EDUCATION| 2 Macau universities rank on China’s top 100

According to a statement issued by MUST’s public relations office, the overall distribution of the ranking’s top 100 universities includes 64 institutions from mainland China, 27 from Taiwan, seven from

24-hour border crossing operational from Dec 18

From Dec 18, the Lotus Bridge Cotai Frontier Post (connected to Hengqin) will be operating around the clock. Meanwhile, the operation hours of the Border Gate (connected to Gongbei) will

MTPA welcomes ‘massive public approval’ of new taxi regulations

The Macau Taxi Passengers Association (MTPA) said it is delighted at the Transport Bureau’s announcement yesterday that 97 percent of respondents to a public consultation voted in favor of introducing

New top officials to be announced next week

Top officials set to take high office for the upcoming MSAR government term will be announced approximately next week, said government spokesperson Alexis Tam in response to the Times’ inquiry. “I

Pacquiao, Algieri ready for ‘Clash in Cotai’

“You cannot find two better stories in boxing, much less sports, than what we are presenting on Sunday. And I think it is only fitting that the Venetian Macao, which

‘This is my city:’ Creative Festival returns to town

Cultural Association +853 is bringing to town the 8th edition of ‘This Is My City – The Creative Festival,’ which kicks off this Sunday. Running until November 28, the event

Group concerned over lack of clarity on domestic violence definition

The Macau Anti-Domestic Violence Coalition Group has stated its concern over the lack of a clear definition on domestic violence, Radio Macau reported. The Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) issued a

REAL ESTATE MATTERS: The Best Places to Live in Macau (Part 3)

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties

PROJECT POKER: Taking a break without taking a break

Not long ago I won a couple of small mixed game tournaments. One came at a PokerStars series in Australia where I won a mixed games side event, and soon

AirAsia to launch Southeast Asian air pass

Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said the AirAsia ASEAN Pass will allow travelers to fly to 10 different destinations in Southeast Asia in one month for 499 ringgit (USD148), excluding airport

Panel predicts Beijing will keep confronting US 

Tensions between the U.S. and China have deepened during the rule of China’s president, Xi Jinping, and the risk of an inadvertent military clash in the Asia-Pacific is growing, a congressional advisory panel said

Xi: Sino-Australian trade deal won’t hurt New Zealand 

Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday that China’s trade deal with Australia won’t hurt neighboring New Zealand because demand from the world’s No. 2 economy remains strong. Xi spoke to media

Mainland factory activity at 6-month low 

Manufacturing activity in China fell to a six-month low in November, reflecting sluggishness in the world No. 2 economy and weakness abroad, according to an early survey of factory conditions released yesterday. HSBC’s

Hong Kong | Most people want pro-democracy protests to end now

Most Hong Kong people have grown weary of pro-democracy protests that have sparked clashes with police and disrupted the city for almost two months, and want the government to take

MDT Interview | Allan Zeman on Occupy Central | ‘I wanted to experience it. It was impressive’

Hong Kong’s restaurant and resort tycoon, Allan Zeman, best known as the father of Lan Kwai Fong (he stills owns most of it and has two more LKFs in China)

Japan | Police comb suspected ‘black widow’ killer’s home 

Japanese police were looking for traces of poison in the home of a woman arrested on suspicion of killing her husband, one of six men who have died while in

South Korea | Ferry firm head gets 10 years in jail over sinking

A South Korean court sentenced the head of a ferry operator to 10 years in prison yesterday over an April ship sinking that killed more than 300 people, mostly teenage

North Korea | Pyongyang threatens nuclear test after landmark UN human rights resolution

North Korea threatened yesterday to bolster its war capability and conduct a fourth nuclear test to cope with what it calls U.S. hostility that led to the approval of a landmark U.N.

Government surveillance | Before Snowden leak, some in NSA warned of a backlash

Dissenters within the National Security Agency, led by a senior agency executive, warned in 2009 that the program to secretly collect American phone records wasn’t providing enough intelligence to justify

this day in history : 1995 Balkan leaders agree to peace

US President Bill Clinton announced the deal after 21 days of seemingly deadlocked negotiation at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The plan, known as the Dayton Accord,

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