BRIEFS | Special Olympics delegation brings home 87 medals

The local delegation participating in this year’s Special Olympics in Los Angeles has claimed a total of 87 medals, including 35 gold, 24 silver and 28 bronze medals. Macau’s athletes

Good Shepherd Center takes in two underage sex trafficking victims

The Good Shepherd Center has provided shelter to two underage girls who have been lured into practicing prostitution here since January, Sister Juliana Devoy told newspaper Tribuna de Macau. Authorities have

Talents committee promotes ‘elite nurturing’

The Talents Development Committee’s task force subgroup promoting its “Elites Nurturing Plan” held a meeting last Friday. There it listened to Melco Crown Entertainment’s chief human resources officer introduce the

MGM China 1st half revenue down 33 percent

According to a statement issued by MGM, main floor table game wins dropped 19 percent and slot wins dropped 26 percent. VIP table game wins were down 46 percent. The

Transport | New Era tops citizens’ complaints

Public bus operator New Era is at the top of the list of citizens’ complaints over Macau’s public bus system, according to data provided by the Transport Bureau (DSAT) to

Studio City opening date to be announced today

Vietnam officials sent to Macau to study special economic zones, casinos

  The Vietnamese government has reviewed a major plan to establish a special economic zone on Phu Quoc Island off mainland Kien Giang Province and has assigned the Ministry of Planning

Golden Triangle casino sets clocks to Beijing time

The Laotian section of the Golden Triangle, which intersects with Thailand and Myanmar and has long been known for producing drugs, has become a gambling destination for Chinese gamblers. According to

Corporate Bits | MGM organizes “care campaign” for third consecutive year

The third “Community Care Campaign” this year, which ran from July 20 to 31, launched a host of activities that served various underprivileged groups including the elderly, the mentally challenged,

Auto industry | BMW earnings slip on China, costs for new models

German luxury automaker BMW saw net profit slip 1 percent in the second quarter amid higher costs to bring out new vehicles and a tougher market in China, a major

Toyota’s quarterly profit up 10 pct on cheap yen, cost cuts

Toyota’s profit for April-June rose 10 percent on perks from a cheap yen and cost reduction efforts that offset lower vehicle sales. Toyota Motor Corp. had a fiscal first quarter profit

Banking | UK state raises USD3.3b from first sale of Bank of Scotland stake

The U.K. government said yesterday it sold 5.4 percent of taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland for 2.1 billion pounds (USD3.3 billion) as it begins to shed a majority stake acquired

Chinese group with highest proposal to buy Novo Banco

The most interesting financial proposal for the purchase of Portugal’s Novo Banco is the one from the Chinese insurance group Anbang, offering 3.2 billion euros in currency and a further

East Timor gains support to join ASEAN

Indonesia will renew its defense of East Timor’s admission to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 48th meeting of foreign ministers from that organization’s member countries,

Volleyball chief in corruption probe

China’s sweeping drive against corruption has again turned to the country’s sports programs, with the head of the national volleyball program the latest to be targeted. The ruling party’s corruption

Police rescue infant girl from pipe in public toilet 

A Beijing policeman rescued a newborn baby who was stuck face-down in a public toilet, reaching his arm down into the pipe to gently pull out the infant, police and

Shanghai group to salvage South Korea’s sunken ferry

South Korea said yesterday that it had agreed to a 85.1 billion won (USD73 million) deal with a Chinese-led consortium to salvage a ferry that sunk in an accident that

ASEAN | Malaysia seeks amicable solution to China sea dispute 

Malaysia yesterday called for more efforts to find a peaceful solution to rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea, as the U.S. and the Philippines said they would demand that China stop land

South Korea | President to replace health minister after MERS outbreak

South Korea’s president has decided to replace her health minister, officials said yesterday, in the wake of criticism over the government’s handling of the MERS virus outbreak that killed 36

India | Building collapses outside Mumbai after heavy rain; 12 dead

New devastation is feared in Myanmar as water from the badly flooded central and northern regions flows down rivers to the country’s more populous areas. The U.N. Office for the

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