Hengqin Free Trade zone opens

The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong attended the opening ceremony of Guangdong’s pilot free trade zone (Hengqin area) yesterday. Leading Macau’s delegation in Hengqin, he assured attendees that

Arts | ‘Ghost the Musical’ in town this summer

The Broadway musical ‘Ghost,’ based on the 1990 hit movie starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, will take center stage at Macau’s Cultural Center (CCM) this summer with a run

Briefs | LECM workers’ suspended

The two Civil Engineering Laboratory (LECM) employees, allegedly involved in a bribery and document forgery case unveiled by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) earlier this week are no longer working

Sands China falls as local downturn causes forecasts miss

  Sands China Ltd. fell to a month low in Hong Kong after the Macau casino operator reported earnings that were worse-than-expected and billionaire chairman Sheldon Adelson said he’s uncertain about

Music – Education | Macao Orchestra visits schools

Real Estate Matters | The most important questions to ask when you are a landlord renting out a property

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties

Project Poker | Things you learn as a poker player

It has been quite a few years since I first started playing poker, and as you surely know, there is so much more to it than just playing a game

Survey | Mainland factory activity slips again to 1-year low

China’s manufacturing deteriorated again in April to its lowest point in a year, in a fresh sign that growth is faltering in the world’s second biggest economy. HSBC said yesterday that

China fines Mercedes USD57 million in price-fixing probe 

A Chinese regulator said yesterday it has fined Mercedes Benz 350 million yuan (USD57 million) on price-fixing charges in a wide-ranging probe of the auto industry that has prompted complaints

Corporate Bits | Sands resorts cotai strip awarded in ttg china travel awards

“Receiving this award is a great honor for Sands China Ltd as it acknowledges our continued efforts to deliver the best possible entertainment, leisure, dining and accommodation experience for our

Party releases pictures of top 100 graft absconders

Following the publication of a list of China’s top 100 fugitive officials wanetd on suspicion of corruption, photos of the suspects were splashed across two pages of the official China Daily newspaper

FT: Beijing spells out cost of meeting pollution targets

According to the country’s central bank, a report on “green” finance issued Wednesday estimated that China’s budget covered only 15 per cent of the required investment, and called for carbon

First ‘tiger’ snared in corruption crackdown stands trial

The Chinese Communist Party official whose downfall ushered in a nationwide corruption crackdown that continues to shake local industries raised no objections at his one-day graft trial yesterday. Li Chuncheng, 59,

Japan | Ministers’ war shrine visit irks Beijing after Xi-Abe talks 

Three Japanese Cabinet ministers yesterday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors the country’s war dead, including convicted war criminals, drawing a rebuke from China just a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

India | Farmer suicide at Delhi protest galvanizes Modi’s opponents

As hundreds watched, Gajendra Singh climbed a tree and hung himself with a towel in central New Delhi on Wednesday. Members of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party, which organized the

Migration EU leaders discuss more and faster action on Med refugees

European Union leaders are discussing plans to double financial sources to save lives in the Mediterranean where hundreds of migrants have drowned in recent days, and to capture and destroy vessels which

Chile | Calbuco volcano erupts, nearby town evacuated

The Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday (yesterday in Macau) for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. Authorities

This Day in History | 1967 Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash

Colonel Vladimir Komarov, 40, is the first known victim of a space flight. He was an experienced cosmonaut, on his second flight, and had completed all his experiments successfully before

Offbeat | China to crack down on strippers at rural funerals

Chinese officials say they are cracking down on stripteases and other lewd shows that have become popular at funerals in some rural areas. The Ministry of Cultural said in a statement

Football | Champions League – Hernandez goal puts Real into semis, Juventus also joins last four

A late goal by Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez gave Real Madrid a tense 1-0 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid and a place in the Champions League semifinals yesterday. After the first leg of

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