Art | Bessmertny to exhibit 34 recent works

The Macao Museum of Art (MAM) will host an exhibition showcasing the recent works of Russian-born painter Konstantin Bessmertny. The Macau-based artist will present some 34 pieces composed of multiple

Cultural Industries Fund to enhance SMEs support

The Cultural Industries Fund’s Administrative Committee announced that it will increase the amount of funds given to support small sized enterprises between 2016 and 2018. This information was reported by

Cristina Morais ends her time at Macau Forum

Cristina Morais who was the coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries (Macau Forum)

Health | First organ transplant successfully performed in Macau

Last Sunday, the Centro Hospitalar Conde de São Januário (CHCSJ) successfully conducted Macau’s first organ transplant surgery. The organ transplant was performed between two local sisters, with the donor and the

Briefs | Ted Chan resigns from Melco Crown

Ted Chan, chief operating officer of Melco Crown has resigned “for personal reasons,” the company announced last night in a note to the stock exchange. Lawrence Ho, Melco Crown’s CEO, said that he will “personally take on

Portugal banks on ‘Davos for geeks’ to bolster cooling economy

Portugal’s success in getting the organizers of the Web Summit to move to Lisbon from Dublin, beating out contenders like Amsterdam and Paris, may have been the easy part. Now,

Corporate bits | MGM to co-host lion dance competition

MGM and Wushu General Association of Macau are co-hosting the sixth annual signature event – “MGM Lion Dance Championship – Macau International Invitational” at the resort’s Grande Praça on Saturday

Chinese companies look at new opportunities in Angola

Hundreds of Chinese business executives are attending an investment forum in Angola, a major supplier of oil to China. Lusa, the Portuguese news agency, reports that Chinese entrepreneurs are looking at

October exports fall in new sign of global weakness

China’s exports fell again in October in a fresh sign of weak global demand that is complicating efforts by Beijing leaders to shore up economic growth and reduce reliance on

Billionaire cuts salary to 15 cents amid cash crunch

The billionaire chairman of China’s LeEco has admitted his technology empire is running out of cash to sustain a headlong rush into businesses from electric cars to smartphones. In a lengthy letter to

US upset over China’s Hong Kong intervention

  The U.S. is expressing disappointment over China’s intervention in a political dispute in the semiautonomous region of Hong Kong by barring two separatist lawmakers from office. State Department spokesman Mark Toner yesterday

Hong Kong | British banker guilty of murdering Indonesians, sentenced to life

A British banker was convicted of murder yesterday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that

Famous pool-cue maker sentenced in attempted ivory smuggling

A famous custom pool-cue maker has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in trying to help export protected African elephant ivory to Taiwan. Seventy-five-year-old Cesar “Ernie” Gutierrez

South Korea | President Park’s concession could spell end of power

Scrambling to defuse a massive scandal, South Korean President Park Geun-hye yesterday conceded to lawmakers the power to name her new prime minister, a move that could seriously hurt, or even destroy, her ability to

Laos moves ahead with plan for third contentious Mekong dam

Laos has notified its Southeast Asian neighbors that it’s moving ahead with a third contentious hydroelectric dam on the Mekong River’s mainstream. The Mekong River Commission, an organization that groups together

Philippines | Court says dictator Marcos can be buried at heroes’ cemetery

The Philippines’ Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at a heroes’ cemetery, a decision that opponents said rolled back the democratic triumph of

New Zealand | Regulators reject media merger in initial ruling

New Zealand regulators yesterday made a preliminary decision to reject a merger between the country’s two main newspaper groups. The Commerce Commission said the proposed merger would result in one company

Bypass TV with online tools, live streams on Election Day

TVs are so last century. News outlets are using Facebook Live, Snapchat, YouTube and other tools to offer live coverage of Election Day in ways not possible four years ago. It’s

This Day in History | 1960 – Narrow victory for John F Kennedy

Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy has emerged as the new president of the United States beating Vice-President Richard Nixon by a slim margin. Senator Kennedy, aged 43, is a Harvard graduate and

Offbeat | Internet freezes for ‘mannequin challenge’ craze

Forget dumping ice buckets, dancing or planking, the latest viral phenomenon sweeping the internet consists of people standing still as part of the “mannequin challenge.” Videos of the challenge feature posing

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