Real estate | Midland says temporary closures due to licensing problem

Midland Realty – a real estate agency operating in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China – was forced to temporarily close its office and suspend services in Macau this week

Macao Orchestra to present concert

The Macao Orchestra will present a chamber music concert of the 2015/16 Concert Season, “Neoclassical Music,” at Dom Pedro V Theatre on July 22, with music director Lü Jia conducting

Infrastructure | Six companies compete for LRT depot construction

The Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) on Monday accepted six companies’ tenders for the construction of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) depot. A total of seven companies submitted tenders, with bidding prices

Statistics | Money supply rebounds in May

Macau’s money supply rebounded in May, according to statistics released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Macau. Total loans increased whereas total deposits decreased, leading the loan-to-deposit ratio of the

Land Law controversy | Nam Van Development Company waiting for fulfillment of CE promise

The concessionaire company of the C and D land plots of Nam Van Lake expects Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On to fulfill his promise of solving the problem created

Corporate Bits | CEM launches ‘Building Blocks’ competition

CEM has launched a “Building Blocks” competition to increase local students’ interest in the company as well as to deepen their knowledge of its premises and operations. According to CEM, students

Beer drinkers in Thailand power Singapore’s best stock in 2016

The biggest gainer among Singapore’s stocks this year is a foreigner. Thai Beverage Pcl has jumped 36 percent to a record in 2016, benefiting from rising consumption in Thailand, where stimulus

Sands announces MOP14.2b in local procurement

Sands China announced that its “Local Supplier Support Programme” had purchased around MOP14.2 billion worth of supplies from Macau companies in 2015. The 2015 figure represents nearly 80 percent of Sands

Billionaire’s plan to beat Tesla has a Vegas problem

Jia Yueting has all the trappings of a successful Chinese tech entrepreneur with global ambitions. A self-made billionaire who got his start as the IT guy at his local tax bureau,

Vietnam protests drills in disputed waters

Vietnam has protested against a Chinese military drill in the contested South China Sea and has demanded that China stop the actions it says are a threat to security and maritime safety. China announced that it will carry

Philippines ready to talk to Beijing after ruling on sea claim

The Philippines’ new president says Manila is ready to talk to China, not go to war, if an arbitration tribunal rules in its favor in a case it brought against Beijing’s

Counting resumes in Australian election with parties close

Vote counting resumed yesterday in Australia’s dramatically close national election, three days after the contest failed to deliver an immediate winner and left the nation’s leadership in doubt. But with officials warning

Fiji | Severed head found on beach linked to missing Russians

A New Zealand couple said they found a cloth bundle containing a severed head while strolling along a popular Fiji beach in what has become the latest gruesome discovery in a murder

Terrorism | Japanese bodies sent home, Dhaka officials search for clues

The bodies of the seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh returned to home yesterday as investigators in Dhaka searched for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome

Space odyssey | Jupiter has new visitor – a solar-powered spacecraft

Soaring over Jupiter’s poles, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the solar system’s largest planet on a mission to peek behind the cloud tops. The final leg of the five-year voyage ended yesterday

Israel | El Al flight lands safely in Tel Aviv after bomb threat

An El Al flight from New York that was escorted yesterday by military jets in Europe following a bomb threat landed safely in Israel. El Al President David Maimon said Flight

USA | Too dangerous to talk? Some cities explore 911 texting

With gunshots ringing out just feet away, Eddie Justice hid in a bathroom in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and frantically texted his mother for help. “Call police,” he wrote.

This Day in History | 1997 Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet

Nasa scientists have freed a robot from the space probe Mars Pathfinder, allowing it to begin its exploration of the Red Planet at last. The rover, known as Sojourner, has been

Offbeat | The Swiss army battles its latest foe: bedbugs in dorms

The Swiss army is working hard to fend off its latest foe: bedbugs. The defense department said this week that a parents’ day event planned for July 16 is being cancelled

Tennis | Open and shut: With roof closed, Williams rolls at Wimbledon

It was raining, ever so slightly, and her Wimbledon fourth-round match was slipping away, ever so slightly, when Serena Williams stumbled as she ran to the net, winding up seated

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