Museum of Art strengthens art promotion activities

The Macau Museum of Art (MAM) presented  its program highlights for 2015 yesterday. The director, Chan Hou Seng, said that the museum intends to enforce its art education programs through

Experts call on business leaders to help curb human trafficking

Experts and human right activists have called on Macau and the region’s business leadership to help end human trafficking and modern-day slavery. They urged local companies and gaming operators to

New Forum Macau coordinator vows to strengthen ‘platform role’

The former executive director at the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Ms Echo Chan, officially took office yesterday as the new Coordinator of the Support Office to the

Survey | Guia Hill pedestrian tunnel seen favorably

More than 90 percent of respondents to a survey were in favor of excavating a pedestrian tunnel through the Guia Hill, connecting the areas of Horta e Costa and NAPE.

Cooperation | Three berthing areas chosen for free-sailing yacht scheme

The government has chosen two wharfs located in Coloane and a maritime area near the Ocean Gardens to establish the berthing areas for free-sailing yachts journeying between Zhongshan city and

Inditex sales growth accelerates as Zara owner adds stores

Inditex SA, the world’s largest clothing retailer, reported accelerating revenue growth after an expansion of online sales and new stores helped drive a 5 percent profit increase last year. Sales increased

Cathay Pacific profit lags estimates on fuel-hedging loss

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Asia’s largest international airline by passengers, reported profit that lagged analyst estimates as losses from fuel hedging masked gains in passenger numbers. Net income rose 20 percent

Corporate Bits | Niccolo Chengdu coming soon

Niccolo hotels are a new collection of contemporary urban luxury hotels. The first to carry the Niccolo name, Niccolo Chengdu, will offer 230 guestrooms and suites. Scheduled to open in

Mozambique plans to pave 2,100 kilometers of roads by 2019

The plan will entail asphalting an annual average of about 420 kms of roads, down by about 180 kms compared to last year, when 602 kms of national and regional

Portugal | IMF advocates radical reform of the State

The International Monetary Fund recommended Tuesday that the Portuguese government should carry out radical reforms to the State, as well as to salaries and pensions, according to the report by

Xinjiang | Beijing’s secret plan to track militants and bring them home

  Days after Indonesia arrested four Uighur terrorism suspects in September in the country’s east, China dispatched three intelligence officers to ask authorities to hand them over. While Indonesia initially demurred, China

Taiwan | Youth mark anniversary of occupy parliament movement

Youth groups in Taiwan are marking the anniversary of a movement that occupied the island’s parliament and scuttled the ratification of a trade pact with China, Taiwan’s biggest trading partner and

Cabinet announces audit of state company assets abroad

The Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest banks, oil producers and other government companies has announced plans to have outside auditors examine their foreign assets in a new move to tighten control

HONG KONG | Customs detects nearly 5,000 illegal milk powder export cases over past year

From March 2014 to February 2015, Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Department detected a total of 4,986 cases of illegal export of powdered formula, involving the arrest of 5,000 people,

Australia | Canberra and Vietnam agree to closer defense ties, S China Sea stability

Vietnam and Australia agreed to closer security ties yesterday, including training Vietnamese troops in Australia as Canberra seeks to balance its relationship with its biggest trading partner China and relations with

Singapore | Gov’t says founding father Lee’s condition deteriorates

The condition of Singapore’s 91-year-old founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has deteriorated further at the hospital where he’s been treated for about six weeks, the government said yesterday. Lee was admitted

Myanmar | ‘Midnight inspections’ show military still powerful

The knock at the door of her family’s home came without warning in the dead of night, just as it always did during Myanmar’s long era of military rule. Outside, a

Israel | Netanyahu’s Likud surges to stunning election win

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party scored a resounding victory in the country’s election, final results showed yesterday, a stunning turnaround after a tight race that had put

Bosnia-Herzegovina | 8 Srebrenica massacre suspects arrested

Prosecutors have made Serbia’s first arrests of people suspected of carrying out killings in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, The Associated Press has learned — a significant milestone toward healing the

Tunisia hostage crisis ends with 17 tourists dead

Attackers opened fire yesterday at a major museum in Tunisia’s capital, gunning down 17 tourists as dozens more sprinted to safety. At least 21 people in all were killed, including

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