Statistics | Population continues to grow

The demographic statistics indicate that there were 1,711 live births delivered in the first quarter of 2015, a decrease of 375 or 18 pct quarter-to-quarter. Mortalities totaled 536, an increase

Nepalese Sands workers donate MOP81,000 to Red Cross

Nepalese team members of Sands China Ltd have raised MOP81,000 to help with the relief effort following the Nepal earthquake. Yesterday, Mr Mukesh K. Barruwal and representatives of the Nepalese

AL Plenary | Gov’t ‘stands firm’ on implementing full casino smoking ban

A spoken enquiry by Leong Veng Chai triggered further discussion on the implementation of a full smoking ban, which had been first announced back in January. “The Macau government has already

Sonia Chan pledges further support to civil servants

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, told lawmakers yesterday that a series of financial measures to support civil servants, particularly those with lower salaries, will be implemented in

Gaming | Wynn Resorts biggest shareholder T. Rowe cuts stake 40 pct

T. Rowe Price Group Inc., the largest stockholder in Wynn Resorts Ltd., cut its stake in the casino company by almost 40 percent, according to a filing Monday. The mutual fund

Budget | Gov’t expenses more than double

Local administration revenues dropped 33.6 percent year-on-year during the first four months of this year, according to data made available yesterday by the Financial Service Bureau (DSF). The local administration totaled

Wall collapses in busy tourist area

The three-storey building has been standing idle for more than 40 years, and only recently part of its veranda also collapsed. At around 9.30 a.m., the fire service arrived at

Alexis Tam | Cultural fund member not sacked over law breach

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, has said that the former Cultural Industries Fund member Chao Son U was not sacked for breaching the law, Radio Macau

Google acknowledges 11 accidents with its self-driving cars

Google Inc. revealed Monday (yesterday, Macau time) that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago. The company released the

Corporate Bits | BNU co-organizes lunch with Portuguese Secretary of State

About 70 guests attended to listen to Mr Mathias’ presentation. Regarding investment opportunities, the Secretary indicated three pillars of the development strategy, based on the European structural funds, industry and

Drop in oil production reduces East Timor’s revenue

A drop in oil and natural gas production has been the main factor behind a reduction of oil revenues to East Timor, which account for almost all of the state’s

China and Brazil discuss cooperation

The Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang will present a list of nearly 60 investment projects involving construction of infrastructure and industrial facilities in Brazil, reported Brazilian newspaper Valor Económico. The

Replica of razed Summer Palace opens, but some prefer ruins 

China already has its own copies of London’s Tower Bridge and the Eiffel Tower. Now a life-sized model by a film studio of one of the country’s own historical attractions —

Authorities investigating police shooting of man at train station

China’s Public Security Ministry is investigating a shooting in which a police officer killed an unarmed traveler in front of his elderly mother and three small children at a train

Singapore | Teen found guilty of insulting Christians, ex-leader Lee 

Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee was yesterday found guilty of insulting Christians in a video monologue, and of distributing an obscene image of the country’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew with

Bangladesh | Latest blogger killed in the country

Masked men wielding machetes stabbed a blogger and author to death yesterday near his home in northeastern Bangladesh, police said, the third fatal attack this year against a blogger in the

Nepal | Second major earthquake strikes, killing at least 42 

A major earthquake hit a remote mountain region of Nepal yesterday, killing at least 42 people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by

Migration | Malaysia to turn away Rohingya unless boats are sinking

Marine northern commander Tan Kok Kwee said yesterday that waters around Langkawi island where several wooden vessels have landed in the past three days will be patrolled 24 hours a

Environment | Shell clears major US government hurdle for Arctic drilling 

  Royal Dutch Shell’s­ Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and gas off Alaska’s northwestern coast this summer. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Monday

Art | Picasso painting sells for USD179.4m setting auction record

Pablo Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘‘O’’)” sold for USD179.4 million, setting a record for any artwork sold at auction. The price for the painting, sold Monday at Christie’s in

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