Offbeat | US woman wears colander for driver’s license photo

Asia Lemmon, whose legal name appears on her driver’s license as Jessica Steinhauser, said the pasta strainer represents her beliefs in the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Flying

Olympics | IOC opens door to joint bids and new sports events

Breaking from the tradition of awarding the Olympics only to a single host city, the IOC is opening the door to possible wider bids — including bids from an entire

Football | Former England coach Eriksson joins Shanghai

Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is taking over at Chinese club Shanghai East Asia. The 66-year-old Swede said  he wants to make the club a force not only in China

Vox Parva: What have we left the children?

Are we able to impart stories, serious knowledge and studies to our next generation? If so, in what occasions are we able to do it? I’ve kept asking myself this question

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 – edition no. 2194

* Some barricades cleared from HK protest site * Gov’t plays safe with ‘cautious’ budget * Lawmakers say ‘no’ to debating political reform * Macau gaming show kicks off   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | 9 face IRA charges in both parts of Ireland

Seven Irishmen have been charged with membership in an Irish Republican Army faction after Northern Ireland police raided a suspected meeting of the outlawed Continuity IRA. A judge ordered all

World briefs

CHINA A fire in a carrot-packaging plant has killed 18 people in eastern China, police said yesterday. An additional 13 people were injured in the fire Sunday night at the

‘Golden visa’ scandal | Portugal Minister steps down as friends caught in corruption net

The Portuguese minister of internal affairs, Miguel Macedo, has announced he is to resign in the wake of a scandal involving so-called “golden visas” saying his “authority was diminished”, even

Resident aggressively harassed and chased by taxi driver

According to a press release issued by the Macau Taxi Passengers Association, which operates the Macau Taxi Driver Shame Facebook group, Ms Azevedo, a member of MTPA, said she had

Hengqin builds infrastructure to last a century

The Times visited the Zhuhai Hengqin New Area Integrated Pipeline Channel, which is 33.4 kilometers long. The structure is located underneath the northern and central part of Hengqin Island. The

Cost of artificial island for Delta Bridge due to increase

Included as part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge (also known as the Delta Bridge), the budget for the development of an artificial island is due to rise to HKD35 billion,

Taxi driver

“I do not think it is melodramatic to say it might only be a matter of time before someone is killed in an incident with a Macau taxi driver.”

Food Festival sees double-digit growth

“This year has seen the biggest turnover of tourists; and for local residents, normally they have no places to go in the evening,” he said. He explained that the

Victim’s wife and Indonesian concern group demand ‘truth’ behind shop fire

Leader of the Peduli Indonesian Migrant Concern Group, Cindry Purnasari, has called on Macau authorities to help find out the truth about a fire that broke out in a small

Official statistics indicate average house price drops 10 pct in Q3

Official statistics indicate that purchase and sale of homes totaled 1,769, at MOP11.42 billion, down by 28 pct and 35 pct respectively quarter-to-quarter; total value of pre-sale residential units (253)

Hong Kong-Shanghai stock link makes lopsided debut

International investors plowed money into Shanghai’s stock market, maxing out their daily limit, in the debut yesterday of a landmark trading link that gives outsiders wider access to mainland China’s main stock

France, a tax haven? Yes, for Microsoft to China’s Huawei

Companies from Microsoft Corp. to China’s Huawei Technologies Co. scouring Europe for fiscally attractive shores are turning to an unlikely country: France. As a base for research and development teams, that

Corporate Bits | Dozens of awards to date for Sands China in 2014

“Sands China aims to create unforgettable experiences for business, leisure and family travellers at our integrated resorts,” said Gunther Hatt, Executive Vice President of Operations, Sands China Ltd. “The honors

Portugal | Gov’t announces sale of 66 pct of state airline TAP

The Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Monteiro, said after the meeting that as well as the airline all the group’s assets would be sold, including, for example, the maintenance

Angola wants to build national railway network

The government of Angola plans to build a railway line to link the country’s three current railways, thus establishing a national railway network, Angola’s Transport Minister said in Lubango. Minister Augusto

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