Water bill to increase by the end of the year

The Marine and Water Bureau will adjust the city’s water bill by the end of this year, according to a report by TDM. Susana Wong Soi Man, the bureau’s director,

Fiscal reserve shows quarterly increase

Following the approval by the Legislative Assembly of the 2014 government budget balance, MOP90.29 billion was transferred to the region’s fiscal reserve during February 2016 in accordance with the prescribed

JETCO launches app to ease small money transfers

Joint Electronic Teller Services (JETCO) launched a peer-to-peer inter-bank platform in Hong Kong on Tuesday, a mobile application that enables cardholders of three banks to transfer money to other individuals through

Unemployment rate remains stable

Both the unemployment rate (1.9 percent) and the underemployment rate (0.5 percent) for January-March 2016 remained stable from the December 2015 to February 2016 period. According to information from the Statistics

Art | ‘Edgar Degas – Figures in Motion’ opens tomorrow

A new exhibition celebrating the life and works of French painter and sculptor Edgar Degas will open tomorrow in the MGM Art Space as part of the “Fun for Everyone

Police force to merge departments

A typhoon drill was conducted yesterday by the Civil Protection Operational Center, during which the commissioner-general of the Unitary Police Service (SPU) disclosed plans for the merge of departments and

Arts | Exhibition features unusual images that mimic the look of woven textiles

Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and PYO Gallery, the exhibition features sixteen of the Korean artist’s photographs, and will showcase two series titled “Textus” and “A Better Explanation,”

Corporate Bits | wynn palace focused on hiring locals

In addition, Wynn Palace has also organized on campus recruitment days in collaboration with various tertiary institutes, attracting over 1,000 students. The company also orchestrated a Seminar and Open Day

Etihad Airways announces USD103m profit for 2015

Etihad Airways yesterday announced profits of USD103 million in 2015 off total revenues of $9.02 billion, marking a fifth year in the black on its strategy of partnering with other

Nintendo sinks into bigger quarterly loss on weak sales

Nintendo also said yesterday that its new game platform codenamed NX will be launched globally in March next year. Some game fans had expected the machine might be shown at

CHEC involved in investment of USD1 billion in the new port of Maputo

An international consortium, which includes the port company China Harbour Engineering Co, is projecting an investment of USD1 billion in a new port in Maputo province, to serve Mozambique and

Angola-China Chamber of Commerce wants to encourage partnerships

Restoring confidence to setting up business partnerships is the aim of the new Angola-China Chamber of Commerce, whose governing bodies include important figures from Angolan society and the business world. The

Movie ‘Doctor Strange’ turns Tibetan man into European woman

A Tibetan male character from the “Doctor Strange” comic books presented such a political minefield to Marvel that in the film version they cast a Caucasian woman in the role,

Tibetans in exile re-elect Lobsang Sangay as prime minister

Lobsang Sangay has been re-elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile in voting held last month, officials announced yesterday, with Sangay saying the election shows that Tibetans in exile “are

Xi urges focus on jobs with economy under growing strain

Chinese President Xi Jinping said more should be done to deal with unemployment as the government tries to curb overcapacity in state-­owned enterprises, anticipating “many hardship” as the world’s second-largest

Taiwan | Fishermen protest Japan’s seizure of boat

Scores of Taiwanese fishermen protested yesterday outside Japan’s representative office in Taiwan to demand an apology over the seizure of one of their fishing boats by the Japanese coast guard. The

Before FM’s arrival, China says ties with Japan improving

With Japan's top diplomat making a rare visit to Beijing later this week, China's Foreign Ministry said yesterday that frequently tense relations with Tokyo have been getting better. Spokeswoman Hua Chun-­ying

Philippines | Aquino: Canadian’s killers also plotted to kidnap Pacquiao

The Philippine president said yesterday that Abu Sayyaf militants may have plotted to kill him and kidnap boxing star Manny Pacquiao, disclosing previously unknown details about an extremist group blamed

Australia’s refugee camp in Papua New Guinea to close

The fate of hundreds of asylum seekers being held in a detention center in Papua New Guinea was in limbo yesterday as the country’s prime minister announced the facility would

Thailand | Thais are used to hot Aprils, but not this hot!

Animals at Bangkok’s zoo are being fed special frozen fruit pops. People are flocking to shopping malls just to soak up the air-conditioning. Authorities are telling people to stay out

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