MAF invites handicapped artist to create travel souvenirs

The Macao Arts Festival (MAF) has invited artist Leong Ieng Wai to create souvenirs that combine the region’s characteristic landscapes and travel features, in the process showcasing the talent and

Statistics | Tourist arrivals hit two-and-a-half-year low

Analyzed by place of residence, tourists from mainland China decreased notably by 17.6 pct year-on-year to 1,457,641. These visitors came primarily from Guangdong Province (639,835), Fujian Province (65,433) and Hunan

Health | Famous physician highlights the benefits of daily exercise

The key way for casino workers to stay healthy is through a combination of daily exercise and balanced diet, advised Dr. Jonathan Yarom, M.D., a prominent expert in sports medicine

Briefs | Police refute rumor of PLA killing CIA agents

The Office of the Secretary for Security released a statement yesterday refuting a rumor spread on social networks alleging that “the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison’s special force

Environment | Higher density, worse air quality and more waste in 2014

The city’s total land area measured 30.3 square kilometers in 2014, while the population density rose to 20,500 people per square kilometer; compared with 2013, this represents 1,000 more people

Crime | Mainland Chinese student falls victim to phone hoax

A female mainland Chinese studying at a local university lost RMB120,000 in a phone scam where the male caller’s voice resembled her professor’s, a representative from the Judiciary Police said

HSBC jumps most in a year after retail spinoff report, HQ relocation

Europe’s largest lender surged as much as 4.6 percent, the most since January 2014, and traded 2.7 percent up at 646.80 pence at 10:45 a.m. in London yesterday, compared with

Hutchison Port to raise HK tariffs to handle mega-ships

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, the port operator controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, is in talks with shipping lines to impose a “moderate” tariff increase at its Hong Kong terminal as

Corporate Bits | Crown SPA mother’s day package

Starting the Crown Spa journey with an Aromatic Foot Ritual, the treatment continues with a 60-minute signature Crown Shell Aromatherapy Body Massage incorporating heated lava shell massage to Swedish and

Portugal | 100,000 Chinese tourists contribute to success

Tourism in Portugal, one of the sectors that has most supported the economy during the recent years of crisis, continues to grow at a high pace, with an expected contribution

Cape Verde posts economic growth of 2.7 pct in 2014

The President of INE, an organization that for the first time since the country’s independence presents Quarterly Accounts, said the figure recorded in 2014 exceeded all forecasts. Gross domestic product grew

Young leave state ranks to chase riches at tech startups

For decades, the most coveted jobs in China have been in government, with their steady income, job security and power. Now people like Nymar Li are changing that perception by leaving the

Mainland adding nuclear plants at record pace in fight against smog

China is set to add nuclear reactors at a record pace this year as the nation seeks to cut pollution by reducing its dependence on coal. China may start operating 8

Nepal has powerful friends in high places: Beijing and Delhi

After the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that flattened parts of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Saturday and unleashed avalanches on Mount Everest, China and India barely missed a beat. Within hours of

Nepal | Quake-aid need acute in Kathmandu, more so in villages 

Shelter, fuel, food, medicine, power, news, workers — Nepal’s earthquake-hit capital was short on everything yesterday as its people searched for lost loved ones, sorted through rubble for their belongings

Modern tragedy: Quake-ravaged tower a site for selfies

Social media is a chronicle of life, and sometimes death. So it should be no surprise that a site of great human and cultural loss in Nepal’s devastating earthquake is

Malaysia | ASEAN to avoid confronting China in S. China Sea 

Malaysia’s leader said yesterday that Southeast Asian countries will avoid direct confrontation with China but push for a quick conclusion to a binding code of conduct to govern behavior in

Thailand | Authorities seize 3 tons of elephant tusks smuggled from Kenya

Thailand seized 3 tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest bust in the country’s history, one week after the biggest seizure, customs officials said

Indonesia | Australia wants judges probed before death penalty

Australia wants corruption allegations against Indonesian judges investigated before their death sentences against two Australian drug traffickers are carried out, the foreign minister said Monday. The Australians, Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew

Russia | Putin accuses US of supporting separatists

In a new documentary, Russian President Vladimir Putin says intercepted calls showed that the U.S. helped separatists in Russia’s North Caucasus in the 2000s, underscoring his suspicions of the West. The two-hour documentary, which aired

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