Our Desk | Raising our recycling game

The latest environmental figures released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) unveiled higher population density and fewer ‘good’ air quality days. Greater water consumption and waste were also recorded. Meanwhile,

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 – edition no. 2310

* Raimundo do Rosário grilled at the Legislative Assembly over LRT delays * The art of being lazy * EU supports ‘democratic advancement’ * 1,600 refugees land in Indonesia and Malaysia   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Several people killed in Switzerland shooting

Police said yesterday that they found several people dead after shots were heard in a town in northern Switzerland. Residents heard shots in the town of Wuerenlingen shortly after 11

World briefs

CHINA Ten workers were killed after a retaining wall under construction suddenly collapsed in the eastern province of Shandong, authorities said yesterday. Six people were killed on the spot, and

Nepal | Portuguese travelers turn into aid agency after quake

They arrived in Nepal as backpackers a day before a deadly earthquake that flattened large swaths of this impoverished Himalayan nation. In the days since the disaster, they’ve transformed themselves

Group hopes to open ‘brothel museum’ in Rua da Felicidade

Their initial blueprint was revealed at a press briefing over the weekend. The complex would feature a “brothel museum,” since Rua da Felicidade was formerly Macau’s local prostitution hub. A

CCAC | Cultural industries fund employees raise criticism over investigation

CCAC had launched a probe to investigate whether Chao Son U, former member of the cultural industries fund administrative committee, had committed any crime in granting a subsidy to a

Parents call for residency for mainland adult children

A group of residents visited the Identification Bureau last week petitioning for their overage children in the mainland to be granted Macau residency so that they can enter Macau to

Briefs | Former Macau champion dies in stabbing

Brazilian jockey Fausto Durso, a former champion in Macau, has died after suffering stab wounds in an altercation outside his parents’ home in Brazil. Durso, 39, rode in Dubai, Malaysia,

Drug Prevention | Scholar advises migrant parents to stay alert

Filipino parents working abroad have to pay extra attention to the parenting of their teenage children, who are at risk of becoming engaged in various sorts of hazardous behaviours back

Crime | Two men arrested for selling cannabis online

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two people for selling marijuana on a social networking site. The two suspects are Polish and Nigerian nationals, both of whom hold Macau residence cards. The

Exhibition | Resources waiting to be explored in deepest regions of the ocean

What could we find in the deepest and most mysterious parts of our oceans? A glimpse into deep-sea life is now on display at the Macau Science Center, in an

Arts | Mio Pang Fei on show at Venice

The opening ceremony of artist Mio Pang Fei’s Venice Biennale debut took place at the Macau–China Pavilion in the presence of VIP guests, including members of the Committee of Cultural

‘Sagres’ photo album to be launched tomorrow

Macau-based journalist and essayist Joaquim Magalhães de Castro will present the photo album “Sagres – Our Barge” at the Portuguese Consulate tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. Built in Hamburg in 1937, the

Statistics | Construction workers’ wages rise slightly in Q1

The average daily wage of construction workers was MOP726 in the first quarter of 2015, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Wages rose at a slower pace of

AP Exclusive | Chinese banks a haven for web counterfeits 

Kim Sbarcea knew exactly what she wanted. She typed “Tiffany Elsa Peretti mesh earrings” into Google and chanced upon a pair of the USD450 earrings for — deal of deals!

Corporate Bits | MGM sponsors documentary “The meaning of life” filming in the city

“The Meaning of Life” tells the real story of a young Brazilian man Giovane, who decides to take a trip around the world searching for the meaning of life after

Xi marks closer ties with Russia as world leaders snub Putin’s victory parade

Most of the 68 world leaders invited on Saturday by Russian president Vladimir Putin to attend the 70th anniversary of the end of history’s bloodiest war declined. Yet among the

US official: Beijing’s island building now totals 2,000 acres

China’s rapidly expanding campaign to construct artificial islands, potentially for military use or airstrips, now totals about 800 hectares and could far outstrip that amount as the year goes on, a

Security bill calls for protecting ‘cyber sovereignty’

The provision on “cyber sovereignty” was added to the second draft of the security law, which also stressed the need to safeguard the security of “industries and key areas important

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