Views on China | Presidential candidates are hung up on China

For the Chinese government, November 2016 can’t arrive soon enough. Last week’s currency devaluation ensured Beijing will serve as a political punching bag during America’s presidential campaign. Donald Trump set the stage with tweets like

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 – edition no. 2380

* Business | Booming app innovations boost youth IT entrepreneurship * Packer: rising casino debt making bond market wary * Coutinho runs for Lisbon parliament, denies new party link * FIFA: The Korean

The Buzz | Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister makes bid to be Eurovision singer

Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister, Katia Aveiro, has launched a Twitter campaign asking fans to back her bid to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. The soccer star’s 38-year-old sibling began her

Facebook page offering to overseas Filipino workers denounced as online scam

  APhilippine government agency, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), has warned Filipino employees in Hong Kong and Macau of an online scam using the agency’s name to solicit money in

World Briefs

MALAYSIA’s prime minister has a problem: He can’t explain away a USD700 million bank account to a skeptical public. His response? A crackdown on critics and the press that has

PUBLIC CONSULTATION | High-rise blocks on reclamation Zone B remain residents’ top concern

The government’s plan to allow high-rise buildings to be built on reclamation Zone B remains among residents’ top concerns, according to a preliminary evaluation of the new reclamation zone blueprint

Reclamation Zone E | Public fears harmful air from nearby waste incinerator

Regarding the urban development of the five new reclamation zones, the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) released an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on its master plan last

Foreign exchange reserves reach over MOP140 billion

The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca, a gauge of the domestic currency’s exchange rates against the currencies of Macau’s major trading partners, rose 0.76 points month-to-month and

Elderly call for more subsidies as gov’t plans support system

  The public consultation for a decade-long action plan which seeks to establish a Support System for the Elderly kicked off on Friday as the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) held two

Gaming Alert | Money laundering in Goa’s casinos and the Macau experience – report

One of the many open secrets now tumbling into the media spotlight as part of the Louis Berger bribery case involves Goa’s deeply unpopular casinos, via the accused Hawala operator,

Economy | Gaming operators’ stocks dented by weakened Chinese currency

China’s three yuan depreciation moves over three consecutive days last week have not only sent shockwaves rippling through global markets, but have also triggered fluctuations among local casinos’ shares on

Sands China first-half net profit slides 46pct

Sands China Ltd reported a 46 percent drop in its half-year net profit last week, as a corruption crackdown and a weakening economy on the mainland have interfered with its

‘Star Wars’ themed land planned at Disney parks 

Disney theme parks have their sights on a galaxy far, far away. “Star Wars” is getting its own themed lands at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim,

Corporate Bits | Sands China participates in one day volunteer for seventh consecutive year

Around 25 children and parents from the Macau Deaf Association and their families were invited to take part in two activities held at Sands Cotai Central Sunday: Madagascar Summer Feast

Macau | IFT sweet treat wins annual Fonterra Pastry Challenge

Taking the words of 18th century French queen Marie Antoinette to heart, local pastry chefs were battling it out on Friday showcasing their baking skills so they could indeed let

SOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH | Beijing rejects island building freeze

  The dispute over the strategic waterways of the South China Sea has intensified, pitting a rising China against its smaller and militarily weaker neighbors who all lay claim to a string of isles, coral

Beijing plays down US human rights concerns

China is open to talking about human rights at a September leadership summit with the U.S. but the two world powers should not let the issue “dominate” the discussions, a senior

Tianjin blast zone blocked over contamination fear; 112 dead 

Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site in the Chinese port of Tianjin, pushing the death toll to 112 yesterday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination. Hundreds

Hong Kong | FT: Carson Yeung freed from jail

Carson Yeung, the colorful tycoon and part owner of English football club Birmingham City, was freed from a high-security prison in Hong Kong and given the right to appeal his

Indonesia | Airliner with 54 aboard goes missing in Papua

An airliner carrying 54 people went missing yesterday during a short flight in bad weather in Indonesia’s mountainous easternmost province of Papua, and rescuers were heading to an area where villagers reported

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