Football | European roundup : Madrid loses, Manchester clubs through in FA Cup

  After a perfect end to 2014, Real Madrid opened the new year with its first loss since September. Madrid slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Valencia to end a 22-game winning

Tennis | Halep survives tough opening match in Shenzhen

Top-seeded Simona Halep overcame 10 double faults and a tough challenge from Germany’s Annika Beck to advance to the second round of the Shenzhen Open with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Our Desk: School of democracy

I read a news article last month about a group called Citizens for Objective Public Education who lost a court case against the Kansas State Board of Education in the

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 – edition no. 2222

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World briefs

CHINA A senior Chinese diplomat has been removed from his position and is being investigated for an unspecified disciplinary violation. A two-sentence statement from the Foreign Ministry did not offer

THE BUZZ: ‘Goodbye to Language’ top pick of NYC film critics

The National Society of Film Critics has chosen the 3-D movie “Goodbye to Language” as the best picture of 2014 in their 49th annual awards meeting in New York City. Society

Plane engine dies just before takeoff from Surabaya

In the latest incident to hit an AirAsia flight departing from Surabaya, the engine of a plane failed just before it took off from Juanda International Airport in the Indonesian city,

Smoking ban in bars, nightclubs in force

A joint operation by the Tobacco Control Office, Health Bureau and the Public Security Police Force found 27 people smoking in prohibited areas following inspections of 25 venues. 18 were

CE acknowledges challenges ahead in New Year’s message

Chief Executive Chui Sai On has acknowledged that Macau will face “difficulties and challenges” in the near future. He pledged to address the city’s major issues building “a brighter future

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | ‘This is now a major issue in Macau’

Much was my surprise when I saw my daily copy of Macau Daily Times on the last day of 2014. “Person of the Year” - me?? Wow, that was totally

Gaming | Melco Crown to delist from Hong Kong bourse on low trade volume

The company, which also trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market, hasn’t found opportunities to raise additional funds in Hong Kong since listing there in 2011, it said in a statement

Beijing’s call to develop Hengqin is now an ‘order’

Gambling revenue in Macau dropped by 2.6 percent to MOP351.5 billion, according to data released by the government on Friday. Beijing has made it clear: Macau needs to diversify its

A decade of gambling expansion ends

Macau’s casinos recorded their worst year, ending a decade of expansion that turned the former Portuguese enclave into the world’s biggest gambling hub. More tough times are ahead. Casino revenue in

SJM holds on to annual and monthly leadership

Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), which was formed by Stanley Ho, ended 2014 at the top of the leaderboard of gaming operators with a share of just over 23

HK lawmaker barred from entering Macau

  Local authorities barred the Hong Kong lawmaker Emily Lau Wai-hing from entering Macau on Saturday, in coherence with security reasons they claimed. She later expressed her “anger and sorrow” to

No entry for Taiwanese dentist

Apart from Emily Lau, a dentist from Taiwan was also refused entry by the Macau authorities last Friday. According to Taipei Times, Shih Shu-hua participated in Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement as

Malaysian minister reportedly vouched for Paul Phua

Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has written a letter to the deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, claiming that Paul Phua

Public consultation on land reclamation zones to be launched in Q1

A public consultation on land reclamation zones A and B will be launched during this year’s first quarter, the newly sworn-in head of the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau

Compensation bill needed but not priority, Sonia Chan says

Last May, a bill granting outgoing top officials lavish compensation and pension schemes sparked some of Macau’s biggest protests in recent years. The newly appointed Secretary for Administration and Justice

Samsung takes Google software challenge to TVs after phone flop

Samsung Electronics Co.’s challenger to Google Inc. software is moving from phones to big-screen TVs as the South Korean company tries to capitalize on the burgeoning interest in smart homes. The

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