Opinion | Macau’s beggar king SJM prepares for its moment

Investors in Macau’s casino stocks don’t have much of an appetite for the territory’s home-grown hero. SJM Holdings, owner of the lotus-shaped Casino Grand Lisboa, doesn’t just trade at a

Motorsports | Maro Engel to race in Hong Kong Formula E event

German racing driver, Maro Engel, is set to return to single-seaters to compete for Venturi in the first Hong Kong Formula E grand prix in October. The racer told Motorsport that

Tourism | MGTO signs agreement with Inner Mongolia

The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is taking part in the event known as “Beautiful China – Grasslands Silk Road Tour,” to be held in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Gaming | Revised smoking bill may negatively impact gaming revenue

The effect of the full ban on smoking in casinos is more likely to affect the VIP market rather than the mass market, Grant Govertsen, a gaming analyst of Union

Locals more aware of problem gambling, experts say

Sands China held its annual Responsible Gaming Team Training Program at The Venetian Macao, for the fourth consecutive year, Monday and yesterday, attracting nearly 80 participants. In a bid to enhance

Gaming | Betting on the Olympics in Vegas? You might be the only one

It turns out Americans don’t really want to gamble on the Olympics after all. Las Vegas gamblers, able to wager on the Summer Games for the first time in 16 years, have

Indonesia weighs Iran’s proposal for USD8.4b oil refinery

Indonesia will study a proposal from Iran to build an oil refinery, along with bids from other countries, as it seeks to boost refining capacity to catch up with rising

Corporate bits | Blue Man Group to hit the Venetian’s stage tomorrow

Promoted by Chessman Production Ltd. Macau, Sliding Doors Entertainment (Singapore) and BASE Entertainment Asia (Singapore), the Blue Man Group is set to perform at The Venetian from tomorrow until August

Energy the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for Mozambique’s economy

Mozambique’s energy sector, which includes major projects being launched by Chinese companies, offers the country the best prospects to overcome the current adverse economic period, analysts have indicated. One recently launched

Revision of Angola’s 2016 budget delivered to parliament

The proposed revision of Angola’s state budget for 2016 was forwarded this week to parliament, where MPs will now review and vote on the document, which reduces spending originally planned

US says more military transparency needed in South China Sea

The response from Beijing and others to an arbitration panel’s ruling invalidating China’s vast South China Sea maritime claims has brought no surprises, but much more military transparency is needed

FAQ | Destroyer visit latest twist in military ties

The visit of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Benfold to the northern Chinese port of Qingdao earlier this week is the latest development in a long-term effort to

Chinese ambassador warns relations with UK at crossroads

China’s ambassador to Britain has warned that U.K.-Chinese relations are at a crossroads following the U.K. government’s delaying of a decision on a new nuclear power plant backed by Chinese

Residents of Lianyungang protest possible nuclear plans

Residents of a city in eastern China have protested for a third day against possible plans to build a nuclear fuel reprocessing center, a protester and a city employee said

Japan | Who is Naruhito, the likely next emperor?

Japanese Emperor Akihito’s video message this week, though subtle, suggested that he wishes to abdicate, and the attention now goes to his elder son, the first in line to Japan’s

Australia | Rights advocate opposes vote on same-sex marriage

A leading gay rights advocate and former judge yesterday urged Parliament to prevent a popular referendum on legalizing gay marriage in Australia. Michael Kirby, a former High Court judge who headed

Philippines | US concerned about extrajudicial killings

The U.S. government has expressed concern over extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and users in a bloody crackdown overseen by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and urged his government to

India | Activist ends hunger strike after 16 years

One of India’s most prominent political activists ended a 16-year hunger strike yesterday, licking honey from her hand and declaring “I will never forget this moment.” Irom Sharmila had been force-fed

War on Terrorism | Two years of anti-IS airstrikes have redrawn the map of Iraq

Two years ago, the U.S.-led coalition launched the first airstrikes on the Islamic State group, ushering in a deeper phase of intervention that dramatically changed the fight against the militant

China ridicules Trump’s criticism of its trade practices

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is playing the “China-bashing card” in an attempt to rescue his falling poll numbers but has no real ideas to resolve the two nations’ differences,

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