Ready, set, roll: Boston Marathon gets its 1st documentary

America’s marquee marathon is ready for its close-up. “Boston,” the first feature-length documentary film about the Boston Marathon, is in the works. Its creators say the movie will go well

Ferrari makes stand-alone debut on Milan stock exchange

Sports carmaker Ferrari is following up its successful Wall Street listing with a stock market launch in Milan, as it begins a new era as a stand-alone company free of the

Football | Ebola-free Guinea clear for international football matches

The African football confederation says it has ended a ban on Guinea hosting international matches after the country was declared free of Ebola. Health concerns forced Guinea to play its

Our Desk | Where are Macau’s bookstores?

Many industry leaders attribute this decline to rent increases and the invasion of the market by online bookstores and the growth of e-readers. Indeed, across China bookstores have survived either

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 – edition no. 2470

* Suspicious HK disappearances could happen in Macau, Jason Chao says * Industry slams parking fee raise * Market turmoil in China * Reports: Benitez sacked from Real Madrid   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Tourists die in swimming accidents at Thai island

Two foreign tourists, from China and Australia, died on Saturday in separate swimming accidents at the southern Thai resort island of Koh Samui, police said. Police Lt. Col. Apichart Jansamret said the two

Cui Jian says his music hasn’t changed but China has

China’s godfather of rock Cui Jian says his basic message of personal freedom hasn’t changed in his new album, even if the world has. The rocker, who fell out of favor with the government

World Briefs

HONG KONG will likely need to raise taxes and introduce new levies as an aging population is increasing public expenditure. “Facing a fiscal gap brought by an aging population, raising

Property management contracts suspended, residents worried with security

Residents have expressed concern over the failure of housing proprietors to provide basic services, such as appropriate security and hygiene, after these proprietors  failed to renew management services contracts. A TDM

Photo contest to promote sports practice

The 2015 edition of the competition is divided into two themes: “Hero and Competition” and “Joy and Physical Condition”. For the first category, competitors are entitled to enter with photographs

ARTS | CCM announces spring time cine-concert and contemporary dance

The Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) has announced that it will host two distinct performances to mark the coming of Spring. Both shows, a cine-concert and a contemporary dance piece, will

Gaming | Casino fortunes hit five-year low, lead on Vegas narrows

Macau casino revenue sunk to the lowest level in five years as Chinese high-rollers stayed away in 2015, narrowing the world’s largest gambling hub’s lead on Las Vegas. Gross gaming revenue fell

Gov’t presents five-year plan to develop e-government

Published on the government’s official webpage (www.gov.mo) on the last day of 2015, the plan consists of six parts and details measures to be developed between 2015 and 2019. The highlights

Longer sails between Macau and HKIA

As announced at the request of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, all ferry trips between the SkyPier and Macau ferry terminals are being rerouted and subjected to speed restrictions that

New Year Message | Joint effort to heighten Macau’s economic competitiveness

The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, has promised to boost the city’s economic competitiveness with the assistance of local residents. In his New Year Message delivered on Thursday, Mr Chui

Man accused of heading Marina Bay Sands fake chips scheme

Toh Hock Thiam was detained as part of an operation in which the Singapore Police Force (SPF) had received “a strong sense of cooperation and assistance” from the Macau Judiciary

Statistics | Tourism: Package tour visitors down by a quarter

The number of visitors on package tours in November totaled 769,000, indicating a decrease of 26.6 percent year-­on-year, having fallen  6.9 percent from October. Analyzed by place of origin, the number

First local babies of 2016 are girls

Macau’s first baby of the new year was delivered in the early hours of Friday 1 Jan 2016 at 1:49 a.m in Conde de S. Januario. The baby girl weighed

Unemployment remains unchanged

The unemployment rate for the three months leading to November 2015 remained stable at 1.9 percent, signaling a marginal decrease of 100 from the previous three-month period, August-October. The number of

Taiwan outrage over Macau ‘cat-killer’

A student from Macau has caused widespread outrage in Taiwan after it emerged that he had captured and killed a stray cat for no apparent reason, according to a story

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