SICIF’16 | 1,650 worldwide entries in second edition

The Sound & Image Challenge International Festival 2016 (SICIF’16), the second edition of festival, commenced yesterday with a concert “Aeolian Scriptures” performed by a Hong Kong ensemble. The opening

Policy Address – Raimundo do Rosário | Real estate issues are at the top of lawmakers’ major concerns 

During the second day of the Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary meeting, lawmakers’ major concern was Macau’s real estate market, namely housing quality, public housing and land laws. The

Briefs | New Hengqin border facilities to be completed in six years

The Zhuhai authorities have initiated the construction of an integrated border transit center at the Hengqin border. According to Macao Daily News, Zhuhai has invested RMB26 billion in

EU-Macao Joint Committee | Secretary Leong co-chairs meeting in Belgium

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, briefed representatives from the European Union on Macao’s latest economic developments, including the Government’s first-ever Five-Year Development Plan, according to

Resident, non-resident deposits going different directions in October

According to statistics released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM), deposits to the banking sector made by residents increased 2.1 percent month-to-month to MOP502.8 billion in October.

Uber drivers face hefty fines as Taiwan oposition grows

Investors and companies are getting a preview of how the Taiwan government’s plan to become “Asia’s Silicon Valley” might fare. Uber Technologies Inc., one of Silicon Valley’s most

Oil falls from 16-month high as OPEC production keeps on rising

Oil retreated from the highest close in 16 months as OPEC pumped a record amount of crude in November, partly led by members exempt from cutting output as

ADB: China-championed Asia Trade Pact should wrap up fast

The death knell sounding for a U.S.-led Pacific trade pact creates a vacuum that a separate Asia deal being championed by China should quickly fill, according to the Asian

USD2.6b currency swap signed with Egypt

Egypt and China signed a currency-swap deal for about USD2.6 billion, allowing the North African nation to shore up foreign reserves after floating its currency last month. The countries’

Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case

A celebrity Chinese stock trader who was arrested after last year's market collapse has pleaded guilty to insider trading and manipulating share prices, a court announced yesterday. Xu Xiang

Human Rights Watch | Mainland’s opaque anti-graft probes rife with abuse

Torture, solitary confinement and coerced confessions are rife in investigations of Chinese Communist Party officials detained on suspicion of corruption, according to a report issued yesterday by Human Rights

South Sudan | Another 120 peacekeepers deployed

The first 120 troops of a 700-member Chinese U.N. peacekeeping force have departed for South Sudan, deepening China's commitment to the troubled East African nation, where two of its

Bangladesh | Rohingya who fled Myanmar recount killings, rapes, burnings

The Myanmar soldiers came in the morning, the young mother says. They set fire to the concrete-and-thatch homes, forcing the villagers to cluster together. When some of her neighbors

Briefs | Thailand – New king appoints small council

Thailand's new king named an 11-member council of advisers yesterday, bringing in three new officials, including a former army chief and two representatives of the ruling junta.

South Korea | Lawmakers say president will accept impeachment outcome

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is willing to "calmly" accept the outcome if the opposition-controlled parliament votes for her impeachment this week, but prefers to resign on her own

Japan | Abe won’t apologize at Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won't apologize for Japan's attack when he visits the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor later this month, a government spokesman said yesterday. Chief

NATO chief trumpets new ‘momentum’ with EU military ties

NATO and the European Union are moving forward on deepening cooperation, the alliance's chief said yesterday, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump insists European allies start pulling their own military

Putin’s Russia seeks to project power with modern military

With an aircraft carrier deployed off Syria's shores and hundreds of new jets, missiles and tanks entering service each year, President Vladimir Putin can project Russian military power on

Offbeat | Police nab suspects, fowl accomplice in break-in

Two suspects in a weekend break-in at a Massachusetts convenience store had a fowl accomplice. Northampton officers investigating a robbery in progress at a store quickly found two men

This Day in History | 1993 – Activists lose battle over chestnut tree

Dozens of people have been injured at the end of a 20-year battle to save a 250-year-old chestnut tree in east London. Twenty protesters were arrested after they

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