Good Times: Ox Warehouse reflects on traveling
Thirty pieces/series of artworks will be exhibited at the Ox Warehouse Groundfloor Showroom from Saturday the 19th of this month to July 8th. The exhibition ... Full story
THE BUZZ: 3-day Asbury beach concert a logistical challenge
Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining ... Full story
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Shame
Probably they don’t know, or have a different perception, which is the same, of what happened Tuesday in the Legislative Assembly (AL).They think that they ... Full story
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BIZCUITS: Of tides and icebergs
The labour market in Macau has been tight for years. With a now astonishing 2% unemployment rate, nothing has changed to relieve the pressure on ... Full story
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Civil Servants salaries, increase below rate of inflation
Civil Servants’ salaries will be increased by exactly 1.51 per cent below the 2011 inflation figures. Why? Because they will only be increased retrospectively from ... Full story
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“We want to pass an idea of what Macau looks and looked like”
The Portuguese filmmaker Francisco Manso is producing a documentary titled: “Macau, an Oriental Passion” for the Portuguese Television network RTP2. The principal characters in the ... Full story
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Mike Leven, president and COO of LVS: “10-20 years from now Macau could look like Vegas”
Young adults coming to town for leisure and not for gaming - that’s what’s happening in Vegas and which could happen in Macau in the ... Full story
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SINOPINIONS
Macau’s airport needs more air routes – After the gaming industry opened its doors to foreign operators, gaming revenue has consistently increased in Macau, but ... Full story
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Seventh Sino-Luso International Medical Forum ends tomorrow: Innovative ultrasound simulator to train future doctors
Asia's first ultrasound simulator, originating from Cardiff University, was presented at yesterday’s press conference for Macau's 7th Sino-Luso International Medical Forum. The aim of the ... Full story
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Former Chinese FM meets CE
The former Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing visited Macau to present studies on the latest international situation as well as China’s foreign policies, and met ... Full story
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Judicial Magistrates Commission denies “inclination towards gov’t”
Macau Judicial Magistrates Commission yesterday issued a press release disagreeing with the remarks by Jorge Neto Valente, President of the Macau Lawyers Association, that judges ... Full story
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Association to promote friendly environment for visually impaired
The Visually Impaired Association of Macau held an introduction meeting yesterday to promote its mission and help the city’s community with visual disability. Association leaders ... Full story
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AL committee hesitant on allowance for security forces
The Legislative Assembly (AL) committee started deliberation on the draft bill of allowance increases for security services, but was hesitant on the fairness and reasonableness ... Full story
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Number of sold flats increases
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 3,592 building units were purchased and sold at MOP 11.71 billion in ... Full story
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More credit cards than people
The total number of personal credit cards in circulation was 575,445 at the end of March 2012, equivalent to an increase of 3.2 percent over ... Full story
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Graça Jorge promotes Macanese cuisine at IFT
The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) participated yesterday in the filming of "Macau, an Oriental Passion," a documentary program produced by the filmmaker Francisco Manso ... Full story
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Macau-based artist turned away at HK art fair
The Macau-based artist José Drummond was turned away from the Hong Kong International Art Fair on the grounds that he was not born in Asia, ... Full story
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Galaxy organizes fundraising screening
In celebration of its first anniversary on the 15th of May, Galaxy Macau is organizing the “Golden Night at the Opera - Charity Screening in ... Full story
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Macau Jazz Club elects board and pays homage to Sassetti
After an eight-year period of inactivity, the renewed Macau Jazz Club organized two concerts with good attendance and will elect its Social Bodies next Saturday. ... Full story
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Shame
Probably they don’t know, or have a different perception, which is the same, of what happened Tuesday in the Legislative Assembly (AL).They think that they ... Full story
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Shutdowns and blockades
A co-founder of a liberal think tank in Beijing says the organization’s website has been closed for days, since Saturday, though its webmaster says it ... Full story
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The past is unpredictable
Young Bo Xilai lead a high school clique of red guards and after the Cultural Revolution spent five years in jail for it. But this ... Full story
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Leaving Cotai
Cotai is that part of Vegas most of us know best and none of us fully understands.A few years back it was a swamp where ... Full story
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Steel times
Allow me to address you in the first person for this time only. Soon this editorial column will be a daily feature in Macau Daily ... Full story
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Time to change
Nearly three years on, since assuming the helm of the Macau Daily Times, it is now time to bid farewell to our readers, since today’s ... Full story
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BIZCUITS: Of tides and icebergs
The labour market in Macau has been tight for years. With a now astonishing 2% unemployment rate, nothing has changed to relieve the pressure on ... Full story
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THE EAST IS RED: Beware of icebergs
What started in the mid-2000s as a humanistic struggle to defend universal principles of human rights turned into a tense week-long diplomatic showdown between China ... Full story
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Timeslab: A social media success story
Three years ago in New York City, the Mayor and City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in most public places, including bars and night ... Full story
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OURDESK: The 21st Century Rebel
According to the United Nations, the world population exceeded 7 billion in 2011. As an individual who was born in Macau during the early 1980’s, ... Full story
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INSIGHT: Theme parks and diversification
Chui Sai On made his first 2012 appearance in the Legislative Assembly (AL) for direct interaction with the lawmakers on April 26. Amongst numerous promises ... Full story
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KAPOK: Who’s luring the public?
The passing of the bill amending the formation of the next Legislative Assembly offers a sad and yet rather telling image of everything that is ... Full story
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HK OBSERVER: Action Man to usher in post-colonial Hong Kong?
Are we still in the transition phase where former colonies keep out of date mindsets? Let’s look back to what the public, businessmen and Beijing ... Full story
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OURDESK: Freedoms of May
Last Thursday was an important day for Macau. Why? There were no public holidays if that’s what you were thinking, and no, I’m not confusing ... Full story
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Rear Window: Playing poll
The so-called ‘Political reform proposal’ now en route to the Legislative Assembly plenarium clearly fits better the description of an ‘electoral correction’: impotent to change ... Full story
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Bizcuits: Tell me why, not what.
The first hurdle my MBA students are required meet before they get the go-ahead on any research topic is to develop a convincing justification for ... Full story
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INSIGHT: The little emperors
I wonder if Bo Xilai’s downfall was just a superficial episode or a sign that things are changing within the Chinese Communist party. The all ... Full story
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KAPOK: Democratic Access Denied
Consultations, like the one on political reform that just concluded its second phase on April 23rd, constitute great tools for governments and even greater opportunities ... Full story
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Civil Servants salaries, increase below rate of inflation
Civil Servants’ salaries will be increased by exactly 1.51 per cent below the 2011 inflation figures. Why? Because they will only be increased retrospectively from ... Full story
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Democracy, as much an expectation as the ultimate horizon
As a political scientist, I sometimes have to refer to the Aristotelian conception of democracy as a deviant regime, a regime above which the dangers ... Full story
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‘China Daily’ Editorial on Greece: May 16th 2012
It is more than obvious that a chaotic departure from the euro will be a Greek tragedy in which we will all suffer. European shares sank ... Full story
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Three Fishing boats hijacked by North Korean vessel
A North Korean ship seized three Chinese boats with 29 fishermen aboard and demanded more than $140,000 to release them, China’s Global Times newspaper reported ... Full story
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PRC urges citizens in Singapore to respect life
China has urged its citizens living in Singapore to respect life and obey laws after a speeding Chinese driver killed himself and two other people ... Full story
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Hong Kong International art fair opens
Artists, collectors and dealers from around the world thronged the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center yesterday for the opening of the Hong Kong International ... Full story
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Do you qualify as a white-collar worker?
Decent pay, a nice office and stylish dress have usually been considered the trappings of a white-collar worker. But in China, where the public widely ... Full story
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Progress for activist’s bid to study in US
A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport application and posed ... Full story
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CCTV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations
China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to ... Full story
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Tourism hit as Huangyan dispute escalates
Chinese tourist numbers to the Philippines are dropping as the ongoing territorial dispute continues over Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.Many Chinese travel agencies ... Full story
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Cameron’s Dalai Lama meeting damages ties
China filed a formal diplomatic complaint with the U.K. after Prime Minister David Cameron met the Dalai Lama, saying relations between the two countries had ... Full story
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PRC lodges representation over Cameron-Dalai meeting
China yesterday voiced strong indignation and stern objection to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, and lodged representation to Britain.Foreign Ministry ... Full story
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Airline cuts flights to Philippines
China Southern Airlines, one of the three major Chinese airlines, yesterday announced it is cutting flights to the Philippines as tourist numbers shrink ... Full story
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China’s foreign trade outlook grim: commerce ministry
The outlook for China’s foreign trade remained grim but the full-year target of a 10-percent rise is still achievable, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said ... Full story
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N Korea: Nuclear reactor construction progressing
A U.S.-based institute said new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity. That indicates the North ... Full story
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Cambodia: Soldiers seal off village after protest
Security forces sealed off a village in eastern Cambodia and denied entry to human rights workers yesterday after the fatal shooting of a teenager in ... Full story
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'Ring of Fire' eclipse visible from China to Texas
Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in and eastern Asia and the ... Full story
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S. Korea: Nuclear envoys to hold talks on DPRK
The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold talks in Seoul next week to coordinate policies toward the Democratic ... Full story
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Malaysia: 3 Mexicans sentenced to death over drugs
A Malaysian court yesterday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defense argument that evidence was tampered ... Full story
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Indonesia: ‘Black box’ found from Russia jet crash
Investigators yesterday were analyzing the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into the side of an Indonesian volcano. They hope the ... Full story
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Asia software piracy cost USD21B in lost sales
Illegal copying of computer programs in Asia cost businesses USD21 billion in lost sales last year and China was on course to set a ... Full story
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Vietnam: Protests China’s S. China Sea fishing ban
Vietnam is protesting China’s fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea that Hanoi claims as its own.Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi says in a ... Full story
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Cambodia: Girl killed during violent eviction
Security forces fatally shot a teenage girl yesterday during a clash with villagers armed with axes and crossbows in eastern Cambodia, in the latest of ... Full story
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Pakistan: NATO invites Zardari to summit in Chicago
NATO has invited Pakistan’s president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its western border ... Full story
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Australia: USD300 million to Afghan forces
Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the USD4 billion a year cost of running the Afghan National Security ... Full story
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New Zealand: BU student in coma after deadly crash
While studying abroad in Australia, Boston University junior Meg Theriault made sure to send flowers to her mother in Massachusetts before Mother’s Day.The bouquet arrived ... Full story
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THE BUZZ: 3-day Asbury beach concert a logistical challenge
Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining ... Full story
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USA: World leaders set for busy weekend of summitry
More than two dozen world leaders will join President Barack Obama in an extraordinary weekend of back-to-back summits to tackle Europe's mounting economic woes and ... Full story
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Netherlands: Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica case against Mladic
The judge in Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial yesterday indefinitely delayed the presentation of evidence due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defense ... Full story
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Syria: Assad says terrorists are behind unrest
In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, ... Full story
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Greece: Caretaker Cabinet, legislators sworn in
Greece's caretaker Cabinet was sworn in yesterday and will lead the country into next month's election, after a deadlocked vote sparked more political turmoil and ... Full story
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THE BUZZ: NY art museum lets visitors climb to cloud nine
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is big on bubbles. They inspired Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno to create a work that rises from the roof ... Full story
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World briefs
CHINAChina releases a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape ... Full story
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France: New prime minister takes office
France’s new prime minister, a moderate Socialist with an affinity for Germany who will no doubt be quickly pressed into service to tend to the ... Full story
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Netherlands: Mladic’s genocide trial gets under way
Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial yesterday at the Yugoslav ... Full story
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France: An American influx at Cannes’ global glamour fest
Despite the mood in Europe, don’t expect any austerity at the Cannes Film Festival, the annual Cote d’Azur extravaganza where glamour is wrapped in world ... Full story
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THE BUZZ: Ireland, Scotland, Wales mull Euro 2020 bid
Ireland, Scotland and Wales are considering mounting a joint bid to host the 2020 European Championship. The British Isles nations have expressed a formal declaration ... Full story
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Universal’s Okada considers partner for Philippines casino push
Universal Entertainment Corp. Chairman Kazuo Okada said his company is going ahead with plans for a casino resort in the Philippines. According to Bloomberg he ... Full story
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Facebook investors to cash out more shares
Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company's initial public offering, the ... Full story
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World stocks mixed amid bargain-hunting vs caution
Asian stocks eked out gains yesterday as traders hunted for bargains after sharp selling in recent days, but markets in Europe fell amid intensifying fears ... Full story
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PROJECT POKER: Keeping track of your records
In football, points are scored by goals. In basketball, points are scored by baskets. In poker, points are scored by money won or lost. ... Full story
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Suddenly Macau Property ‘Takes Off’ Again. The Macau property market starts climbing…………..
There is one word to describe the current housing market: optimistic. Despite months of hearing about Europe’s woes, banking issues and stock market fluctuations, the ... Full story
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Greek worries push European markets down further
Fears that Greece might leave the euro currency union, with uncertain consequences for the rest of Europe, pushed the continent's markets down again yesterday, though ... Full story
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Greek chaos continues to roil world markets
The shockwaves from Greece’s failure to form a coalition government continued to reverberate around markets yesterday, with investors concerned that the country was heading for ... Full story
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Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears
Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.The world’s largest online social network ... Full story
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World stocks mixed amid Greek political impasse
World stocks were held in check yesterday by a political impasse in Greece that could lead it to a destabilizing exit from the euro currency ... Full story
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How will JPMorgan’s USD2B loss affect banking rules?
The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul ... Full story
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Euro officials weighing Greek exit from currency rattles markets
Greece’s possible exit from the euro area moved to the center of Europe’s financial-crisis debate, rattling markets as authorities in Athens struggled to form a ... Full story
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India: April inflation worse than expected 7.2pct
India’s inflation accelerated to a worse than expected 7.2 percent in April, on rising food and manufacturing prices, government data showed yesterday.March inflation was 6.9 ... Full story
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World stocks fall after optimism fizzles on China
World stock markets fell yesterday as optimism over a move by China’s central bank to encourage lending were offset by lingering uncertainty about crisis-struck Greece.European ... Full story
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Golf: Snedeker crushes Bjorn in Spain with loaned clubs
Brandt Snedeker worked wonders with a loaned set of clubs to begin the World Match Play Championship, crushing Thomas Bjorn of Denmark 5 and 4 ... Full story
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Marcelo Lippi joins Guangzhou Evergrande as coach
Marcello Lippi has taken over as coach at big-spending Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande and plans to bring an Italian style to the club ... Full story
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Soccer: Battered Bayern faces Chelsea in Champions final
Franck Ribery doesn't even want to entertain the idea of Bayern Munich losing in front of its home fans in tomorrow's Champions League final against ... Full story
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Olympic photo chief creates the image of the games
Asking Bob Martin to choose between his photos is like asking a parent to decide which child they love the most. Does he like the ... Full story
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The two squads will meet on June 11 : Terry in England and Gourcuff, Diarra in France line ups
Former captain John Terry has been included in England’s European Championship squad despite facing trial immediately after the tournament for racially abusing an opponent.The Football ... Full story
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Cycling: Sagan increases lead in Tour of California
Sprinter Peter Sagan of Slovakia surged to the front in the final 100 yards to win his third straight stage of the Tour of California ... Full story
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Queen’s granddaughter Zara seeks UK Olympic berth
Should Zara make it this time, the 14th in line to the throne will be the sole reason that thousands of Britons — and millions ... Full story
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Syria to send 10 athletes to London Olympics
The president of the Syrian Olympic Committee says the war-torn country will send 20 sports officials and 10 athletes to the London Games. Gen. ... Full story
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Portugal takes young Benfica striker to Euro
Portugal is taking 20-year-old striker Nelson Oliveira to the 2012 European Championship finals even though he has played just 10 minutes for the ... Full story
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India suspends 5 cricketers after sting operation
Five cricketers were suspended by Indian officials yesterday following a sting operation that showed them either agreeing to spot-fixing in domestic games or to negotiate ... Full story
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Manchester City’s cliffhanger finale ends 44-year wait for title
Manchester City kept its long-suffering fans waiting right until the end for the club’s first English soccer championship in 44 years. City scored twice in ... Full story
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Former ManU, Madrid striker Van Nistelrooy retires
xThe future of London’s Olympic Stadium may not be resolved until after this summer’s games following a decision to extend the bidding phase by ... Full story
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Good Times: Ox Warehouse reflects on traveling
Thirty pieces/series of artworks will be exhibited at the Ox Warehouse Groundfloor Showroom from Saturday the 19th of this month to July 8th. The exhibition ... Full story
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“We want to pass an idea of what Macau looks and looked like”
The Portuguese filmmaker Francisco Manso is producing a documentary titled: “Macau, an Oriental Passion” for the Portuguese Television network RTP2. The principal characters in the ... Full story
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Good Times - “Inward Gazes” winners announced
The Macau Museum of Art (MAM) announced the result of an open call for entries to its third edition of the Chinese performance art exhibition ... Full story
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Good Times: WKCDA to Present Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei
To be open on May 15th, “Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei“ is a multi-sited exhibition of six installations around the former fishing village and a ... Full story
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Good Times: French weekend in Macau
Laurent Couson Jazz Trio at China RougeStradivaria baroque music at St Joseph’s Church Laurent Couson Jazz Trio is going to perform tomorrow evening at the China ... Full story
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Good Times: 3D Titanic opens in Macau cinemas this week
As the 3D version of James Cameron’s epic disaster movie opens in Macau theaters this week, Good Times presents a feature about the fascination with ... Full story
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An Edible Icon of Macau
Eileen describes her brother’s egg tart recipe as a marriage between the traditional Portuguese pasteis de nata and an English custard tart. “The filling is ... Full story
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Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city, under attack
Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled around Mali’s fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old ... Full story
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Hong Kong and Macau: A Bird’s-Eye View
Jean Pattou creates his images from ideas in his mind. The French artist is currently exhibiting his drawings in the “Wattis Fine Art Gallery” of ... Full story
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A look at the local Filipino helper community: Macau’s Mary Poppins
For people who visit Macau for the first time one of the eye-catching characteristics of the place is certainly its large Filipino community. With nearly ... Full story
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Good Times: PRO LOGO displays works of nineteen local artists
The Center for Creative Industries, also know as Creative Macau, is presenting the illustration exhibition – PRO LOGO until the 15th of March. PRO LOGO ... Full story
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Oscar turns up the star power for final rehearsal: The night of the muppets
Tonight is the night (actually day time, this part of the ‘stage’) in Hollywood and in the world of the movies. It’s the night of ... Full story
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Mike Leven, president and COO of LVS: “10-20 years from now Macau could look like Vegas”
Young adults coming to town for leisure and not for gaming - that’s what’s happening in Vegas and which could happen in Macau in the ... Full story
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Q&A: “Macau was safe haven” during WWII
The Portuguese journalist João Botas has devoted a lot of time to the research of Macau related issues. His latest accomplishment is the essay “Macau ... Full story
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Professor Ruben de Freitas Cabral: “Universities are about what we don’t know”
Full disclosure: I must disclose my previous interest in the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), since I have worked reporting directly to Professor Ruben Cabral ... Full story
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Q&A: “Know drugs instead of ‘no drugs’”
Tony Trimingham lost his son to heroin addiction several years ago and became one of Australia’s most active anti-drug campaigners. The author of “Not My ... Full story
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Q&A: Why the Wukan protest did not evolve into a revolution
Zhu Jiangang, Professor of the School of Sociology and Anthropology Institute for Civil Society of the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, who visited Wukan to ... Full story
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Q&A: Bus drivers need a better attitude
On the sidelines of a Traffic Services Committee’s meeting that took place earlier this month, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) director Wong Wan said that one ... Full story
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Q & A: “Macau needs an outlet city”
Ivan Lai Ka Wai, Associate Professor of the Faculty of International Tourism at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), says the city needs ... Full story
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Q&A: “An exhibition of practical impact”
Mr Antonio Trindade, a moderator of the MIECF exhibition and the President of Macau Association of Environmental Protection Industry, said that the MIECF would be ... Full story
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“I think Macau needs to turn down the vulgarity”
Sir David Tang, Entrepreneur extraordinaire Better known for the exquisite Shanghai Tang label and store chain, which he sold in 2006, Sir David Tang, 57, founded ... Full story
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Hengqin a real chance economic diversification
In an exclusive interview with MDTimes, the President of Macau Development Strategies Studies Centre and Legislative Assembly member Sio Chi Wai said the Hengqin development ... Full story
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Capturing the life of photographer and explorer Mica Costa-Grande
His pictures make you want to travel and hearing his opinion about life is no less interesting. Mica Costa-Grande’s photography exhibition at the Macau Museum ... Full story
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Powell launches Olympic season with victory
Asafa Powell won the 50m at the US Open indoor athletics meeting on Saturday, then predicted the powerful Jamaican sprint squad could sweep the 100m ... Full story
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Friday, May 18, 2012 - Edition no. 1580
* Judicial Magistrates Commission denies “inclination towards gov’t” * Hong Kong fair showcases contemporary art from 38 countries and regions * Property transactions up; more credit cards ... Full story
- SINOPINIONS
- Seventh Sino-Luso International Medical Forum ends tomorrow: Innovative ultrasound simulator to train future doctors
- Former Chinese FM meets CE
- Judicial Magistrates Commission denies “inclination towards gov’t”
- Association to promote friendly environment for visually impaired
- AL committee hesitant on allowance for security forces
- Number of sold flats increases
- More credit cards than people
- Graça Jorge promotes Macanese cuisine at IFT
- Macau-based artist turned away at HK art fair
- Galaxy organizes fundraising screening
- Macau Jazz Club elects board and pays homage to Sassetti
- Activist: Officials to have passports ready in 2 weeks
- Courts show inclination towards Government
- The Decisive Moment
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