Corporate Bits | Sheraton Macao offers festive dining experiences for the whole family

Xin is an Asian hotpot and seafood restaurant where guests can enjoy traditional “Poon Choi hotpots” , which feature premium seafood throughout the Chinese New Year. Bene, a cozy Italian trattoria

Portugal and Angola study introduction of special visas

The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Rui Machete, announced Monday in Luanda the intention to move ahead with a system of special visas for businesspeople, as part

World Bank Group studies investment in cement plant in Bissau

The World Bank Group is analyzing the possibility of financing a cement factory project in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, with a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year, according to

East-Timor wants more investment from Indonesia

East Timor’s minister of state and of foreign affairs and cooperation, Jose Luis Guterres, said in Jakarta that his country expects more private investment from Indonesia particularly in the infrastructure,

December exports rise, imports shrink

China’s exports rebounded in December but imports shrank in a sign of weak domestic demand. Total trade in 2014 grew just 3.4 percent, well below the official 10 percent target. Exports

Beijing sending large Ebola relief team to West Africa

China is ramping up its assistance in the fight against Ebola by dispatching an additional 232 army medical workers to West Africa, state media reported yesterday. The latest contingent to be sent

Huawei says 2014 profit up 17 percent, sales rise 20 percent 

China’s Huawei Technologies Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of telecommunications equipment, said yesterday profit growth slowed last year while sales accelerated. Profit is forecast to rise about 17 percent over 2013 to

Sri Lanka | Pope arrives on Asian tour, backs search for wartime truth 

  Pope Francis brought calls for reconciliation as well as justice as he arrived yesterday in Sri Lanka at the start of a weeklong Asian tour, saying the island nation can’t fully heal from

FLIGHT 8501 | Divers retrieve 2nd black box from AirAsia crash

  Divers retrieved the crashed AirAsia plane›s second black box from the bottom of the Java Sea yesterday, giving experts essential tools to piece together what brought Flight 8501 down. The cockpit voice recorder

India | Bootleg liquor kills at least 28, 160 hospitalized

A bad batch of bootleg liquor killed at least 28 people and sent 160 others to hospitals in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said yesterday. Many of the

Delhi court charges Uber driver in rape case 

A New Delhi court charged an Uber cab driver yesterday with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation in a case that has renewed national fury over chronic sexual violence in India. Authorities

HACKING | Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites infiltrated

  Hackers supporting Islamic militants took over the Twitter and YouTube accounts of a major U.S. military command Monday (yesterday in Macau), in what the Pentagon called an annoying prank that

Egypt | Court ruling may free Mubarak from custody

Egyptian authorities have exhausted all legal grounds to keep deposed President Hosni Mubarak in detention after an appeals court yesterday ordered his retrial in a corruption case, a judicial official

FRANCE | Charlie Hebdo publishing prophet cartoon on new cover

  The surviving staff of Charlie Hebdo plans an unprecedented run of 3 million copies of the next issue today, with the Prophet Muhammad on the cover, as France hunts for

This Day in History: 1994 Duchess of Kent joins Catholic church

The duchess was received into the Catholic church in a private service conducted by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Basil Hume. An act of parliament in 1701 banned heirs to the

Offbeat | US: Black lab likes to take solo bus ride to her dog park stop

KOMO-TV reports that local radio host Miles Montgomery was amazed to see the pooch get off the bus, without an owner, at a dog park last week. The dog and her

CR7x3 | Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014

  For the third time, Cristiano Ronaldo was voted the world’s best football player. He hopes it also brought him closer to being remembered as one of the greatest of all

Asia Cup | Australia, South Korea win to reach quarterfinals

  Now that Australia and South Korea have secured their spots in the Asian Cup quarterfinals, attention has quickly turned to which of the continental heavyweights will top the group. Australia’s 4-0

World Views: Not just in France but in Nigeria and Yemen too

For the past six days the west’s attention has been transfixed by the murderous attacks in Paris that left 17 people - cartoonists, security guards, police officers and Jewish hostages

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 – edition no. 2228

* Locals more enthusiastic about learning foreign languages * FT Analysis: Dark clouds hang over gaming industry * Legendary piece of musical theatre returns to Macau * Pope arrives on Asian tour   DOWNLOAD

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