Education Bureau issues Squid Game warning

A drama series which has recently become popular around the world involves a “multitude of bloody and horrifying elements, which are not suitable for younger audiences,” the Education and Youth

Prosperity index estimated to rise in Q4

Although remaining below mid-range, the Prosperity Indices for the last three months of the year are expected to rise slightly, the Macau Economic Association announced in a statement. The association estimates

Economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown

China’s economic growth is sinking under pressure from a construction slowdown and power shortages, prompting warnings about a possible shock to its trading partners and global financial markets. The world’s second-largest

Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success

Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 in Tokyo, with caseloads in

This day in history | 1987 Shares plunge after Wall Street crash

The world’s stock market has collapsed after shares on Wall Street suffered a wave of panic selling. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted by a record 508 points, registering a percentage

USA | Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection

Bill Clinton arrived yesterday at his home in New York to continue recovering from an infection that left him in treatment for six days at a Southern California hospital,

AUKUS | Indonesia, Malaysia concerned about Australia’s nuclear subs

The foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia expressed concern yesterday that Australia’s plan to obtain nuclear-powered submarines may increase the rivalry of major powers in Southeast Asia. The U.S., Britain and

MGM inaugurates second edition of High School Diploma Program

MGM has launched the second edition of its High School Diploma Program for 65 “spirited learners,” the company announced in a press release yesterday. In the announcement, MGM says it is

Cryptocurrency | Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists

An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryptocurrency. One mining operation in central New York

Gymnastics | Uchimura, five new Olympic champs headline worlds

Kohei Uchimura will be aiming for a measure of redemption when the world championships begin in his hometown this week in what could be a competition finale for one of

The Buzz | Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims

Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained by his faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq,

Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award

Celebrities joined Prince William in London yesterday for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize, an ambitious environmental program that aims to find new ideas and technologies around

World Views | How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? Many

More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives. Researchers know the

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 – edition no. 3876

— Prospects of normalization of cross-border traffic between Macau and Zhuhai cause borderline sense of hope in a stressed city * Sinopharm vaccine rolling out for youngsters * Education Bureau issues Squid

Border with Zhuhai normalized with quarantine requirement dropped

Fourteen-day quarantine for entrants from Macau to Zhuhai will be lifted noontime tomorrow (Tuesday) if no new Covid-19 infection is detected in Macau by then, the local government announced this

Lawmakers sworn-in, Kou re-elected as President

Kou Hoi In, lawmaker from the indirect election constituency, has been re-elected as the president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) over the weekend with 32 votes. The new term of lawmakers

Hao vs LVS | Sands CFO finds exaggerated USD12B compensation claimed by AAEC

The vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Macau’s Sands China Limited, a local operating unit of Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS), Dave Sun Minqi, told the court last

LRT to close for 6 months to replace faulty high voltage cables

The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system is set to close from this Wednesday, October 20, for a period of six months for the replacement of all the high voltage

Briefs | Bill of Taxation Code to be discussed in parliament

  The draft of the Taxation Code will be delivered to the Legislative Assembly for discussion, as the Executive Council has recently concluded its own deliberation. The government explained that the

Gov’t runs NAT on focus areas, populations

A SARS-CoV-2 mass nucleic acid test (NAT) was run yesterday on residents living in certain focus areas, as well as those who had overlapping travel routes with the city’s recent

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