This Day in History | 1982 – Princess Diana gives birth to boy

Diana, Princess of Wales, has given birth to a boy sixteen hours after checking in to St Mary’s Hospital, in London. The boy, who has been

Rugby | British Lions beat Chiefs 34-6 in last match before 1st test 

Winger Jack Nowell scored two tries as the British and Irish Lions achieved the first midweek win of their New Zealand tour, beating the Hamilton-based Chiefs

Football | Perez says he hasn’t spoken to Ronaldo about rumors of exit

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says he has yet to speak with Cristiano Ronaldo regarding speculation that the star forward wants to leave Spain after

World briefs

MYANMAR A court in Myanmar sentenced a self-styled exorcist to death yesterday for killing three children during a ritual he carried out after telling their parents their offspring

The Buzz | Carrie Lam for national education against ‘independence ideas’

Hong Kong’s future chief executive, Carrie Lam, has vowed to pay close attention to the rise of independence ideas, promising strict law enforcement and stepped up national education from

Dried lizard penises from India sold as good luck charms

Wildlife investigators from India and Britain said yesterday they have uncovered an international fraud in which dried penises of endangered monitor lizards are being sold as a

Macau Matters | Improving financial literacy

Generally, I am appalled at the low levels of financial literacy of many people. Moreover, levels of financial literacy do not seem to vary too much with education

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 – edition no. 2827

* Hong Kong’s mini apartments boom as property prices soar * Holy house donates MOP1.7 million * Traditional festival back to São Lázaro district * No more US tourists to North Korea   DOWNLOAD

Third time’s the charm: Lam confident of winning AL seat

Agnes Lam’s Civil Watch list is once more running for a seat at the Legislative Assembly (AL). Lam, who is heading the group for the third time

Companies propel rise of electric ultra-high-performance cars

Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 313

Q&A | Charles Leong, Junior race-driver, student: ‘My dream is to win in the Formula One’

Macau’s junior race-driver Charles Leong was recently in the spotlight after he clocked the record-breaking time of 1:33:989 in the Asian Formula Renault Series (AFR)

Tourism | Macau Int’l Travel Expo to kick off in July

The 5th Macau International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE) will be held from July 7 to 9 at The Venetian Macao, featuring six exhibition zones about tourism

Macau Design Biennial to welcome fewer mainland submissions

The submission period for the 11th Macau Design Biennial has begun and will be open until June 30, as revealed at a press conference last week at the Macau

Crime | Man blackmailed following naked online chat

A local man was blackmailed after a nude chat with an Internet friend through Skype, as revealed by the Judiciary Police (PJ) during yesterday’s press conference.

Gaming Okada at risk of losing Nevada link

Following this month’s publication of a Japanese pachinko and arcade games manufacturer’s note to the JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Kazuo Okada’s corporate lifetime may be in

Briefs | Civil servants’ complaint regulations published

A management system to handle complaints by public servants will come into effect in 90 days, according to a notice published yesterday in the Official Gazette. The system

HK wants to win the next Alibaba with exchange revamp

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. is sending a message to startup companies the world over: We want your business. The bourse operator on Friday proposed

Qatar Air plans court claim in Gulf spat, condemns ICAO inaction

Qatar Airways said it could go to court in a bid to claw back the additional operating costs it’s running up after neighboring states in the Persian

Corporate bits | Sands inaugurates procurement academy

Sands China Ltd. inaugurated the Sands Procurement Academy yesterday at the Adelson Advanced Education Center at The Venetian Macao. The academy is providing tailor-made practical modules

How Bezos’s grocery shopping shakes up an USD800b industry

Since its founding 23 years ago, Amazon.com Inc. has upended the business of selling books, music and just about everything else we consume - except food. 

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