Sightseeing bridge soon to be under construction in Cotai Ecological Zone

A sightseeing bridge will be built at the Cotai Ecological Zone, according to a notice published last week by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA). The bridge is planned to be constructed

China as factory to world mulls the unthinkable: Price hikes

China’s factories may be on the cusp of delivering a new shock to the global economy after years of undercutting rivals with cheaper costs. This time, increases in prices could

Corporate bits | MGM co-organizes sustainability seminar

MGM and the Gaming Teaching and Research Centre (GTRC) of Macao Polytechnic Institute co-organized the Sustainability Seminar and Tour for a group of 50 students from the Gaming and Recreation

Angola | Economic growth should average 2.9 percent from 2017 to 2021

The Angolan economy should post average growth of 2.9 percent during the period from 2017 to 2021, compared to the rate of 4.1 percent during the period from 2012 through

Fitch maintains Mozambique’s CC risk rating

The Fitch Ratings agency has maintained Mozambique’s long-term risk rating at CC in both local and foreign currency, indicates a statement issued on Friday. The CC rating implies that the so-defined

Taiwan | Ex-legislator helped free sailors held off Somalia

Having taken up the cause of a fellow Taiwanese held by Somali pirates, former legislator Tsai Cheng-yuan faced one hurdle after another. Government agencies at home and in three foreign capitals

Official: 15 coal miners dead, 18 missing following blast

A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in western China yesterday, leaving 15 miners dead, a local government official said. Eighteen other miners are unaccounted for, according to Xinhua. The

China confirms allowing Philippine fishermen access to shoal

China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday confirmed a decision to allow Philippine fishermen access to a disputed shoal following a visit to Beijing by the Philippine president. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said

Malaysia’s Najib to seek stronger ties with Beijing during visit

Following Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent visit to China, Malaysia’s prime minister is the latest leader of a nation that claims territory in the South China Sea to travel to

Myanmar | New reports emerge of army attacks on Rohingya

Just five months after her party took power, Myanmar’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure over recent reports that soldiers have been killing, raping and burning homes of the country’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims. The U.S. State

Pakistan | Police detain 1,500 in crackdown on opposition

Pakistani police launched a nation-wide crackdown overnight, arresting at least 1,500 supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan ahead of an opposition rally planned later this week in Islamabad, officials said yesterday. The

USA Elections | FBI email inquiry dominates as race enters final full week

Hillary Clinton enters the final full week of the presidential race on defense once again over her use of a private email system. Meanwhile, a newly emboldened Donald Trump is

This Day in History | 1990 – Howe resigns over Europe policy

The UK’s deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned. He informed the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of his decision at around 1800 on Thursday. Sir Geoffrey said the reasons for his

Offbeat | In lieu of flowers, justice: Paper runs ‘Walking Dead’ obit

Many viewers of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” took the shocking deaths of two fan favorites in the latest season premiere as personally as a death in the family. One Arkansas

Golf | Hideki Matsuyama leaves Japan to conquer the world

No one from Japan has more than Hideki Matsuyama’s three PGA Tour victories. No one from Japan ever won a World Golf Championship. None of this might have been possible if

The Buzz | Vietnam reports first microcephaly birth likely linked to Zika

Vietnam has reported its first case of microcephaly likely linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The 4-month-old girl with an abnormally small head was born in central Vietnam to a mother

World briefs

IRAQ’s state-sanctioned Shiite militias claim that some 5,000 fighters have joined their push to encircle the country’s second-largest city of Mosul and cut off Islamic State fighters there. CHINA-PHILIPPINES China’s Foreign

Literature | Accepting award, Murakami warns against excluding outsiders

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami warned against excluding outsiders and rewriting history as he accepted the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. Murakami spoke yesterday in Odense, Denmark, the birthplace of Andersen,

Our Desk | The Difference is (not) Macau!

I know this is a recurrent topic and despite the fact that almost everybody has had a few words on the topic, I still think it is necessary to address

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 – edition no. 2675

* Woman in scandal roiling S. Korea says she ‘deserves death’ * Tour groups decline 20pct in September * ‘Green buildings have a higher value’ * 15 dead, 18 missing in coal mine

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