This day in history | 1959 Macmillan and Khrushchev talk peace

Britain and the USSR have expressed a willingness to expand Anglo-Soviet trade and cultural ties during the first official meeting between British prime minister Harold Macmillan and Soviet premier Nikita

Myanmar | Protests swell after junta raises specter of force

Protesters gathered in Myanmar’s biggest city yesterday despite the ruling junta’s threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike against the military’s takeover three weeks ago. More

Banking | HSBC’s top executives following the money prepare Asia moves

HSBC Holdings Plc is considering the return of some global leaders to the bank’s original hometown, reinforcing Asia’s role as its center of gravity. A cadre of senior executives is set

Football | Man City earns 18th straight win, Spurs lose again in Premier League

Exactly three months ago, Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham was outwitting Manchester City to go top of the Premier League and leave Pep Guardiola doubting the direction he was taking his slumping

The Buzz | Biovac plans to become a vaccine maker for underserved Africa

The Biovac Institute, a South African vaccine company, is formulating expansion plans aimed at helping Africa become more self-sufficient when its comes to accessing the immunizing shots. The coronavirus outbreak has

Haircuts, pubs, gyms must wait as UK lifts lockdown slowly

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is setting out a road map today for lifting one of Europe’s strictest national lockdowns — but the millions of Britons longing for a

Our Desk | Predictions for the Ox-picious new year

This new year will be running under the auspiciousness of the Metal Ox. This means that it will be certainly a lucky one (as they all are). In terms of relationships,

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 – edition no. 3718

— Two academic papers published by a Macau-based researcher in the Springer Nature journal erroneously listed a renowned MIT scholar as co-author * Protests swell after junta raises specter of force

CNY | Occupancy rate of 48.3% outperforms MGTO’s estimate

Macau’s occupancy rate averaged at around 48.3% during the Chinese New Year (CNY) Golden Week from February 11 to 17, demonstrating a contraction of 4.6% points year-on-year, the official data

LRT Hengqin extension expected to be completed in four years

The SAR government announced that the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) extension to Hengqin is aimed to be operational in four years. It will be about 2.2 km in total with

Gaming tax contracted 73.6% YoY in 2020

Macau’s government received around MOP29.8 billion from gaming tax in the whole of 2020, a drop of 73.6% year-on-year (YoY), the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) revealed the yearly figures The actual receipts

Taiwan | Macau became a meeting point for retired intelligence officials charged for spying

Four retired Taiwanese military intelligence officials, including a major general, were indicted after being accused of providing sensitive information to China – which includes making multiple trips to mainland China

Quarantine measures lifted for visitors from two Chinese cities

  As of today, the quarantine measures previously enforced to visitors arriving or staying in the village of Gaodong in Shanghai’s Pudong new area and Tonghua City in Jilin Province have

GBA | Scholar says there is an urgency to set unified rules for competitiveness

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) should have a set of unified rules in a bid to be more competitive and better connect with the world, according to Zheng

Briefs | CPI falls 1.18% in January

  Macau’s consumer price index (CPI) fell 1.18% year-on-year in January, marking a continual decline for five consecutive months. The fall was linked with lowered prices of package tours, telecommunications services,

IAM changes booking system for barbecue facilities

A new booking system for the use of barbecue facilities will be in operation from today, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) informed in a statement. The new system, accessible through the

Covid-19 vaccination for the public starts today

The Covid-19 vaccination for the general public kicks off today, as previously announced by the health authorities. Residents who have scheduled their inoculation since February 9 will start to get the

New Macau Association ‘prudent’ on Sou’s re-election

Icy Kam Sut Leng, the director-general of New Macau Association (NMA), stressed that the group is “prudent” when asked in an exclusive interview by the Times to comment on incumbent

Economic slowdown reflected on electricity and water consumption in 2020

  The local economic slowdown in 2020 had an indirect impact on the electricity and water consumption in Macau, figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) show. According to the

G-7 skirts the China question, yet need for answers grows

Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations tiptoed around the issue of China during their first, virtual, gathering of 2021 and failed to disguise a growing sense that it’s

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