Wednesday, September 17, 2014 – edition no. 2152

* Kalmaegi causes minor incidents in Macau before T8 signal lowered * Bid for 4g licenses opens * Trump Plaza: 4th Atlantic City casino shutdown * Iconic musician Jordi Savall to play in

BRIEFS | T8 raised as typhoon Kalmaegi moves closer

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) raised signal number 8 (T8) in the early hours of this  morning as typhoon Kalmaegi continues to move closer. It is forecast to move

THE BUZZ | Anelka says he is joining Mumbai City in India

Former France striker Nicolas Anelka says he is joining Mumbai City FC in the new Indian Super League. The 35-year-old Anelka tweeted yesterday: “I’m pleased to join Mumbai City FC

World briefs

CHINA A well-known 81-year-old Chinese writer is taken from his Beijing home and detained by police after he wrote several articles critical of a senior politician, his wife says. NEW ZEALAND 

Fight over World War II-era tank goes to US court

A company headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed a lawsuit in the San Francisco Bay Area over a World War II-era German tank it says it paid USD2.5

Fitch lowers gaming sector growth forecast

Volunteer trip to Costa Rica attests that he who gives receives

Queenie Zhou heeded the call to volunteer abroad and ended up having a memorable experience in Costa Rica, where she took care of children in a daycare center and befriended

CRIME | Young man falls victim to ‘seed borrowing’ scam

A Macau resident has allegedly been defrauded out of more than RMB100,000 by criminals who had claimed to exchange his sperm for more than RMB4.6 million. The man in his 20s

Swimming team predicts a tough Asian Games

Following the impressive results of Macau swimmer Chao Man Hou in the National Student Games last month, the public has paid more attention to local swimmers and their forthcoming performance

Hong Kong rethinks rules after Alibaba IPO loss

Alibaba’s choice of New York over Hong Kong for its blockbuster IPO was a blow for the Chinese financial center. Now, the city’s stock market is starting to rethink rules

Google unveils USD105 Android One smartphone amid push in India

Google Inc. will offer customers in India the Android One, a low-cost phone capable of Internet access, to win users in the fastest growing smartphone market. The smartphone featuring a MediaTek

Corporate Bits | Sands China recognizes team member for achievement in best employees with disabilities award program

Sands China Ltd. President and CEO Edward Tracy joined Senior Vice President of Human Resources Antonio Ramirez in congratulating Mak yesterday, and encouraging him to keep up the good work. “We

Mozambique exports USD70m in bananas

president of the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA) with responsibility for agricultural business. Gomes told Mozambican weekly newspaper Domingo that, alongside efforts to produce quality bananas, prices in South Africa had

Angolan flagship airline plans to fly to Kenya

The agreement signed last week is a review of the aviation agreement signed by both governments in 2011, under which Kenya Airways started flying to Angola. The Kenyan airline currently offers

Portugal announces creation of development bank

Portugal’s new development bank, Instituição Financeira do Desenvolvimento (Financial Development Institution – IFD), is due to start operating this year with starting capital of 100 million euros, the Portuguese government said

Chongqing creates first no-cellphone lane

Taking a cue from an American TV program, the Chinese city of Chongqing has created a smartphone sidewalk lane, seemingly offering a path for those too engrossed in messaging and

Police detain famed film director Wang Quan’an for prostitution 

Chinese film director Wang Quan’an, a Berlin International Film Festival winner known for the movies “Tuya’s Marriage” and “White Deer Plain,” has been detained on the charge of hiring prostitutes,

Shanghai free trade zone’s top official leaves post

The most senior official of Shanghai’s free trade zone left his position weeks before the project’s first anniversary this month, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Dai Haibo “no longer holds”

Hearing planned amid Guangdong incinerator protests 

Officials in a southern Chinese town where a proposed garbage incinerator drew thousands of protesters over the weekend say no firm plans have been made for the plant’s location and

BRIEFS | Almost half of rich Chinese consider moving abroad

A well-known 81-year-old Chinese writer was taken from his Beijing home and detained by police after he wrote several articles critical of a senior politician, his wife said yesterday. Police

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