Privacy watchdog may become Commission for Privacy and Data Protection

A proposal to restructure the Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) and turn it into a Commission for Privacy and Data Protection is currently being drafted and should be completed

Adelson denies Vegas executives had hand in Macau CEO firing

Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson spent an entire day Monday denying that Las Vegas Sands officials had a hand in firing Steven Jacobs as Sands China Ltd. president

Gaming | Dividends in danger as MGM China, rivals yield to Macau slump

MGM China Holdings Ltd. is reconsidering its special dividends, which totaled USD1.4 billion over the past three years, because of the gambling slump in Macau. While MGM China will continue to

Statistics | Money supply continued to decline in March

In comparison to the preceding month, total resident deposits decreased 0.7 percent to MOP466.2 billion, whereas total non-resident deposits dropped 3.4 percent to MOP236.5 billion. Public sector deposits with the

Entertainment | ‘Beauty and the Beast’ cast amazed with Asian audiences

Disney’s musical extravaganza “Beauty and the Beast” is coming to the Venetian Theatre from June 13 to July 26 as part of its world tour, in celebration of the Broadway

Arts | Macau’s Venice Biennale exhibition opens tomorrow

Macau’s exhibition at the 56th International Art Exhibition: Biennale di Venezia entitled “Path and Adventure – Works By Mio Pang Fei”, will be inaugurated tomorrow. According to a press release issued

‘Cultural and Creative Map’ themed store unveiled

The themed store at C-Shop will stock a map of cultural and creative organizations (that can be obtained at the shop for free), and have local original products available for

Consultation on sexual harassment bill later this year

The government is currently conducting a full review of the Penal Code, including an assessment of the legislation regarding sexual crimes, according to the Law Reform and International Law Bureau

Gov’t building statistical system for emerging industries

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) acting director, Ieong Meng Chao, took office as the bureau’s director yesterday. He said that the bureau had started building a statistical index system

Lionel Leong | No changes envisaged in factors affecting gaming slump

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, said that he doesn’t envisage any substantial changes to be made to the combination of factors affecting the gaming revenue downturn. As

Report: ‘Legal firewall’ shields Chinese firms from lawsuits 

Chinese companies are shielding themselves from lawsuits in America, denying U.S. businesses and investors their day in court, a report from a federal watchdog says. The report published yesterday by the U.S.-China

Corporate Bits | MGM Macau holds second “MGM dealer Olympics”

The participants were mainly the supervisors and dealers of table games such as Baccarat, Roulette and Blackjack. Nearly 100 candidates participated in three different categories of the game, while pre-rounds

China gains importance in Angola and Mozambique

The latest official data for Angolan oil exports, recently released, indicated that China bought more than 116 million barrels of oil last year, four times more than the second largest

Soccer stocks trouncing the market on Xi’s stimulus

  Xi Jinping’s plan to make China a soccer superpower is winning over fans in an unlikely place: the nation’s USD7.7 trillion stock market. Nine listed companies with ties to the country’s soccer league

Shanghai bans top officials’ spouses from running businesses

Shanghai banned spouses and children of senior officials from private business, making the Chinese financial hub the first to impose such strict controls over the family wealth of Communist Party

Regulators to lift price controls on most drugs starting June 1

Chinese regulators will lift price controls on most pharmaceutical drugs starting June 1 in hopes that the market-driven pricing system will keep medical costs in check, the National Development and

Afghanistan | Poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium output

It’s the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan — the country’s intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as they

Human trafficking | Thai police find new prisoner camps; crackdown intensifies

Police found two more camps yesterday believed to have held human trafficking victims in southern Thailand — one recently abandoned and the other containing a buried skeleton — days after

Thailand | 87-year-old king makes rare public appearance 

Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej made a rare public appearance yesterday to mark the 65th anniversary of his coronation. All television stations carried the event live, as the 87-year-old monarch emerged

USA | Islamic State claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility yesterday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. An audio statement on the extremist group’s

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