Gaming | Melco Crown announces pay rise

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited has announced a five percent pay increase for all eligible non-management employees, effective from the first pay period in April 2015. In a press release yesterday,

Many employees laid off from VIP rooms, group claims

Nearly a thousand frontline workers have been laid off in the downsizing and closure of VIP gambling rooms since the end of last year, revealed the casino employee union, Macau

Corporate Bits | JML Property raises over MOP80,000 to benefit local charities

Last year JML raised well over MOP100,000 in donations and are still hoping to break through the $100,000 barrier this year. Clients and friends have been the main sponsors, and

Why Beijing wants the yuan to be the world’s 5th reserve currency

China is a step closer to obtaining Special Drawing Rights status for its currency from the International Monetary Fund, a move that would see the yuan joining the greenback, euro,

Mummified Buddha shown in Hungary stolen from Fujian

The Cultural Relic Bureau in east China’s Fujian Province said on Sunday that judging from research and media reports, experts have confirmed that the statue on show in Hungarian Natural

Singapore’s Lee seen as an inspiration for modern PRC

Chinese leaders admired modern Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew for his toughness, economic pragmatism and insistence on respect for authority. In many ways, Lee’s model of “Asian values,” combining authoritarianism

Singapore | City mourns death of founding father Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore mourned longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with raw emotion and a blanket of relentlessly positive coverage on its tightly scripted state television yesterday, mythologizing a man who was as

Greek bailout | Tsipras on first trip to Germany amid tense relations

Alexis Tsipras is visiting Germany for the first time since becoming Greece’s prime minister, meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday as his debt-ridden country and its key creditor seek to halt

USA | Texas Republican Cruz tweets: He’s running for president

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, one of the Republican Party’s most conservative members, announced early yesterday he is running for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, making him the first among what is

This Day in History: 1989 Exxon Valdez creates oil slick disaster

The Exxon Valdez got into trouble in Prince William Sound when it hit Bligh Reef, splitting its side open and releasing oil, with reports of an eight-mile (12.8km) slick. High winds

Offbeat: David Copperfield’s rooftop pool ruptures, floods penthouse

Now you see it, now you don’t. The water in magician David Copperfield’s rooftop pool vanished — and flooded his penthouse apartment as well as multiple floors of his New York

NBA | Spurs win 114-95 at faltering Hawks

San Antonio won comfortably at Atlanta 114-95 in weekend's clash of two teams with form lines heading in opposite directions leading up to the NBA playoffs. The Spurs have won three

Football | UEFA sets 2018 World Cup qualifying format, eyes 14th entry

Europe's World Cup qualifying process will be based on 13 available places for the 2018 tournament, even though UEFA thinks it deserves a 14th. UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said yesterday

World Views: After Lee, Singapore needs a rethink

I failed to impress Lee Kuan Yew when we met for the first time a decade ago. It was in December 2004 in Bangkok and he was giving a speech

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 – edition no. 2276

* Lee Kuan Yew, who guided Singapore’s transformation, dies at 91 * Downtown revived with traditional festival * Slight boost in local employees confidence * Tsipras on first trip to Germany amid tense

The Buzz | Burger King will sell cologne in Japan

For hamburger aficionados who want the smell even when they can’t get a bite, Burger King is putting the scent into a limited-edition fragrance. Burger King said Friday that the

World briefs

SINGAPORE As the health of the founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew deteriorated on the weekend, thousands of Singaporeans visit his hospital and a community center to leave flowers, gifts

Analysis | United States: Asians will be the wealthiest

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows that as most people assume, education is a key both to mobility and to the accumulation of wealth.

Irish minister suggests forward planning on environmental issues

The second visit from an Irish minister in just three months is a testament to the European country’s willingness to forge deeper relations with Macau. A new strategy of sharing

Education | Plan for students with special needs received with skepticism

The government’s consultation document on revising Macau’s Special Education System has drawn serious criticism from related groups and educators. Spokesperson for the city’s visually impaired citizens, Albert Cheong Chi Pong,

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