Studio City | Melco teams up with Time Warner to open family entertainment center

Melco Crown Entertainment is set to open its USD3.2-billion Studio City resort in “mid-year” 2015, adding 1,600 hotel rooms and an intended 400 gambling tables to the Cotai Strip, the

Gov’t retrieves up to millions from scholarship recipients

The Macau Foundation (FM) revealed that five recipients in a scholarship program have to repay up to MOP3.18 million in total after failing to meet their obligation of returning to

Alexis Tam meets domestic violence concern groups

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, invited the Macau Domestic Violence Legislation Coalition for a meeting yesterday afternoon. He promised to draft instructions to assist police officers

Revenue drop with impact on credit analysis: Moody’s

Declining gaming revenues in Macau are credit negative for the local economy, according to a report by credit rating agency Moody’s. “The gaming revenue downturn is negative for the government regarding

MDT cartoon awarded in South Korea

A Macau Daily Times cartoon received an honorable mention at the 23rd Sejong International Cartoon Contest SICACO 2014, held in Seoul, South Korea. The cartoon was drawn by Rodrigo de

Kiang Wu Hospital predicts 9pct staff turnover

Public hospital and healthcare centers will recruit more than 500 new staff members throughout this year, with over 70 percent of them being medical personnel. Currently, the privately run Kiang Wu

Nephew of Stanley Ho arrested over prostitution ring

Hotel Lisboa’s executive director Alan Ho was sent in handcuffs to the Public Prosecutions Office yesterday morning, along with five associate suspects, for running a multi-million-pataca prostitution ring that was

BRIEFS | Two injured in separate assault cases

Two assault cases involving knives took place yesterday, with one allegedly related to domestic violence. The first case of assault took place at around 1 p.m. in a residential apartment

AL PLENARY | Lawmakers divided on Labour Law amendment

The current Labour Law stipulates that employers must compensate employees when making them redundant without providing a proper reason. The “basic monthly salary” used to calculate the amount of the

Fox looks to bring ‘Ice Age’ characters to China theme park rush

21st Century Fox Inc. is seeking Chinese sites for amusement parks featuring themes from “Ice Age,” “Alien” and “The Simpsons,” as entertainment companies rush to build vacation spots for the

Corporate Bits | Ring in the year of the goat with gourmet and delicacies at Wynn Macau

For casual Chinese dining, Red 8 will serve traditional Chinese New Year soup and a variety of northern and southern festive dishes. Known for its specialty dishes from the Northern

Angola faces additional difficulties in paying public debt

In an essay on the negative effects of lower oil prices in sub-Saharan African countries, among which is the second largest producer of this region, Angola, analysts at the Brookings

Mozambique | Sena railroad reopens to traffic

The Sena Railroad, connecting the coal town of Moatize, in Mozambique’s Tete province to the port of Beira, in Sofala, was reopened to traffic Saturday after four days off due

Volvo to sell Chinese-made cars in US

Volvo Cars, the Chinese-owned Swedish automaker, said yesterday it will export cars made in China to the United States, a step forward for Beijing’s ambitions to extend the global reach

China auto sales slow in 2014 but reach 19.7 mln vehicles

Growth in auto sales in China, the biggest market by number of vehicles sold, slowed last year but reached 19.7 million vehicles as domestic brands lost more market share to

Cambodia | China-developed biggest hydropower project begins operation

Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam began operating yesterday as Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the Chinese-built project to help supply electricity for underserved villages and factories. He was joined by the Chinese

Police arrests dozens for selling pork from diseased pigs

Police in China have arrested more than 110 people on suspicion of selling pork from diseased pigs in the country’s latest food safety scandal. More than 1,000 tons of contaminated pork

Xinjiang | 6 attackers killed by police in latest strike of violence

Chinese police shot and killed six would-be bombers yesterday in the latest violence to strike the restive far northwestern region of Xinjiang, a local government spokesman and official website said. Police

Hong Kong | Pro-democracy tycoon’s home, business attacked

  Hong Kong police are investigating after small firebombs were thrown at the home and business of a pro-democracy media magnate in an apparent intimidation attempt. Surveillance video showed a car backing

Flight 8501 | Divers find black boxes in AirAsia crash, retrieve one of them

  Divers retrieved one black box yesterday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, key developments that should help investigators unravel what caused

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