Tag: Briefs
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Briefs | T’Way Air to launch Macau–Seoul route
South Korean low-cost carrier T’Way Airlines has announced that it will be launching a new Seoul–Macau route starting in late November. The service will include five ... -
Briefs | UM student wins award for best paper
Ip Chi Wai, a Master’s student from the University of Macau’s Department of Electromechanical Engineering, recently won a best paper award at the Third International Symposium ... -
Briefs | Real estate mortgage loans decrease 23.9 pct
The new real estate mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by Macau banks decreased 23.9 percent year-on-year in July, according to figures released by the Monetary Authority of ... -
Briefs | Local deposits decrease 0.8 pct
Residents’ deposits decreased by 0.8 percent month-on-month in July to MOP473.7 billion. MOP and USD deposits increased 3.4 percent and 7.7 percent respectively, while those in ... -
BRIEFS | Special Olympics delegation brings home 87 medals
The local delegation participating in this year’s Special Olympics in Los Angeles has claimed a total of 87 medals, including 35 gold, 24 silver and 28 ... -
BRIEFS | Typhoon signal 1 hoisted
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday raised typhoon signal number 1 as typhoon “Kujira” approaches Hainan Island. SMG had said that raising a higher signal ... -
BRIEFS: EPM launches Open Day
The Portuguese School of Macau (EPM) will be holding an Open Day tomorrow addressing its current student community, prospective students and the public in general, said ... -
BRIEFS: Inflation over 4 pct in January
Macau’s Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January went up by 4.75 percent compared with the same period last year, according to figures released yesterday by ... -
BRIEFS: Vietnam sees rise in exports to Macau
Vietnam’s exports to China’s Hong Kong and Macau grew impressively in 2014, state-run Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported on Friday. The broadcaster quoted the Vietnamese ... -
BRIEFS: Residential mortgage loans rose by 9.7 pct
New residential mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by Macau banks increased 9.7 percent month-on-month, reaching MOP3.7 billion in December. 95.3 percent of these were extended to residents. ... -
BRIEFS: 3 hospitalized after apartment fire
The authorities are still trying to identify a woman who was sent to hospital after being found standing outside a burning residential apartment in Fai Chi ... -
BRIEFS: Cape Verdeans organize disaster relief event
The recently created Association for the Promotion of Cape Verdean Culture is today organizing a cultural event to show solidarity toward the residents of Ilha do ... -
BRIEFS: Sydney – Nagasaki cruise with free stays in Macau, Hong Kong
“Spend one night in cosmopolitan Hong Kong and two nights in the gambling mecca of Macau for free as part of a new holiday package to ... -
BRIEFS: Visitor arrivals decrease by 1.8 pct
Visitor arrivals decreased by 1.8 percent year-on-year to 2,540,070 in December 2014, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) revealed. Same-day tourists accounted for 54 percent of ... -
BRIEFS: Multi-million prostitution ring busted
The Judiciary Police (PJ) cracked a large prostitution syndicate based in a hotel in NAPE area yesterday. Six local suspects were arrested and 96 women involved ... -
BRIEFS: UM security caught stealing from students
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has detained a security guard working at the University of Macau (UM) Hengqin campus who allegedly used a master keycard to enter ... -
Briefs: Visitors entry increases by 8 pct over Christmas
Immigration authorities recorded a total of 3.95 million people who crossed the seven immigration checkpoints of Macau during the Christmas holiday period – between December 20 ... -
BRIEFS: Turtle heat lamp causes balcony fire
A 12-year-old girl managed to escape from her apartment on Monday after its balcony caught fire. Information suggests that the incident took place at about 12:10 ...
