Diplomacy | China opens embassy in Nicaragua for first time since 1990

China opened an embassy in Nicaragua on Friday for the first time since 1990, acting just over three weeks since President Daniel Ortega’s government broke off

Hong Kong | Citizen News site to shut; pro-Beijing lawmakers sworn in

A group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn in to Hong Kong’s Legislature yesterday following an election without opposition candidates, as yet another pro-democracy

Koreas | North Korea defector likely made rare border crossing: Seoul

A person who crossed the border from South Korea into North Korea on New Year’s Day was likely a defector who had slipped through the same heavily

Australia | Prime Minister Morrison upbeat amid virus surge

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday said his country’s health system can cope with the new wave of coronavirus infections as Victoria state reported a record

Energy | EU draft on financing nuclear and gas plants raises ire

Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain part of the bloc’s path to a climate-friendly future came under immediate

This day in history | 1951 Communist forces to re-take Seoul

Chinese and North Korean troops are reported to be close to capturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last year. 

Football | Chelsea takes a stand, pioneers end to all-seater EPL games

Chelsea 2, Liverpool 2 Coming to watch his beloved Chelsea since the 1960s, Gary Owen has witnessed first-hand the changing matchday experience. From the

The Buzz | French burn fewer cars on New Year’s Eve due to pandemic

Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year’s Eve, set afire by young revelers, a much lamented tradition that appeared in decline

China Daily | China cannot rest upon its laurels, the nation ‘still has a long way to go’

The New Year speech President Xi Jinping delivered on Friday sheds light on how China has emerged stronger from the harsh tests of the past 12 months, and

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 – edition no. 3925

* Gaming closes 2021 44% up * Macau 2021-22 | Experts on the ‘age of transformation’ * Three Chinese astronauts in space station Tiangong held a video chat with students in Beijing,

High-risk visitors | Hotel quarantine extended to 28 days in 2022

Starting on January 6, 2022, visitors flying in from high-risk countries will be subject to a 28-day medical observation, announced Leong Iek Hou, coordinator of

Hengqin cooperation zone | Companies eligible for up to RMB5.5m support when issuing bonds in Macau

Companies operating in the Hengqin Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone will be eligible for a financial subsidy of up to RMB5.5 million when issuing bonds in Macau.

Lawmaker wants SMEs Risk Guarantee Fund, insurance to include pandemics

Lawmaker Ip Sio Kai has called on the government to establish a new permanent fund to support micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in

Consumption plan ends today

The Electronic Consumption Benefits Plan (ECBP) ends today. The Macau SAR Government has appealed to residents to use their funds in a timely manner. Remaining balances unused within

Trendy fitness | ‘We shouldn’t compete on price, but rather on service and quality’

Ever since the start of pandemic, businesses in Macau and all over the world have been struggling, and especially SME’s (small and medium enterprises).

Traffic accidents, air and land cargo volumes up in November

The number of licensed motor vehicles in Macau was up by 1.5% from 2020 as of November this year, totaling 247,049 vehicles, according to information from

Census | Population increases by nearly a quarter over past decade

The city recorded a population of 682,100 in August 2021, equating to an increase of 23.5% decade-over-decade, the government’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced yesterday.

Gov’t wants seniors to use online platform for proof of life

The government wants senior citizens currently receiving pensions to use the My Government Account system to provide their annual proof of life, the authorities announced this

Young people striving to end mortgages by age 50

A survey has found out that most young people want to have their residential mortgages fully repaid before they reach the age of 50, but also

Hong Kong | Editors charged with sedition, denied bail

Two former editors from a Hong Kong online vocal news outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail yesterday, a day after one of the last

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