Survey finds 68 pct of employees never get promoted

A Macau Management Association (MMA) survey has found that 68.4 percent of the respondents to a survey have never been promoted. The situation is even worse in the gaming industry. In

BRIEFS: Mandatory insurance for typhoons

Lawmakers passed a bill regulating repair damage procedures in case of workplace accidents and occupational diseases. Insurance for employees who are requested to report for duty during typhoons of signal

Lawmakers urge new cabinet to address region’s most pressing issues

Delivering a spoken enquiry during Friday’s Legislative Assembly plenary meeting, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang recalled that in recent years Macau’s government has failed to solve matters in timely and appropriate

Economy grows due to ‘investments in new gaming facilities’

Macau’s economy is set to grow between 4 and 5 percent this year thanks to investments in the gaming industry, although the GDP recorded negative growth in the last quarter. Speaking

China vows prudent monetary policy as Xi heralds new normal

China’s ruling Politburo said it will maintain a “prudent” monetary stance and keep growth within a reasonable range in 2015, signaling it will hold off major changes at an economic

Aer Lingus boss Mueller to head Malaysia Airlines 

Malaysia’s government said Friday it has picked Christoph Mueller, the chief executive of Ireland’s Aer Lingus, as the new head of its beleaguered flag carrier, Malaysia Airlines. He will be the

Corporate Bits | CTM volunteer team organizes Christmas event for underprivileged families

The Christmas gathering was held at Metropark Hotel Saturday afternoon. More than 20 CTM Volunteer Team members attended, together with the representatives of the Women’s General Association of Macau, and

Ask the Vet | How to tell if your marmoset monkey is sick

Wasting Away Marmoset monkeys are susceptible to wasting syndrome, a bodily invasion of the pancreatic worm Trichospirura leptostoma, which is transmitted through the household cockroach. For this reason, household sanitation is

Angola’s investment agency to have offices in all provinces

Angola’s National Agency for Private Investment (ANIP) plans, from 2015, to open offices in all 18 provinces of the country, to facilitate contacts with companies submitting investment proposals, ANIP’s president

Brazilian group Oi approves sale of PT Portugal

The Board of Directors of Brazilian telecom group Oi Thursday approved the sale of PT Portugal to French group Altice, and the sale also needs to be approved by the

Hong Kong | Teen protest leader Joshua Wong ends hunger strike

A prominent teenage leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests ended his hunger strike Saturday after 4 1/2 days at his doctor’s urging. The decision by Joshua Wong, the movement’s most prominent

Gov’t slams Philippines over South China Sea case

China yesterday again rejected an attempt by the Philippines to challenge its vast territorial claims over the South China Sea through international arbitration, a week before a deadline for Beijing to respond to

Beijing blocks carbon review sought by US at UN talks

China rejected scrutiny of efforts to limit carbon emissions, a key tool that the U.S. says is necessary as more than 190 countries work to devise a new deal to

Ex-security czar Zhou’s arrest makes Xi stronger

The criminal case against China’s ex-security chief not only plays to public demands to curb corruption but spells the downfall of one of President Xi Jinping’s biggest rivals, puts other challengers on

North Korea | Pyongyang denies Sony Pictures hack, calls it ‘righteous deed’ 

North Korea released a statement yesterday that clearly relished a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which is producing an upcoming film that depicts an assassination plot against Pyongyang’s supreme leader. While denying

Vietnam | 2nd blogger detained in crackdown 

Vietnamese police detained a second blogger in a week in the latest crackdown on dissent in the Communist country. Blogger and writer Nguyen Quang Lap was taken into custody and his

Philippines | No major damage as typhoon Hagupit hits; 3 dead 

Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three  people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened yesterday, sparing the central Philippines the type of massive devastation

India | Woman accuses Uber taxi driver of rape

Investigators found a taxi that was abandoned by the 32-year-old driver, police officer Alma Ming said. Ming said the woman, who works at a finance company, was returning from a dinner

USA | White House sends 6 prisoners from Guantanamo to Uruguay 

Six prisoners held for 12 years at Guantanamo Bay have been sent to Uruguay to be resettled as refugees, the U.S. government announced yesterday — a deal that had been delayed for

Yemen | American, South African hostages killed

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, U.S.-led raid to free them from al-Qaida militants in Yemen, a turbulent Arab country that is a

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