Changing lifestyles in Hengqin

“Life used to be more relaxed here. Now there is more traffic and more people. Things are developing quite rapidly. We are located between the mountains and our lifestyle used

Thai Smile intends to suspend Macau-Bangkok route

The company’s CEO, Woranate Laprabang, told the Macau Business Daily that the route’s occupancy currently stands at 50 percent. It has therefore failed to meet the anticipated occupancy of 65

ARTS | Filmmakers can submit projects to ‘Local View Power’ contest

The project was first initiated in 2007 to stimulate and nurture creative works by both emerging and established filmmakers. According to a press release issued by CCM, the previous seven editions

Gov’t to transfer reserves to China Development Bank fund

A portion of the MSAR’s financial reserves could be transferred to mainland China for investment purposes. The government intends to introduce the measure in order to boost bilateral cooperation. It

Fisherman’s Wharf development plan under fire

ANM argues that these decisions are in conflict with the Cultural Institute’s suggestion about the area’s height limit of 60 meters, which was made last year. The association urged the

Little Miss Violet | Striving to make a living out of fashion blogging

Almost five years ago, when fashion bloggers started to rival traditional magazines in Europe and the United States, Macau-born Carla Florendo started her own website, which first detailed art in

YouTube Kids app criticized as deceiving

Google introduced the app in February as a "safer" place for kids to explore videos because it was restricted to "family-focused content." But the consumer activists say the app is so

FedEx to buy TNT for USD4.8b after UPS blocked in 2013

FedEx Corp. agreed to buy Dutch parcel-delivery company TNT Express NV for 4.4 billion euros (USD4.8 billion), predicting it can succeed where bigger rival United Parcel Service Inc. was blocked

Corporate Bits | Katy Perry’s world tour events in Macau to feature the dolls

Since May last year, Perry has played 129 shows and has toured throughout the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Having spent the last three years DJ-ing around

Billionaire Cohen said to sell USD25m Dubuffet’s ‘Paris’

Billionaire money manager Steven A. Cohen is selling a dense, vibrant 1961 Jean Dubuffet painting valued at USD25 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. Christie’s said it will

OCBC’s Tsien gets biggest 2014 raise among Singapore bank CEOs

The head of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. received the biggest pay rise last year compared with his counterparts at Singapore’s two other major banks. Chief Executive Officer Samuel N. Tsien’s total compensation

New labor activists emerge from migrant workers

A new crop of labor leaders is emerging in China as migrant factory workers increasingly demand their rights and a fair share of the country's now-slowing economic boom. Disillusioned with China's

Fujian | Blast at chemical plant in Zhangzhou injures at least 6

Six people were hospitalized and hundreds of firefighters deployed to fight a hydrocarbon fire following an explosion at a plant in southern China that produces the toxic chemical paraxylene, officials

South China Sea | Xi welcomes top Vietnamese delegation to mend ties

China has welcomed a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation of Communist Party officials and Cabinet ministers on a visit to mend ties following strains over rival territorial claims in the South China

Beijing to keep track of its tourists’ unruly behavior abroad

China says it will try to convince its citizens to behave themselves while traveling abroad by requiring authorities back home to keep records of people doing anything illegal or inappropriate

Xinhua | Focus Booming city clusters, new growth engines

Newly approved measures to create more city clusters could be new engine for China’s economic growth and urbanization. The State Council, China’s cabinet, unveiled a plan to develop city clusters along

Defense secretary says US opening new phase of Asia pivot

The Obama administration is opening a new phase of its strategic "rebalance" toward Asia and the Pacific by investing in high-end weapons such as a new long-range stealth bomber, refreshing

Thailand | 4 men killed in raid in the south were not insurgents

Officials in Thailand's violence-plagued south say four men who were killed during a recent raid by government security forces were not insurgents, and that the authorities involved should be prosecuted. Police

Malaysia | Parliament revives detention without trial with new law

Malaysia revived detention without trial when lawmakers approved an anti-terror law yesterday that the government said was needed to fight Islamic militants, but critics assailed as a giant step backward

Philippines | Gunmen abduct mayor of coastal town in Zamboanga

Armed men have abducted the mayor of a southern Philippine town from her house and fled with her on motorboats, officials said yesterday. Five armed men kidnapped Mayor Gemma Adana of

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