Property | Chinese-made USD100 billion city near Singapore ‘scares everybody’

The landscaped lawns and flowering shrubs of Country Garden Holdings Co.’s huge property showroom in southern Malaysia end abruptly at a small wire fence. Beyond, a desert of

Hengqin’s director says more land could be made available to Macau

 The director-general of the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee, Niu Jing, pledges that the park is not the only place Zhuhai has prepared within the scope of Guangdong-Macau

Policy Address – Sonia Chan | Political reform, the skeleton in the closet

Political reform was, perhaps inadvertently, the issue that dominated yesterday’s presentation of Sonia Chan’s office’s action plan for 2017. The Secretary for Administration and Justice was

Macau Grand Prix | TCR dispute may threaten participation next year

A dispute has emerged between the TCR International Series and Macau Grand Prix organizers following the conclusion of the racing event in the city last weekend. According to Autosport magazine,

Briefs | Bridge to reclaimed land estimated to cost MOP305m

  China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has been assigned the contract to build a bridge connecting the new reclamation project, known as the Macau New Urban Zones (Zone A),

Economy | Third quarter growth at 4pct owing to gaming rebound

The economy of Macau expanded by 4 percent year-on-year in real terms during the third quarter of 2016, according to data released yesterday by the Statistics and Census

Employee turnover rate in banks drops

At the end of the third quarter of 2016, there were some 28 banks operating in Macau, according to information released by the Statistics and Census Service

Corporate bits | Sands shoppes holds retail awards ceremony

Sands Shoppes Cotai Strip Macao hosted the second Sands Retail Awards ceremony last week at Conrad Macao, Cotai Central. The ceremony recognized and rewarded retailers at the Four

Trump’s business partner will be Manila’s man in Washington

Among the conflict-of-interest questions swirling around U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s global business interests, Trump Tower at Century City in Manila’s financial district stands out. Century Properties Group Inc. of

Taiwan airline TransAsia to shut down after suffering losses

Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways Corp. decided to close down operations after two fatal crashes in the last two years pushed it into losses. After a

Daimler fires official accused of calling Chinese ‘bastards’

A top executive at German automaker Daimler’s China operation has been fired after being accused of yelling insults about Chinese people and using pepper spray in a dispute

Hong Kong Disney gets USD1.4b expansion with Frozen theme area

The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong are launching a USD1.4 billion expansion of the southern Chinese city’s Disneyland resort that includes the company’s first themed areas based

China says it is caring for refugees from Myanmar fighting

China is caring for about 3,000 refugees who have entered its territory to escape fighting in Myanmar between the government and ethnic rebels, including some who have been

Defectors: North Korea would fall without capitalistic markets

Hundreds of capitalistic markets, each with thousands of stalls, form the glue that holds North Korea’s socialist planned economy together, say defectors who sold medicinal herbs,

Japan | Offshore quake causes tsunamis, nuclear worries in Japan

A  powerful earthquake off the northeast Japanese shore yesterday sent residents fleeing to higher ground and prompted worries about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami five year ago.

China tells Trump that ties with US are ‘too big to fail’

The China-U.S. relationship is “too big to fail” and President-elect Donald Trump shares an obligation to make sure ties between the world’s two largest economies improve and never worsen, the Communist

Asia laments Trump rejection of Pacific trade pact

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership but other Pacific Rim leaders are vowing to push market-opening efforts they say are vital for

USA | Trump auditions Cabinet prospects high above Manhattan

Donald Trump held court from his perch high above Manhattan yesterday , receiving a line of former rivals, longtime allies and TV executives while overseeing a presidential

Libya | Authorities arrest wife of senior al-Qaida-linked militant

Libyan authorities said yesterday that they have arrested a wife of the one-eyed militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, once considered the most dangerous man in the Sahara and a veteran

Offbeat | Robbery goes awry in Austria after suspect finds bank closed

This robbery failed before it began. The bank was closed. Austrian police have arrested a man who they say tried to rob a bank in Vienna — but arrived

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