IFT students thanked for support of creative industries

Final year students of the Tourism Retail and Marketing Management program at the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) have successfully completed a visual merchandizing and store design project. The project

CRIME | Drugs and illegals found over the weekend

At least two cases involving drug trafficking and consumption were detected by the Judiciary Police (PJ) over the weekend, with all those involved having entered Macau illegally. Police announced at a

Tourism | Package tour visitors bounce from Sept

For the first ten months of 2015, the number of visitors on package tours totaled 8,222,000, down by 9 percent when compared with the same period of 2014. Compared with October

University of Macau confers 57 PhD degrees

Hugo Pinto has won the Fundação Oriente (Orient Foundation) Journalism Award for a report titled “As novas regras do jogo” (literally, “The new rules of the game”). It is the

Did China’s yuan really pass the IMF test? You’ll know soon

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and some two dozen officials on the fund’s executive board were gathering gathering yesterday at headquarters in Washington for one of the most- anticipated

Hong Kong art auction feels China slowdown in sales drop

China’s economic slowdown, government anti-­corruption measures and fleeing speculators are causing a chill in the Hong Kong art auction market, Christie’s Nov. 28 International Hong Kong evening sale showed. The London-based

Corporate Bits | Hebe Tien, Yoga Lin and Janice Yan perform at ‘Taiwan music series’ finale

“It is such an amazing experience for us to perform at this ultra-modern event center. The exclusivity of this world-class venue gave us a great opportunity to get close and

Taiwan | Taipei says it has swapped convicted spies with Beijing

Old foes China and Taiwan have swapped high-level convicted spies in a sign of goodwill linked to the first meeting ever between their presidents. Each side released the convicts and allowed them to

Hong Kong | Gov’t to pay for MTR’s express rail to Guangzhou-Shenzhen

The Hong Kong government agreed to bear the costs for MTR Corp’s railway project linking the city to mainland China more than a year after a cost blowout led to

COP 21 | Obama, Xi tout close Sino-US climate coordination

President Barack Obama yesterday touted close U.S. cooperation with China on climate change as vital to world efforts to slow global warming, even as he acknowledged persistent differences with China’s President Xi Jinping

Pollution | Heavy smog chokes Beijing as Xi arrives in Paris

Smog levels spiked in Beijing yesterday, highlighting the environmental challenges facing China as President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris for global climate talks. The concentration of PM2.5, fine particulates that pose

South Korea | Parliament ratifies free trade pact with China

South Korea’s parliament yesterday approved a free trade pact with China after opposition lawmakers secured a USD1.4 billion relief package for farmers. The ratification, which comes five months after the trade pact was

Australia-Mexico | Mexican authorities search for 2 missing Australian tourists after report men’s van found

Friends of two Australian tourists missing for more than a week in Mexico are looking to work with authorities in determining what happened to the men following a report that

New Zealand | Malaysian diplomat pleads guilty to indecent assault

A Malaysian military officer who was extradited to New Zealand after earlier leaving the country under the protection of diplomatic immunity pleaded guilty yesterday to indecent assault. Muhammad Rizalman Ismail faces

Japan | Whaling fleet set to leave for Antarctic

  J apan’s whaling fleet will leave today for the Antarctic for a three-month, scaled-down hunt, the government said, despite protests from opponents who say Tokyo has not proven that whales need to

New Zealand | Thousands crowd Eden Park for Jonah Lomu memorial

World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset led the tributes to Jonah Lomu at a public memorial yesterday, saying the former All Blacks winger was a giant whose contribution to the sport

Turkey | PM: Ankara won’t apologize to Russia over downing of jet

Defying calls from Moscow, Turkey’s prime minister said yesterday that his country won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, saying the Turkish military was doing

Central African Republic | Pope Francis meets with Muslims in mosque visit

Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighborhood of Central African Republic’s capital yesterday and brought his message of reconciliation to the city’s main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims

Israel | Court convicts 2 youths in 2014 killing of Palestinian teen

A Jerusalem court yesterday convicted two Israeli youths in the grisly killing last year of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, while delaying the verdict for the third and chief suspect

COP 21 | Leaders of warming Earth meet in Paris to cut emissions

Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris

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