Made in Macao | Law and Order

Whenever I look at the messy traffic at the crossroad from my window, I recall a scene from one of my favorite TV shows long, long ago. In that episode,

World Briefs

CHINA The city of Yulin went ahead with its annual dog-meat eating festival despite protests from animal rights activists. Vendors slaughtered dogs and cooked their meat in dozens of restaurants

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 – edition no. 2583

* Non-mandatory pension fund approved despite criticism * Macau and Guangdong enhance cooperation * Inflation rate slows down * More young people diagnosed with diabetes   DOWNLOAD

AL Plenary | Non-mandatory pension scheme fails to convince

The government’s “Non-mandatory Central Provident Fund System” sent to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for debate and voting yesterday seems to have left both employers and employees unconvinced. In fact, several lawmakers

Premiere screening in Beijing | ‘Now You See Me 2’ director confident of China success

Chinese media and social blogger fans became fanatical yesterday at the press conference that preceded the red carpet and Chinese premiere of action thriller “Now You See Me 2.” The

Culture | Lawyer film series opens tonight

A series of six films will be screened at Casa Garden over the next month, all chosen to adhere to the theme of lawyers and the contribution that they make

‘Happy Family Month’ raises awareness of domestic violence

The final series of events which were included in the “Happy Family Month” took place on Sunday. The event seeks to promote harmony within families in addition to raising awareness

On the lawmakers’ agenda

ABUSE OF POWER ON PUBLIC SERVICES Pereira Coutinho, said that “seniority, merit, professional experience and competence were all almost replaced by family relations and friendship” as requisites to assessing the

Arts | Two additional shows for ‘ARTmusing Summer’

The Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) will stage additional shows of “Hup” and “Spot” due to high demand for performances during the Centre’s “ARTmusing Summer.” Coming from Scotland and the Netherlands, the

IFT organizes Cambodian tourism program

The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) has organized a week-long professional training program for Cambodian heritage and preservation officials, which concludes today. IFT’s first-ever program for Cambodian tourism studies ran from

Finance | Cardholders to get limited Taiwan withdrawals

Macau and Hong Kong clients of JETCO, the largest network of automatic teller machines (ATMs) in the two SARs, will now be able to withdraw money in Taiwan, thanks to

Residents can now use Aussie automated clearance

The Identification Department, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) and the Public Security Forces Affairs Bureau have been cooperating closely with relevant counterpart authorities in Australia to expedite a new

LG ponders home appliance deals to speed up global expansion

LG Electronics Inc., with businesses spanning TVs to washing machines, is looking at home appliance acquisitions to fuel its global expansion and withstand a slowing smartphone market. The company will probably

Gaming | Macau remains attractive for investment

Macau’s casino table games generate nearly double the revenue of their Las Vegas counterparts despite the gaming slump that has afflicted the city, according to a report from financial services

UniCredit said to accelerate search for CEO

UniCredit SpA is accelerating its search for a successor to departing Chief Executive Officer Federico Ghizzoni and may draw up a short list as soon as this week, people with

China tops global supercomputer speed list for seventh year

A Chinese supercomputer has topped a list of the world's fastest computers for the seventh straight year — and for the first time the winner uses only Chinese-designed processors instead

TV shows restricted over foreign formats

China is restricting TV shows that use formats from abroad such as “The Voice of China,” which is based on a Dutch talent show, in a move it says is

Hong Kong | CY Leung to raise bookseller’s detention with Beijing

Hong Kong’s leader said yesterday he’ll raise concerns with the Chinese government over the case of a bookseller secretly detained for months in the mainland and whose revelations about his

Diplomacy | Xi visits Poland to boost trade, business

China’s President Xi Jinping is in Poland for a visit that is expected to boost Chinese investment in the region and open the Chinese market to Polish food producers. Poland has

KOREAS | Before hearing, Pyongyang pushes claim South abducted women

As South Korea’s main spy agency prepares a courtroom defense of its continued detention of 12 North Korean waitresses it says fled from China, Pyongyang is using the women’s relatives

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