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As a messenger, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has fire. It’s the message that’s the question for him. Cruz opened his official campaign for U.S. president Monday, becoming the first Republican to
Paris authorities have put in place 24-hour emergency measures to limit traffic after record levels of pollution in the French capital. Yesterday, all cars with number plates that end with an
CHINA’s biggest state-owned chemical company announces plans to acquire Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli, adding to a string of high-profile Chinese corporate purchases in Europe. CHINA The flag carriers of New Zealand
A herd of 14 wild mares from Britain’s Exmoor National Park were moved in January to the former Milovice military base, 35 kilometers northeast of Prague, the Czech capital. After an
The government will be using part of its financial reserves to create an investment fund, the Chief Executive (CE) announced yesterday in his 2015 Policy Address. While announcing a series
The Chief Executive has acknowledged that Macau’s government has not yet decided whether or not to launch measures to curb property speculation, or even to introduce domestic rental market legislation. At
Lawmakers have reacted to the Policy Address with mixed feelings. As was to be expected, the New Macau Association lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong was one of those most unconvinced, although
For decades Macau’s old neighborhoods have been celebrating every second day of the second lunar calendar month with feasts, worship rituals and Cantonese Opera, as the date is regarded as
The latest survey released by the University of Science and Technology, gauging the confidence and satisfaction of local employees, has concluded that the city’s laborers have become slightly more confident
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) has pledged that it will continue increasing the amount of resources invested into the special education sector, and will ensure it can better
Macau’s Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February increased 5.3 percent over the same period as last year, according to figures released yesterday by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
Macau slashed its monthly gambling revenue forecast 27 percent, as the city’s chief executive pledged a five-year plan to make the world’s largest gaming hub less dependent on casinos. The city
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,
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
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
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,
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
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 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
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