Local issues and Covid-19 piqued interest: survey

Statistics show that apart from Covid-19, news readers in Macau have a significant focus on their homeland as well, Chinese newspaper Cheng Pou reports. As the calendar year ended, the local

Pereira Coutinho calls for public works contracts to be given to local engineering companies

  Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho wants the government to give more public construction contracts to local engineering companies instead of mainland-based ones, he said in a written inquiry to the government

Lawmakers’ agenda

Monitoring of public assets: Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng has written an interpellation to the government asking about department coordination for the monitoring of public assets. In March, the Commission of Audit

Finances show internal stability in November 2020, external loans drop

According to statistics released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM), broad money supply rebounded in November last year with a stable share of patacas. The broad money supply indicator

IIM promotes Macau’s anniversary to diaspora with new documentary film

The International Institute of Macau (IIM) has launched a series of activities aiming to promote Macau’s 20th handover anniversary worldwide, namely in the Macanese diaspora. These activities have been launched

MGM clarifies it did not engage in suspected third-party copyright infringement

Asia Star TV held the worldwide final of the Miss Asia Pageant 2020 at the MGM Cotai theater on January 3. However, it has come to light that certain copyright infringements

Hengqin opens law service center for foreign legal affairs

The Hengqin government has opened a law service center specifically for legal affairs involving non-mainlanders, according to a statement released by China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Recently, the Zhuhai-Hong Kong-Macau

Xinhua urges end to long work hours in tech

China’s official Xinhua News Agency is calling for shorter work hours in the country’s tech sector following the sudden death last week of a young employee at a leading e-commerce

Hong Kong | Top judge cautious on calls for judicial reform

Hong Kong’s outgoing top judge said yesterday that calls for reform of the city’s judiciary cannot be based on dissatisfaction with court rulings, as pro-Beijing figures and state-owned media step

This day in history | 2000 Flu outbreak stretches NHS resources

Hospitals around the UK are feeling the strain of the current flu outbreak even though it has not been classed as an epidemic. In Scotland latest figures show that the number

Ladbrokes owner Entain rejects MGM’s $11b takeover

Gambling company Entain Plc has dismissed an 8.1 billion-pound ($11.1 billion) takeover attempt from MGM Resorts International saying the bid undervalues the U.K. company that’s benefiting from a surge in

UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit and Covid-19

  The cost of moving freight from France to the U.K. surged to more than four times the usual level last week after Brexit and a virulent new strain of the

MGM wins 28 HR accolades in 2020

MGM has won 28 international and regional HR accolades solely in 2020, the gaming operator announced in a statement. In the future, MGM pledged that it will continue to pursue innovation

WTT Macau 2020 among CCTV’s top ten international sports news: GEG

The World Table Tennis (WTT) Macau 2020 was the city’s only international sports event to be ranked in the top ten international sports news in 2020 by China Central Radio

Football | Man United gaining respect from rivals ahead of crucial week

Over the next seven days, Manchester United can reach a cup final and climb to the top of the Premier League — all at the expense of its two biggest

The Buzz | Hong Kong detects cases of new Covid-19 variant, mulls ban on UK flights

Hong Kong has detected four cases of the U.K. variant of Covid-19, health authorities said in a virtual press briefing yesterday. Among the cases was a 30-year-old female, a Hong Kong

Hebei | Beijing makes parts of province high danger zones

China has designated parts of Hebei province near Beijing as a coronavirus high danger zone after 14 new cases of COVID-19 were found. Eleven of those cases were in Shijiazhuang city,

World Views | NYSE just gave China Inc. one more reason to leave

What’s more shocking? Kicking out Chinese companies listed in the U.S., or a sudden U-turn from one of America’s biggest stock exchanges on its plan to do so? The final days

Wednesday, January 6, 2020 – edition no. 3688

  * Another way home — The upcoming Amsterdam-Tokyo and Tokyo-Macau route is expected to bring home stranded local residents in Europe * 30,747 tourists: City ends year with record-high arrivals * The International

Where is Jack Ma, China’s e-commerce pioneer?

China's best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when China had few internet users. Online payments

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