Ada Chio and Ivy Leong win accolades at the Hotelier Awards China

Mandarin Oriental, Macau, announced in a press release that the director of Marketing & Communications at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Ada Chio de la Cruz, was crowned Marketing & Communications

Pro-democracy lawmakers hand in petition on universal suffrage

Yesterday, pro-democracy lawmakers Au Kam San and Ng Kuok Cheong handed a petition to the government advocating for universal suffrage. They are hoping the letter can be forwarded to president

Shop caters for coffee lovers and their cats

Imagine a relaxing afternoon with a cup of coffee, a cake and a cat on your lap. That’s exactly what the local café ‘Meows Corner Meeting’ is offering its customers. Angela

MSAR 15th Anniversary | Painting exhibition unveils diverse Portuguese artistic views

Organized by Clube Militar (Military Club) in cooperation with the Cultural Events Promotion Association (APAC), the exhibition brings to town artworks by prominent Portuguese painters, such as Júlio Pomar, Graça

MSAR 15TH ANNIVERSARY | Is the ‘El Dorado’ effect over?

While the region keeps on exceeding world records, with many praising the economic growth made possible by the gaming industry, some residents claim that the ‘El Dorado’ period is over

SpiceJet said to get lifeline from Indian gov’t

India’s government gave billionaire Kalanithi Maran’s troubled airline SpiceJet Ltd. a lifeline by allowing it to take bookings until the end of March and extending a credit line for jet

Wanda said to be poised to raise USD3.7b in HK IPO

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co., China’s biggest mall developer, plans to sell shares near the top end of a marketed range to raise about USD3.7 billion in a Hong Kong

Corporate Bits | Joey Yung returns to the Venetian Macao

Joey Yung in Concert 1314 kicked off in Hong Kong last December with 15 shows, breaking Joey Yung’s personal record for the number of consecutive shows held before heading to

Mozambican rubies auctioned for USD43m in Singapore

The latest uncut Mozambican ruby auction carried out by British company Gemfields in Singapore raised USD43.3 million, the company said. In a statement, the company said the auction of rubies mined

Brazilian export finance plan expands to Angola

Simão Grilo dos Santos, who recently spoke in Sao Paulo, said Proex would have its funding increased in 2015 “to finance Brazilian businessmen interested in investing in Angola with local

New Beijing airport gets the go ahead

China’s economic planner announced its approval on construction of a new airport in Beijing on Monday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The project will involve 79.98 billion yuan (USD13.11 billion)

PRC looking for new markets in eastern Europe 

In an attempt to secure business ties and increase political influence, China is on a charm offensive in eastern Europe — where the European Union and Russia are also vying for sway. Chinese

College entrance exam reform to take focus off score results

The Education Ministry yesterday took a critical step in its initiative to reform the college entrance exam system, aiming to reverse exam-oriented education to help fuel future growth. According to the

Rail chief ally Ding given jail, USD400m fine in graft case

A former ally of China’s disgraced railway chief was ordered by a Beijing court yesterday to pay the largest fine so far in President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign, after being

Gov’t raises estimate of size of economy 

China yesterday raised its official estimate of last year’s gross domestic product, possibly moving closer to passing the United States as the biggest economy. There was no indication the change would

Survey: Manufacturing contracts in December

Chinese manufacturing contracted in December for the first time in seven months in another sign the slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy is quickening, according to a survey of

Pakistan | Taliban school terror assault leaves over 140 dead, mostly kids

Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear

Australia | Nation mourns for siege victims

Tearful Australians laid mounds of flowers at the site where two of 17 hostages were killed yesterday when police swooped into a cafe to rescue them from a gunman — an

Russia | Ruble declines despite Central Bank rate hike

After a massive overnight rate hike by Russia’s Central Bank, the ruble staged a two-hour rally yesterday morning before rolling back to new historic lows. The surprise Central Bank decision to raise the

Human Rights | N. Korea seeks UN meeting on CIA torture

North Korea asked the U.N. Security Council in a letter Monday (yesterday in Macau) to take up the CIA’s harsh treatment of terror suspects, instead of the North’s own human rights situation. North Korea’s U.N.

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