Nature | Air pollution Paris in spring means carry a mask along with your umbrella

Set aside any romantic notions of Paris in the spring. Visitors to the French capital are facing the choice of using an umbrella or wearing a mask. Paris is suffering under

Chronicle | A daughter’s Vietnam return forces a father to confront his past

In 2010, three decades after we survived a harrowing boat escape from the communist regime in Vietnam, I broke the news to my father: I would be moving back there

Monday, April 13, 2015 – edition no. 2289

* Robbert van der Maas | Shun Tak to develop ‘free-standing’ hotels in Macau * ‘Sin Fong’ owners protest again * New facilities and law amendments needed * Historic Obama-Castro meeting   DOWNLOAD PDF   China will

The Buzz | US Embassy guard in Qatar assaulted, attacker in custody

The U.S. State Department says an embassy guard in Qatar has been lightly wounded in an assault. In a statement it says that the guard received “superficial injuries” from the assault

World briefs

CHINA A city government in Guangdong has revoked approval of a planned waste incinerator in response to protests, in the latest case of local authorities bowing to a public outcry

Policy Address | Security Wong: security situation affected by ‘unstable factors’

The Legislative Assembly (AL) started discussing the government’s 2015 policy objectives for the security area yesterday. The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, responded to lawmakers’ inquiries at the plenary

Shun Tak buys hotel property in Shanghai for RMB700 million

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd announced yesterday to the HKSE that Host Wise, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, entered an agreement to acquire a hotel property in Shanghai for

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Analysis | Singapore’s casinos made a mistake: cutting out the junkets

But lately, Singapore’s two casinos appear to be paying the price of their government restricting that setup. Chinese VIP gamblers patronize both cities—and account for about half of all Singapore

Gaming | US group and Macau firm propose two casinos in the Philippines

A US investment group and a Macau-based gaming firm are currently in talks with the authorities as they try to attain permission to open two new casino resorts in the

Briefs | Scooter driver crushed to death by shuttle bus

A motorcyclist has been crushed to death after being run over by a casino shuttle bus yesterday morning. The incident occured at a roundabout near the Rotunda da Amizade. The

Heritage | Coloane archeological site report to be released soon

The second phase of the archaeological excavation, finished in February, saw roughly 500 articles, artifacts and relics discovered from four different ancient periods, namely the late Neolithic Age, the Bronze

DSAT starts feasibility work on fourth cross-sea passage

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) responded to a written enquiry, filed by lawmaker Chan Meng Kam at the end of January, demanding for the authorities to disclose details of the next

Taipa library operational on trial next week

Taipa’s first library will be opened to the general public on a trial basis next Wednesday, offering a collection of around 150,000 books for the city’s library-goers. The new space

Greece repays IMF loan installment despite cash crunch

Greece’s government has given the order to repay a roughly 450 million euro (USD485-million) loan instalment to the International Monetary Fund due today — a debt Athens had insisted it

Real Estate Matters | The 25 questions you must ask as a tenant renting a property – Part 5

The Most Important Questions To Ask… If you have not seen the earlier articles on this subject, here is a brief introduction to the series. Of course you can find the

Project Poker | After a break, the view changes

It’s been a while since you heard from me, especially on the actual tables. I’ve been going through some family stuff and didn’t have the time to play at all.

Stock mania spreads to HK as Chinese buyers hunt bargains

The frenzy that made Chinese stocks the world’s best performers is spilling over the border into Hong Kong. After propelling the Shanghai Composite Index to a 90 percent rally in

Casinos start April soft, but stocks rally anyway

For the first week of April, usually a slow period, average daily gaming revenue in Macau came in at HKD643 million, a 34% decline from a year ago and 10%

CCTV host’s mocking of Mao Zedong draws fire, applause

China's state broadcaster is investigating one of its hosts after a video of him insulting Mao Zedong was leaked online, causing a stir and rekindling debate on the complicated legacy

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