Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics. China’s Yang Qian, at least, stayed right on target. Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of
A tax official from the Ministry of Finance said at a recent news briefing that China’s phased tax and fee reduction policy introduced in 2020 to deal with the novel
* Xi makes rare visit to Tibet * Covid-19 | Delta variant in 59th case * Four residents are suspected to have had close contact with a woman found to be infected
The leaders of three pro-democracy lists running for the Legislative Assembly (AL) elections are said to be appealing the decision of the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL), which disqualified
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng assured the public yesterday that the city’s freedom of speech — a privilege enjoyed by every resident — “has never been narrowed.” The Legislative Assembly
The Sin Fong Temple was built sunken, and has therefore flooded whenever there is heavy rain. However, work has been done with the temple’s management to resolve the problem, Mok
As a pivotal bridge between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, Macau will continue to tap into its cultural past and foster commercial ties between the nation and the global infrastructure and
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said that the government has not changed its forecast on this year’s gross gambling revenue (GGR). The current forecast made by the government
Sands China Ltd continues to turn its finances around, posting a total of USD849 million in net revenue in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 — a 10.1% uptick from
Local resort operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment stressed that the installations at its Studio City Water Park were “checked before opening and during operation every day,” the operator told the
Each of the six local gambling operators has announced that they will donate MOP10 million — amounting to a total of MOP60 million — to Henan Province to aid the
This decision was conveyed by committee chairman Chui Sai Peng to the media in a press briefing after the session. Chui justified the decision to the media by observing that the
A survey by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) found that local employees were 7% less satisfied with their job than in the previous year. The survey was conducted
Two local women, aged 35 and 60 years old, are the most recent cases of Bell’s palsy diagnoses after a Covid-19 vaccination, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center has
A 21-year-old local resident who arrived in Macau from the U.K on Wednesday (July 21) tested positive in a nucleic acid test (NAT) upon arrival, and has since been classified
China cannot accept the World Health Organization’s plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19, a senior Chinese health official said yesterday. Zeng Yixin, the vice
More cities in China’s Henan Province have been hit with torrential rains that have left 33 dead and eight missing. At 11 a.m. yesterday, Henan’s provincial meteorological observatory reissued a top-level
Top U.S. and South Korean officials agreed yesterday to try to convince North Korea to return to talks on its nuclear program, which Pyongyang has insisted it won’t do in
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony yesterday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto
Two athletes were among four residents of the Olympic Village who were added to the tally yesterday of people accredited for the Tokyo Games who have tested positive for COVID-19
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