Thursday, December 8, 2016 – edition no. 2701

* Ho Chio Meng’s trial worries top lawyer * Fringe 2017 Bon Appétit * This is my city by Rui Reininho * Vietnamese refugees lured back home * Real, Ronaldo & company in Japan   DOWNLOAD

Film Awards season opens

* Movies: Neruda * Books: Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney * Music: Blue & Lonesome by The Rolling Stones

A poet on the run in startlingly great ‘Neruda’

Chilean director Pablo Larrain is on a hero’s quest to destroy the conventional biopic it seems. He turned the post-assassination days of Jacqueline Kennedy into an atmospheric examination of

Tom Clancy true ‘Faith and Allegiance’

The latest novel featuring Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy's iconic hero and now president of the United States, delivers all the elements that fans expect from the franchise.

‘Blue & Lonesome’ by the Rolling Stones

It shouldn't be a surprise, really, but still it's a bit startling to hear just how well the Rolling Stones can play the blues. Strip away the

News of the World | The Oscars: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land’, ‘Manchester by the Sea’ separate from award season pack

In Hollywood’s early but rapidly solidifying awards season, two films — radically different in tone and tune — have separated themselves from the pack: “Moonlight” and “La

The Progenitor of East Asia

Since the invention – more likely to be accidental than intentional – of grain-based beer, fruit-based wine and grain-based cereal wine predates written history, it falls on the

Food & Beverage | Mexican ancient beverage of pulque makes a comeback

Mexicans have been brewing pulque from the juice of cactus-like maguey plants for centuries, but the viscous, beer-like beverage fell out of favor starting in the 1970s as

Education | Macau students ‘score high’ on PISA 2015

The students of Macau have scored high marks in the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Q&A – Rueibin Chen | Pianist: ‘Music is without boundaries’

Rueibin Chen, a Taiwanese pianist, who performed at the 2010 World Expo in China, started his career as a child prodigy and concert pianist at age ten when

IFFAM names attending directors and producers

The first International Film Festival & Awards Macau (IFFAM) yesterday announced the filmmakers and stars that will be attending this year’s inaugural Festival. For the opening night film “Polina”,

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’

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