UM to charge for parking

The University of Macau (UM) will start to charge fees for parking in any of the car parks located on its campus from July 17. UM announced yesterday that non-UM

Flights between Macau and Moscow to increase

The Macau International Airport Co. Ltd (CAM) has announced that JSC Royal Flight Airlines will increase their passenger flight services between Macau and Moscow, Russia to three charter flights a week. A 

Tourism | Region linked to Indonesia’s Sulawesi province

Indonesia’s leading budget airline Lion Air has just flown some 250 Chinese tourists directly from Macau to the country’s province of North Sulawesi. According to Indonesian media outlet Tempo.Co, Lion Air

Live poultry trade resumed

Macau resumed its live poultry trade yesterday. According to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, live poultry from Zhuhai will be available in today’s markets if the produce test negative

Melco said to plan first VIP rooms at Studio City

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd.’s most expensive resort is set to open its first gambling rooms targeting high spenders from mainland China, switching gears from an earlier strategy that focused on

Glory days beckon with return of high rollers

Is China’s Gilded Age back? Three-and-a-half years after President Xi Jinping started his crackdown on corruption and lavish spending, there are signs that the belle epoque may be ready for

Health | 3,418 smoking fines issued in the first half of 2016

There have been 3,418 smoking-related infractions in public places during the first half of this year, according to a statement by the Health Bureau. During this time, 161,880 inspections were

Research points to shortages in professional education

The Non-Tertiary Education Council held its third plenary meeting yesterday at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ). The Council presented reports on the development of the region’s vocational and

Heritage | IPM holds workshop focused on old shipyards

From Monday until yesterday, the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) held a cultural and creative camp for nearly 80 participants from 23 secondary schools. Students who participated in the camp, entitled “Macau

Local Muslims celebrate end to month-long fasting

Hundreds of people attended an Eid al-Fitr event held at a site on Ramal dos Mouros yesterday to celebrate the end of a month-long fasting festival, Ramadan. Literally translating as

Corporate Bits | Alan Tam to perform at the Venetian

Legendary Cantopop singer Alan Tam will bring his “Alan Tam 40th Anniversary Concert Tour – Macau” to the Cotai Arena at The Venetian on August 20 to celebrate his 40th

MGM Resorts beats Toys ‘R’ Us with biggest rooftop solar system

MGM Resorts International surpassed Toys “R” Us Inc. with the largest U.S. rooftop solar installation, an 8.3-megawatt system completed this week. With an expansion that included more than 26,000 panels covering

Novo Banco CEO sees buyers interested in Macau, France units

Novo Banco SA, the lender that emerged from the breakup of Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo SA, is in “more or less advanced” talks to sell its units in Macau, France

Jewelry | How do you cut a massive, 404-carat diamond?

Soon after a 404-carat diamond was discovered in Angola’s Lulo mine, a Dubai-based consortium—Nemesis International DMCC—contacted the state-owned miner Endiama and bought the rough stone wholesale. “When the discovery was

Three Gorges analyses new acquisitions in Brazil

Chinese state group China Three Gorges (CTG) plans to invest in wind and solar power plants in Brazil, having spent more than 15 billion reais (USD4.5 billion) to acquire hydroelectric

National Bank of Angola raises basic interest rate to 16 pct

A decision of the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Angola has raised the basic interest rate for the Angolan market, the BNA, by

Chinese imports push up US trade deficit in May

The U.S. trade deficit climbed in May as a surge in imports of Chinese-made cellphones and computers pushed the politically sensitive imbalance with China to the highest level in six

South China Sea | Flagship paper warns US of ‘price’ to pay

The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party yesterday warned Washington that there would be a "price" to pay if it crosses China's "bottom line" by meddling in disputes over

UN panel says China is arbitrarily detaining US citizen

A U.N. panel says China has arbitrarily detained an American woman in violation of international human rights norms, bringing her case back into public attention ahead of a visit to

North Korea | Once smokers’ paradise, now urging people to quit

North Korea, one of the last bastions of free, unhindered smoking, a country where just about every adult male can and does light up almost anywhere he pleases and where

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