China market turns frosty for Taiwan books, as tensions rise

Taiwanese author Iris Chiang hardly seems like the type whose work would be banned from publication in China. Yet four years after being sold to a Chinese publisher, her book

This day in history | 2003 Gilligan: language ‘wasn’t perfect’

Andrew Gilligan, defence correspondent for the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, was giving evidence to the Hutton Inquiry on its second day. He stood by the main thrust of his report

Iran | Slow vaccinations fuel anger in unending pandemic

Iranians are suffering through yet another surge in the coronavirus pandemic — their country’s worst yet — and anger is growing at images of vaccinated Westerners without face masks on

Aviation | Dubai’s busy airport sees passenger traffic drop 40% in 2021

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest airport for international travel, handled some 40% less passenger traffic in the first half of 2021, compared to the same period last year, its

China’s foreign trade growth rate hits 10-year high

The volume of China’s foreign trade, exports and imports all hit record highs in the first seven months of 2021, while their year-on-year growth rates set 10-year highs compared with

Football | Lionel Messi eyes Champions League trophy with PSG

Lionel Messi said he’s “in the right place” to win another Champions League trophy and cited a reunion with Neymar as a key factor in his decision to sign with

The Buzz | Chinese outbreak traced to mahjong, testing site

State media said one of China’s most serious recent outbreaks of COVID-19 partly stemmed from people gathered at mahjong parlors and at a virus testing site. The city of Yangzhou in

Gaming | In-person gamblers lifting US casino market to its best year

Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S. casino industry to its best year ever. But the

China Daily | Booming trade reflects steady recovery

In a sign that China’s economy is recovering well from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s total foreign trade, exports and imports all hit record highs in the

Thursday, August 12, 2021 – edition no. 3834

  * Hurry tender — AL Committee pushes for gaming consultation kick-start * China | Foreign trade growth rate on 10-year high signals ‘steady recovery’ * Workers on mandatory quarantine due to residences being

Gov’t offers free Covid-19 tests to smoke out hidden cases 

People can now enjoy free nucleic acid test (NAT) services offered by the government as of yesterday, Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of the Health Bureau’s Covid-19 Vaccination Operation, who announced

DSF educates school students about taxation

  The Financial Services Bureau (DSF) has educated school students from approximately a dozen primary and secondary schools about the duty of taxation in the first half of this year. Primary

City’s ‘immediate prevention status’ lifted

The city’s “immediate prevention status,” which had been placed last Tuesday following the announcement that a family of four locals tested positive, was lifted at 10 p.m. last night. The order

Gaming | Casinos’ daily revenue drops 48% in a week following Delta cases

Casino revenues in the first week of August have reverted to the levels of September last year, investment research and institutional asset management company, Sanford C Bernstein Ltd reported. According to

Unpaid leave at casinos is only ‘temporary’, says Cloee Chao

The city’s casino operators have not put into action another wave of unpaid leave, even after the emergence of the four confirmed Delta cases in Macau, Cloee Chao, president of

Population figures remain stable, TNRs continue to drop

Local population figures remained stable during the second quarter (Q2) of this year, official statistics released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) show. At the same time, the number

Hairstylists call for accreditation system to ensure fair competition

The Hairstyling Industry Certification Committee is calling for the government to establish a standardized accreditation mechanism for local hairstylists to ensure fair competition and upward mobility within the industry. According to

New loans on the rise, unpaid ones also growing

New approvals of both residential mortgage loans (RMLs) and commercial real estate loans (CRELs) have registered growth in June this year, statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM)

14th Five-Year Plan | Guangdong wants companies to reach RMB800 billion income by 2025

Guangdong Province will further support the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in a bid to establish a bond platform in the Greater Bay Area to attract qualified Hong Kong and Macau financial

Romance scam | Local woman loses RMB500,000 over parcel from online lover

  A 50-year-old woman, resident of Macau, has reportedly lost RMB500,000 in a scam involving an alleged virtual lover, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported. According to the report, the woman met a

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