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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 – edition no. 2409

* Sin Fong Garden residents convicted of aggravated disobedience * IPIM to coordinate MICE sector * Authorities investigating Dore case * Occupy HK anniversary reignites debate   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Federal prosecutors take over Mexico baby-sale case

Mexican federal prosecutors are taking over the case of at least nine babies taken from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered in an adoption-for-pay scheme. The prosecutors’ office in the northern

World Briefs

US-CHINA Beijing’s pledge to help crack down on hackers who steal commercial secrets from the United States, even coming as it did amid a bit of arm-twisting by President Barack

Doomsday Prophecies | ‘Blood Moon’ seen as sign of end times by some Mormons

A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon this weekend has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon Church was compelled to issue a

TOURISM | MGTO to offer overnight visitors a sightseeing package

For the first time ever, tourism authorities will implement a free sightseeing package for overnight visitors. The policy was revealed last Friday by the Macau Government Tourist Office director, Helena de

IPM honors former European Commission head

The ceremony will take place on October 20. Lei Heong Iok, IPM’s president, told Lusa that Mr Barroso will receive the award after a conference, where he will be speaking

City shown in a different perspective with Lego bricks

An exhibit featuring Lego versions of local attractions and monuments opened to the public last Friday. It will be available for viewing until 28 December at the Ritz Building, in

URBANISM | Inner Harbor redevelopment stirs controversy

The tenants of five old stores operating under the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association along a street in Inner Harbor are being forced to move out, in order to give

CRIME | Mainland workers pay over RMB300,000 for fake job recommendations

The Judiciary Police arrested a cargo delivery driver last week after 41 foreign workers from the mainland fell for his false job recommendations that earned him over RMB300,000 in total. According

JUNKET WOES | Dore ‘investors’ deliver petition to government

Several residents involved in an “investment” scheme related to Dore Entertainment delivered a complaint letter to the Secretariat for Economy and Finance last Friday afternoon. The group, who held a

Association calls for waste recycling industry shutdown

The association’s call to temporarily shut down operations drew support from many of its members. Since the weekend, the region has seen waste piling up at some of the already-closed

Jailed billionaire Ng said to have evaded US bribery probe

A Macau billionaire now jailed in New York failed to comply last year with a request from U.S. prosecutors that he answer questions as part of an overseas bribery investigation,

Brief | Hairdryer triggers fire in hotel, 4 taken to hospital

A fire allegedly caused by a short-circuited hairdryer in an Imperial Palace Hotel guest room on Sunday morning has resulted in four visitors being hospitalized for treatment. The fire, which

Unemployment rate increases to 1.9 pct

The unemployment rate for June–August this year reached 1.9 percent, up slightly by 0.1 percentage points from May–July, data released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) shows. The underemployment

Local volunteers build 75,000 hygiene kits for Clean the World

The volunteers built 200,000 hygiene kits to be distributed to populations in need worldwide, including in Macau. According to Sands China, more than 1,500 Sands China team members and volunteers

Gaming chips | Wynn Resorts bondholders see USD400M erased in Macau squeeze

Add bond investors to the long list of people losing money on Wynn Resorts Ltd. Almost USD400 million in market value has disappeared this year from the $4.5 billion of fixed-income

Hong Kong | Rents crash on shopping strip that was world’s priciest

Cosmetics retailer Colourmix will soon move to Hong Kong’s Russell Street, once the world’s most expensive shopping strip, and pay almost 40 percent less than the former tenant as China’s economic slowdown rattles

Angola visited by 4.6 million tourists by 2020

The tourism sector in Angola is expected by 2020 to record about 4.6 million tourists who will provide revenues estimated at USD4.7 billion, said last week the National Director of

Mozambique | US companies invest USD16 billion in decade

US private investment in Mozambique exceeded USD16 billion in the past decade, the deputy minister for Foreign Affairs, Nyeleti Mondlane said last week in Maputo, the Mozambican press reported. “So far,

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