Banking | Citigroup’s Asia chief calls retail exit a strategic necessity

Citigroup Inc.’s decision to exit retail banking operations in 13 markets outside the U.S. including China was crucial for its ability to redeploy capital to areas where it can make

MGM holds a seminar on cultural heritage

MGM recently collaborated with Macao Institute for Tourism Studies and Oral History Association of Macau to hold the “MGM National Education Series Seminar – Embracing Chinese Cultural Heritage in Macau.” The seminar

Shine Spa by Sheraton launches new ‘wellness’ package

Shine Spa by Sheraton is offering the new “A Spa Day with Friends,” a package that includes a 60-minute spa treatment followed with a healthy and nourishing plant- based wellness meal

Football | Madrid turns focus from Super League to Champions League

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane wants nothing to do with the Super League. Last week, the Spanish club was doing everything possible to make the controversial breakaway competition happen, attracting attention

The Buzz | Prototype of first US dollar coins auctioned for $840,000

A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money was auctioned off for $840,000, considerably more than

Hong Kong, Singapore to launch air travel bubble from May 26

Hong Kong and Singapore said yesterday they would launch an air travel bubble in May, months after an initial arrangement that would allow tourists to fly between both cities without

Our Desk | This is not a democracy – Part 1

This is not a democracy! This was a sentence I have gotten used to hearing since my early days in Macau. I confess that at the time, the sentence sounded

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 – edition no. 3761

— The first vaccination outreach effort kicks off today at UM, expecting to provide up to 700 shots daily * History, glamour and a weird ending at the Oscars * Mobile payment

Elections 2021 | Ex-New Macau member Scott Chiang likely to run with Ng Kuok Cheong

Incumbent lawmaker António Ng Kuok Cheong hinted yesterday on his social media platform about a possible partnership with previous New Macau Association (ANM) member Scott Chiang Meng Hin in the

10 returnees sent to clinical centre in Coloane

A total of 10 residents who returned from Nepal to the SAR were sent to the Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane for quarantine after five of them tested positive for

Crystal fish 2021 | Security chief identifies five aspects to improve

The Joint Civil Protection Operations Centre held a typhoon drill on Saturday – codenamed “Crystal Fish 2021” – to test the operation capacity of the Civil Protection system ahead of

Price Index continues gradual descent

  The Composite Consumer price index (CPI) last month dropped by 0.97% year-on-year, official statistics released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) show. The Composite CPI for March (102.29) decreased

Repatriation flight takes all stranded Nepalese home

A repatriation flight yesterday took around 45 stranded Nepalese, Indian and Bhutanese people from Macau to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The president of the Nepalese Chamber of Commerce, Sudarshan

Group defends vegetarian diet following Ao Ieong’s remarks

The assertion that adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet will result in malnutrition is groundless, Simpson Lee, committee member of the Macau Association of Vegetarian Culture, said yesterday. The comment was

Gaming | Grand Lisboa Palace to receive operating permit soon: SJM

The Grand Lisboa Palace integrated resort, owned by local gaming operator SJM Holdings Ltd (SJM), has passed final government inspections and is expected to receive its operating licensing soon. The

New local tourism initiative kicked off yesterday

The “Stay, Dine and See Macao” initiative began yesterday, with the first batch of local tour groups setting off. The project is the newest bid from the Macao Government Tourism

Vice Premier meets SARs’ top officials, calls to exert effort for 2021 elections

China’s Vice Premier Han Zheng has called on the Macau SAR to make a concerted effort in organizing the election of its seventh Legislative Assembly during a meeting with the

Selection process for home swap housing to commence in May

Macau Urban Renewal Company (MUR) will start the flat selection process for home swap housing units on Lot P in Areia Preta in May, the company has announced. To date, of

Chinese firms are listing in the US at a record-breaking pace

Chinese companies are listing in the U.S. at the fastest pace ever, brushing off tensions between the world’s two biggest economies and the continued risk of being kicked off American

ByteDance’s IPO plans snarled by regulatory demands, SCMP Says

TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd.’s plans for an initial public offering have been put on hold as it seeks to comply with regulatory demands from both China and the U.S., the

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