Corporate Bits | Melco hosts foundation acceleration program kick-off ceremony

for its local employees. There was a kick-off ceremony for the Program at 38 Lounge in Altira Macau officiated by Mr. Ted Chan, Chief Operating Officer; Ms. Akiko Takahashi, Executive

Real Estate Matters | The top 25 questions we are asked about Macau property – Final part; the top 5 questions…

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties

Gay couple holds informal marriage to push for union 

A prominent Chinese lesbian couple held a simple ceremony yesterday to announce their informal marriage, in their latest effort to push for the legalization of same-sex unions in China. The union

Monsters mix with the Great Wall in Matt Damon film

Matt Damon, one of China’s favorite Hollywood stars, said yesterday he was overwhelmed at the fans turning up at his hotel in China — not for him but for an ex-boy band singer who

Taiwan | Pilot in February TransAsia crash described as hasty

A pilot described by colleagues as nervous and hasty mistakenly throttled down a still-running engine following a glitch with the other engine in an airline crash that killed 43 people

Bus falls off bridge killing 10 South Koreans

A bus carrying a group of South Koreans fell off a highway bridge in northeastern China, killing 10 passengers and the Chinese driver, officials said yesterday. The accident took place Wednesday

Philippines | Ferry capsizes in choppy waters; 35 dead, 20 missing 

A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized yesterday minutes after it left a central Philippine port in choppy waters, leaving at least 35 dead and 20 others missing, coast

Afghanistan | Court cancels death sentences in mob killing of woman

An Afghan court has overturned the death sentences for four men convicted of taking part in the shocking mob killing of a woman outside a Kabul shrine, a judge said

Indonesia | Crashed plane may have suffered engine failure

The aging Indonesian military transport plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood of Medan killing 141 people had a propeller “abnormality” that indicates an engine stalled, the air force chief

Holocaust tribute | ‘Britain’s Schindler’: Winton’s rescue of Jewish children revealed after 50 years

Is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to Nicholas Winton?” asked the presenter of the popular BBC magazine program “That’s Life”. Around the elderly man, sitting with

Tunisia | 8 suspected in hotel attack probe

Eight people are in custody on suspicion of direct links to a deadly attack on a Tunisian beach resort, while police have released four others detained earlier in the investigation,

This Day in History | 1971 – Doors’ singer Jim Morrison found dead

A doctor’s report stated the cause of death was heart failure aggravated by heavy drinking. The rest of the band - keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John

Offbeat | Average Manhattan home price is over USD1.8 million

The Corcoran Group puts the average Manhattan sales price at $1.81 million. Corcoran says the median sales price is now $960,000. The Douglas Elliman report puts it at $980,000. The median

Blatter says he has ‘clear conscience’ despite FIFA probes

“Whoever accuses me of being corrupt has to prove it to me first. But nobody can do that because I’m not corrupt,” Blatter told yesterday’s edition of German weekly Bunte,

Athletes avoid South Korea over virus fears

As South Korea battles to contain an outbreak of the deadly MERS virus, some foreign athletes are turning their back on the country. Russian world champion gymnasts and the entire national

China’s Evergrande Taobao team applies for stock listing

A Chinese soccer team Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba and one of the country’s biggest property developers, could become the first club listed in Asia after applying

Bizcuits | The end of Summertime

Summer, it is and many of us are still out and about. The idea of holidays is to relax, to rest, to build up reserves, to de-stress before coming back

Friday, July 3, 2015 – edition no. 2348

* Greek vote campaign begins amid grinding cash crisis * Local group stages play about migrants * DSF director takes office * At least 35 dead after ferry capsizes   DOWNLOAD

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* Movies: Terminator Genisys * Books: Keepers - The Greatest Films- and Personal Favorites - of a Moviegoing Lifetime by Richard Schickel * Music: The Monsanto Years  by Neil Young + Promise

Arnold (but little else) is back in ‘Terminator’

Thirty-one years and counting, and the Terminators keep rolling off the assembly line like new iPhones, upgraded with shape-shifting abilities, rebooted Sarah Conner assassination levels and, one presumes, better selfie

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