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CHINA has no plans to allow couples to have as many kids as they want after changing the one-child policy rule, a health official said yesterday. China’s population reached 1.375

Beijing’s anti-graft watch over HK Macau Affairs office

An anti-graft inspector for China’s Communist Party, Liu Qiufang, revealed in Beijing that she is in charge of overseeing that mainland officials in the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office

DSAT launches illegal parking detection system

The cameras will reportedly obtain images that can be used as supporting evidence for the police to mete out tickets to vehicle owners or drivers caught infringing traffic regulations. DSAT said

Report | Junkets basis of Macau ‘vulnerability for money laundering’

The U.S. Department of State has issued its annual report on money laundering, financial crimes and drug and chemical control activities entitled, 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. In the

Letter to the Editor | ‘The loss of a bank hugely affects the whole community’

Dear Sir, Eileen Stow’s letter published in Monday’s Macau Daily Times was so wonderfully evocative and descriptively poetic of customers using Coloane Village’s only bank. It reminded me very much of a

Paula Ling and other NPC delegates call for longer maternity leave

Local lawyer Paula Ling Hsiao Yun and three other female delegates from Macau to the National People’s Congress (NPC) have expressed their concerns about women’s entitlement to holidays in addition

Gender inequality remains a pressing issue

  The European Union Academic Program in Macau (EUAP-M) marked International Women’s Day yesterday with a seminar on “Women and Gender Politics: The Contemporary Situations in Europe and Macau,” held at

Arts | ‘Triplets of Belleville’ cine-concert to be performed tonight

The cine-concert combines what is usually considered animator Sylvain Chomet’s most high-profile film, nominated for two Oscars in 2003, and Charest’s diverse musical cast including trumpet, trombone, accordion players and

Taiwanese lawmakers propose revoking passport act

Taiwanese lawmakers passed a resolution on Monday to withdraw the new section of legislation that prevents pro-Taiwanese independence activists from having “Republic of Taiwan” stickers on their Republic of China

Real estate | Guangzhou lacks sales strategies in reaching out to Macau, HK

Guangzhou may be the first of the mainland’s four tier-one cities to lift restrictions on homebuyers from Hong Kong and Macau, but industry experts doubt the move will boost property

New Macau complains to CCAC on Coloane tower

The New Macau Association found “suspicious traces” that government departments may have contributed to expedite the bureaucratic procedures for  the construction company regarding the proposed 100-meter skyscraper planned for Coloane’s

HK ‘performed poorly in accomplishing tasks’

Beijing’s 13th five-year plan revealed its concerns about the Hong Kong government’s inability to accomplish what is expected of it, according to a local delegate of China’s top advisory body.

Human resources | Sands launches career development program for team members

The first 1,000 team members who join the program will train to work in one of several non-gaming areas, including food and beverage, security, business development, wardrobe, guest relations, housekeeping,

Lui Che-Woo plans Avatar-like theme park for Galaxy

Macau’s decade-­long gambling boom made Lui Che-Woo a multi-billionaire and his casino company number three in the world’s largest gambling hub. The Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. chairman is now venturing into

Corporate Bits | MGM to celebrate Easter with festive events

Selections include the Chef’s Special Easter Menu at Aux Beaux Arts, a buffet at Rossio, and a wide range of festive sweets at Pastry Bar and Grande Praça Café. Aux Beaux

Entertainment | How Matt Damon may kickstart China’s global movie ambitions

China has a new ally in its campaign to turn itself into a global cultural superpower: Matt Damon. And, behind him, a good chunk of Hollywood as well. Chinese leaders have

US sanctions Chinese tech supplier over Iran ties

Washington has restricted the access of one of China’s biggest telecoms equipment makers, ZTE Corp., to American components after concluding the state-owned company improperly exported U.S. technology to Iran. The sanctions

MH370 | Families’ painful choice: Demand answers or move on?

  Nearly every day, the retired factory worker goes to the airline office, riding a series of buses across Beijing to hand deliver a letter. And nearly every day, the letter

Xi’s handwriting betrays paradox at core policy

The order came down from the highest levels of China’s government, in a handwritten message from President Xi Jinping to officials charged with fixing the country’s crashing stock market: Make

Trade falls sharply in February

Exports fell 25.4 percent from a year ago to USD126.1 billion, worsening from January’s 11.2 percent contraction, customs data showed yesterday. Imports shrank 13.8 percent to $93.5 billion, an improvement

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