspicion of corruption, photos of the suspects were splashed across two pages of the official China Daily newspaper

FT: Beijing spells out cost of meeting pollution targets

According to the country’s central bank, a report on “green” finance issued Wednesday estimated that China’s budget covered only 15 per cent of the required investment, and called for carbon

First ‘tiger’ snared in corruption crackdown stands trial

The Chinese Communist Party official whose downfall ushered in a nationwide corruption crackdown that continues to shake local industries raised no objections at his one-day graft trial yesterday. Li Chuncheng, 59,

Japan | Ministers’ war shrine visit irks Beijing after Xi-Abe talks 

Three Japanese Cabinet ministers yesterday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors the country’s war dead, including convicted war criminals, drawing a rebuke from China just a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

India | Farmer suicide at Delhi protest galvanizes Modi’s opponents

As hundreds watched, Gajendra Singh climbed a tree and hung himself with a towel in central New Delhi on Wednesday. Members of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party, which organized the

Migration EU leaders discuss more and faster action on Med refugees

European Union leaders are discussing plans to double financial sources to save lives in the Mediterranean where hundreds of migrants have drowned in recent days, and to capture and destroy vessels which

Chile | Calbuco volcano erupts, nearby town evacuated

The Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday (yesterday in Macau) for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. Authorities

This Day in History | 1967 Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash

Colonel Vladimir Komarov, 40, is the first known victim of a space flight. He was an experienced cosmonaut, on his second flight, and had completed all his experiments successfully before

Offbeat | China to crack down on strippers at rural funerals

Chinese officials say they are cracking down on stripteases and other lewd shows that have become popular at funerals in some rural areas. The Ministry of Cultural said in a statement

Football | Champions League – Hernandez goal puts Real into semis, Juventus also joins last four

A late goal by Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez gave Real Madrid a tense 1-0 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid and a place in the Champions League semifinals yesterday. After the first leg of

Bizcuits | Why stay?

Are you an expatriate? Some foreigners don’t think of themselves as one because the term has been traditionally used to describe a high-flying executive on a fat package dropped into

Friday, April 24, 2015 – edition no. 2298

* Broadway musical in town this summer * A case of English proficiency * Translators to blame * EU leaders discuss plans to confront med migrant crisis   DOWNLOAD

Hungary: A safer gateway to Europe

* Movies: Adult beginners * Books: The stolen Ones by Owen Laukkanen * Music: Kindred by Passion Pit * Wine: The Wildness of Beauty III * Jack Black  by Paulo Coutinho * Times Square by

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Jack Black

, former deputy-coordinator of IPM’s Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies, has been appointed the new head of Macau’s Economic and Trade Delegation to the WTO in Geneva, replacing Secretary Raimundo

Tea Leaks by Talkers

Apparently, “the” place to be this evening is the Praha Bar, a joint with a view at the Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s the monthly drinks event hosted by our favorite concern

Indie ‘Adult Beginners’ explores familiar territory

Are you happy?” is the prevailing question of its fair share of indie dramas. The cinema of borderline depressive thirtysomethings living in reasonably pleasant suburban environs might as well be a

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