Mainland mega-tours draw attention abroad, critique at home

All-expenses-paid trips to reward top salespeople aren’t unusual, but direct marketing companies that are the Chinese versions of Amway, Avon and Herbalife are taking it to an extreme by sending

FT: Party uses prison visits to scare officials straight

Chinese officials are being sent on prison visits in a new, “scared-straight” approach to warn them of the perils of bribe-taking, the Financial Times reported yesterday. According to an article by

Gov’t cuts taxes for imported sneakers, diapers

Chinese shoppers may get better deals on items including sports shoes, face cream, and diapers after the government reduced import tax by half to boost consumption. Import tariffs for some clothes,

HONG KONG | Survey: over 60 pct support constitutional reform package

More than 60 percent of Hong Kong people support the government’s constitutional reform package, Hong Kong’s largest political party announced yesterday. The survey, released by the Democratic Alliance for the

Nepal | Villagers return to homes after river gets unblocked

Philippine aircraft will continue to fly their usual routes over disputed reefs in the South China Sea, the country’s president said yesterday, defying China’s challenges to its planes and those

Malaysia | Authorities find 139 suspected graves in human trafficker camps

Malaysian authorities said yesterday that abandoned jungle camps used by human traffickers contained 139 suspected graves as well as pens likely used as cages for migrants, shedding more light on

India | Massive heat wave kills 500

At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C in some areas, the BBC reported yesterday. Most deaths have taken place

Iraq | After fall of Ramadi, US defense chief’s criticism raises questions 

The Islamic State group’s takeover of the Iraqi provincial capital Ramadi has prompted criticism from Defense Secretary Ash Carter and raised new questions about the Obama administration’s strategy to defeat the extremist

Israel | Ex-Premier Olmert sentenced to 8 months in prison 

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter, capping the dramatic downfall of a man who

USA | ‘A Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash dies in taxi crash

Born to an electrical engineer, and later a precocious and dashing young man who attained an Ivy League education, John Nash seemed destined for a life of stunning success. That he achieved,

This Day in History | 1950 UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations

The Minister of Fuel and Power, Philip Noel-Baker, told the House of Commons rationing would be abolished because two American companies had agreed a deal to supply oil in return

Offbeat | Turkmenistan unveils massive gold-leaf statue of president

Turkmenistan has unveiled a grandiose gold-leafed statue of the president carrying a dove and riding atop a horse — a move aimed at burnishing the leader’s burgeoning personality cult. The 21-meter

Big spending Guangzhou playing for Champs League survival

Guangzhou Evergrande has spent over USD100 million since 2010 on Italian coaches like Marcello Lippi and Fabio Cannavaro and on South American talent such as Dario Conca and Ricardo Goulart,

Platini: FIFA led by Blatter will always lack credibility

FIFA lacks credibility while Sepp Blatter is president, according to UEFA leader Michel Platini, saying his former mentor fears the “emptiness” of life after leaving football’s world governing body. Blatter is

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 – edition 2320

•  Galaxy phase 2 and Broadway Macau  open tomorrow * China’s mega-tours draw attention abroad, critique at home * May 2014 protest back in the limelight * Human traffickers’ camps shock Malaysia * Massive

Macau Matters: Hotel guest simulation

I participated in a “guest simulation” at the new Marriott hotel in the Galaxy Macau in Cotai on Wednesday-Thursday (20-21 May). It was a very interesting and instructive experience. I had

The Buzz | Susan Sarandon urges tourists to visit Nepal

Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon is urging tourists to come to Nepal, where two powerful earthquakes in the last month killed thousands of people and raised concerns that the nation’s

World briefs

CHINA is contributing 600 personnel, including 49 from the military, to multinational disaster relief exercises in Malaysia, the first time it has taken part in such an effort, the Defense

Sands China tops All Asia Dealers Championship

The Sands China teams, made up of three members each, participated in all three tournament categories of baccarat, blackjack and roulette, competing against teams from Macau, Singapore, the Philippines and

Labor issues | Gov’t to tighten construction workers’ visa permits

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, reveled on Saturday that the authorities will shorten the workers’ permitted period of stay, three months prior to the construction’s projected completion;

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