Parents praise DSEJ’s centralized application

Parents will no longer have to queue overnight outside different schools to apply for admission, as the central application system allows applicants to fill out their child’s information remotely and

Statistics | Currency in circulation fell 1.7 percent in November

The total currency in circulation fell by 1.7 percent from last month to MOP469.7 billion. For November, the share of currency in circulation denominated in MOP stood at 30 percent,

Macau Orchestra returns to Beethoven

The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s “String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor,” composed originally in 1826, which the Cultural Affairs Bureau says is both a technically challenging piece and a

Gaming | Angela Leong confirms HKD99.7 million junket theft

SJM Holdings executive director Angela Leong has confirmed that the company filed a police report for the alleged theft of HKD99.7 million from a junket company operating at L’Arc Macau. Ms Leong

Sporting players inspire Portuguese School students

Sporting Clube de Macau (SCM) conducted a workshop on education yesterday at the Portuguese School of Macau, where five of the club’s professional football players shared their experiences and answered

Coloane stilt houses could become cultural shops

A local government official has proposed the transformation of Coloane’s empty stilt houses into cultural and creative products stores in order to promote tourism, Macau News reports. Islands Community Services Consultative

WSJ lays it on the table: 2016 unlikely to see recovery

The Wall Street Journal predicts that the gaming situation in Macau is set to deteriorate further in 2016, due to an oversupply of gaming resorts and dwindling demand, which saw

US-Punjabi rapper to play LMA

American-Punjabi rapper Himanshu “Heems” Suri is set to perform a live show on Friday at 9:30 p.m. at the Live Music Association (LMA) in Macau. A former member of an alternative

Recipients of fashion design subsidies announced

Thehe Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has announced a total of eight candidates from the 2015 Subsidy Program for Fashion Design Marketing that are to be awarded subsidies of up to

Smiles all round as HK Jockey Club finds new revenue stream

The Hong Kong Jockey Club was celebrating this week after the New Year’s Day commingling numbers were ascertained, indicating better-than-expected results for the betting organization. According to the South China Morning

TPP | Business group hopes to boost momentum for trade pact

Leading business groups, often at odds with President Barack Obama, are looking to give momentum to one of his priorities before he leaves office: approval of a trade pact linking

Aviation | Malaysia Airlines lifts decried bag ban on Europe flights

The airline had banned check-in baggage for Tuesday and Wednesday flights to the two European cities due to “unseasonably strong headwinds” on a longer flight path it was taking. Passengers

Corporate Bits | Mandarin Oriental gets head start on CNY celebrations

Guests will have an array of dining options for the festive period – ranging from a dim sum lunch to an eight-course traditional Chinese set dinner. The menus will be

Mining | Malaysia to ban bauxite mining in Pahang for 3 months

Malaysia's government said it will ban the mining of bauxite in central Pahang state for three months from Jan. 15 to regulate the industry after its unfettered growth last year

Markets | China announces plan to limit large share sales

China plans to restrict stock sales by large shareholders once a ban imposed in July to stop a slide in prices is lifted this week. Stockholders who own more than 5

Thirst for fun fuels IPOs doubling investors’ money

As a boy in China in the 1970s, Jason Zhuang Xiangsong was captivated by comics based on the legendary Monkey King and dreamed of creating a Chinese version of Astro

North Korea’s nuclear test further imperils relations with China

China sees North Korea’s claim to have conducted its first hydrogen bomb test as yet another act of defiance, and will likely retaliate by joining tougher United Nations sanctions and

H-bomb dwarfs Hiroshima detonation, may fit on missile

The announcement from North Korea that it had carried out a nuclear test brought to the front lines of global attention a phrase not often heard since the Cold War

N. Korea says it conducts successful powerful H-bomb test

North Korea said it conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test yesterday, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would be a huge jump in Pyongyang’s quest to improve its

Philippines | US Marine convicted of killing local transgender appeals

A U.S. Marine has asked a Philippine court to reverse his conviction in the killing of a transgender Filipino and sought a bail and a reduction of his six to

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