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CHINA Thick smog is expected to shroud parts of north China over the next two days, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said yesterday. The NMC forecast that Beijing, Tianjin and

Portugal | Sócrates prisoner no. 44 in prison for 45

Portugal’s former prime minister, José Sócrates is going to be held in Évora prison, where he spent last night, following an initial interrogation which decided he should be held on

Hengqin flats gaining in popularity

Over the last month, the pre-sale of apartments planned in Hengqin have been gaining in popularity. According to a local sale proxy, more than two hundred flats slated for developement

24-hour border operation may boost casino visitation and revenue

Cotai’s casino resorts are set to benefit from new border crossing rules, according to analysts and operators. Last week, the Macau government announced that the Lotus Bridge border, connecting with Hengqin,

AL PLENARY | High costs estimated for new Macau-Guangdong border project

The new border between Macau and Guangdong province, located within the Ilha Verde (Green Island) area, is set to involve high costs, although the government does not yet have a

Jackie Chan brings Sino-American action film to Macau

Part of the action-comedy film Skiptrace is being shot in Macau, featuring Hong Kong’s Jackie Chan, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and American actor Johnny Knoxville, who shot to fame as

2nd CONGRESS | Engineers from Portuguese-speaking countries discuss further cooperation

The Congress will be looking at how cooperation could be furthered, particularly regarding renewable energies, transport infrastructures, agriculture management, electric transportation, as well as waste treatment, and academic and professional

MICE attendees grow 16 percent in Q3

In the first three quarters of 2014, a total of 743 MICE events were organized, bringing 1.55 million participants and attendees. The two figures have risen by nine percent and

Lawmakers push for implementation of full smoking ban

Lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong went even further to say that operators not complying with the full smoking ban should see their concessions revoked after their contracts expire. The director of the

CRIME | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Man detained for allegedly choking wife

The Judiciary Police (PJ) is holding a man in custody and will charge him with aggravated assault after he was alleged to have choked his wife causing her to fall

Chow Tai Fook Profit plunges 23pct on gold price rebound

Net income for the six months to end-September slumped to HK$2.69 billion (USD347 million) from HK$3.51 billion a year earlier, the jeweler said in a statement to the Hong Kong

Corporate Bits | Hotel Okura Macau selected ‘Best Urban Business Hotels’

Hotel Okura Macau’s management celebrated the achievement on the occasion of the visit on November 13th of Okura’s Vice Chairman, Mr. Marcel van Aelst (seated 2nd from left) and President,

European Union and Guinea-Bissau renew agreement

Vessels from the 28 Member States of the EU, mainly from Spain, France, Greece, Italy and Portugal, will now resume fishing in Guinea-Bissau waters after a break of two years

Angola 1st International Fisheries and Aquaculture Fair opens in Luanda

The 1st Angola International Fisheries and Aquaculture Fair is on from 27-30 November at the premises of the Luanda International Fair (Filda) with at least 50 domestic and foreign companies

Briefs | Mozambique: Statistics Institute prepares 2nd Company Census

The National Statistics Institute of Mozambique (INE) is due in 2015 to begin the second Companies Census and preparatory work is currently underway, Mozambican newspaper Notícias reported. The newspaper added

Mainland prepares for bigger smoking crackdown with fines

China is considering fining smokers who light up indoors as much as 500 yuan (USD81) and penalizing operators who don’t stop them, a sign of rising political willingness to curb

Beijing tries students of convicted minority scholar

Seven minority students were standing trial on separatism charges yesterday for working on a website run by a prominent Muslim Uighur scholar convicted on the same charge in far western China,

Hong Kong | Police clash with protesters as Mong Kok site cleared

Hong Kong authorities began clearing a 2-month-old pro-democracy protest site in Mong Kok district yesterday, risking confrontation with demonstrators in the neighborhood, a flashpoint for previous violent clashes with police

Tencent to air HBO in mainland as gov’t shuts down free sites

Tencent Holdings Ltd., controlled by China’s third-richest man Ma Huateng, has won exclusive rights to air HBO content online in China. The agreement between Tencent and Time Warner Inc.’s HBO comes

N Korea | Gov’t holds rally against UN rights resolution

North Korea held a mass rally yesterday in its capital to protest a United Nations resolution condemning its human rights record. Thousands of protesters in Kim Il Sung Square carried banners praising their

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