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CHINA A Chinese peacekeeper killed while serving with the U.N. mission in Mali was given a hero’s funeral in his home province yesterday. State media reports said thousands of people

Macau Matters | Macau’s incredible telecom data roaming rip-off

Telecom service providers in Macau are blatantly ripping off their customers with usurious data roaming charges and I cannot understand why the Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation has let this situation

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 – edition no. 2578

* Macau authorities not investigating Taiwan casino scam * Senado notary office to close * Dissident lawyer Gao not giving up * Officials confirm Canadian hostage was beheaded   DOWNLOAD

CRIME | A set of penknives as ‘croupier tools’

A casino dealer was arrested on Sunday for the possession of two prohibited weapons - penknives with blade lengths of 9 and 12 centimeters, the Public Security Police Force (PSP)

Mainland merchant allegedly scammed RMB450,000

A small businessman from Zhuhai trying to supply farm products to Macau was fooled by a friend into paying the amount of RMB450,000 (almost MOP550,000) while trying to acquire a

Education | Holy House of Mercy to open new nursery

The Holy House of Mercy is set to launch a new nursery facility next school year, with at least one English-language teaching room, at the former Red Cross facilities located

AL election law amendment | New Macau calls for greater candidate equality in elections

The New Macau Association (ANM) presented their consolidated suggestions from the consultation period for the Legislative Assembly (AL) Election Law amendment, which concluded on June 5. Yesterday ANM presented three suggestions

Washington names new US consul general to Hong Kong and Macau

The U.S. Consulate General to Hong Kong and Macau has announced that Kurt Tong, from the U.S. Department of State, has been appointed as the next U.S. consul general to

Number of Instagram users growing fast in Macau

According to Instagram’s statistics from September 2015, over 400 million people use the social media platform, which shares more than 80 million photos per day. The venture of creating a social

Sharp decline in MICE events

A total of 191 MICE events were held in the first quarter of 2016, down by 20 year-on-year. Information released yesterday by the Statistics and Census Service indicates that the

ANM: ‘Too early’ to consider 2017 election

Asked about the association’s plans for the 2017 Legislative Assembly (AL) election, vice president Jason Chao said it is “still far too early” for New Macau to make any serious

Non-mandatory provident fund set for vote

The draft law on the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund Scheme has been forwarded to the Legislative Assembly for further vote, the president of the Administration Council of Social Security Fund

Retail | Designers claimed not to work for Miniso

Several European designers who were advertised by Miniso as part of its workforce (Miniso claimed to have 7 designers in total, including one Japanese), claimed not to have designed any

WABAG gets over MOP85 million to operate wastewater plant

According to information from the government’s Official Gazette (BO) published yesterday, the company WABAG Water Services (Macao) Ltd will continue to operate the Coloane’s Wastewater Treatment Plant until at least

Islands Hospital construction site inspection services cost MOP197.6 million

The “Project Management and Inspection Services” of the Islands Health Services Complex will cost the MSAR a total of MOP197.6 million. The information was disclosed in a notice in the Official

OPEC sees global oil market balancing toward the end of 2016

OPEC predicted that the global oil market will be more balanced in the second half of this year as demand rises and rival supplies falter, echoing views expressed by ministers

Analysis | Utilities suffer fear and loathing in Las Vegas

Contrary to what was slurred into your ear that one time, what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Which brings us, of course, to utilities. These traditional refuges of widows

Analysis | One Chinese city has figured out the future: Shenzhen

China's Xi Jinping recently declared that he wants China to rank as one of the world's most innovative countries by 2020 and to top the list by mid-century. Going by

Securities | Probe of broker comes after numbers faked in client’s IPO

Industrial Securities Co., a mid-sized Chinese brokerage, said it was being investigated by the securities regulator for a suspected failure to perform its statutory duties. The China Securities Regulatory Commission told

Diplomacy | Merkel meets Li Keqiang amid trade worries

China recognizes European concerns about overcapacity in its steel sector, but believes that is a symptom of the falloff in global demand, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday. Speaking to visiting

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