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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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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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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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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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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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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Courts show inclination towards Government
Macau Lawyer’s leader expressed concerns over a tendency by local courts to be more inclined towards the government in lawsuits related to the authority’s administrative ... Full story
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SINOPINIONS
Longevity and quality of life - On a statistical report published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Monaco’s citizens have the longest life expectancy ... Full story
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“MGM Butterfly Pavilion” debuts with original music
The MGM Butterfly Pavilion, main attraction of “The Magic of Butterfly Reinvention at MGM,” was officiated yesterday. In celebration of the event, the hotel unveiled ... Full story
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Population increases slightly in Q1
The total population of Macau was estimated at 562,900 as of 31 March 2012, an increase of 5,500 (+1.0 percent) over December 2011. In the ... Full story
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UCCLA meets in Macau to discuss projects
The executive commission of UCCLA - União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa (Union of the capital Portuguese speaking cities) - held a meeting yesterday ... Full story
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AL committee finishes deliberation on reform bills
The Legislative Assembly (AL) committee finished its deliberation on the political reform draft bills, which will likely be put up for debate and approval by ... Full story
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ANM warns: “WiFi Go” service violates private data
Yesterday Jason Chao, the president of the New Macau Association (ANM), placed warning signs at Senado Square “to let the public know that their private ... Full story
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Monday’s blackout affected part of the mobile network: Regulator considers CTM justification “unacceptable”
The Telecommunication Regulations Bureau (DSRT) director said yesterday “it’s unacceptable for CTM to use ‘human error’ as the reason for both blackouts.” Tou Veng Keong ... Full story
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Galaxy presents this year’s Volleyball World Grand Prix Macau
The sponsorship signing ceremony for the FIVB (Federation Internationale de Volleyball) Volleyball World Grand Prix Macau 2012 took place yesterday at Galaxy Hotel. A symbolic ... Full story
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IAS to finish disability assessment in June
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) will finish its evaluation of all disability assessment applications submitted last year, and decide who of the applicants can receive ... Full story
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NZ ‘runaway millionaire trial’: thousands lost at Wynn Macau tables
A NZ woman accused of theft and money laundering lost HKD101,000 gambling at a casino in Macau, a Rotorua District Court jury has been told, ... 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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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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THE EAST IS RED - Green Revolution: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
“China’s dream of electric car leadership elusive” titled yesterday’s edition of the Macau Daily Times, because of technological hurdles and lack of buyer interest that ... 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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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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Company denies Filipino connections amid boycott calls
A Chinese supermarket chain has denied its overseas connections amid angry calls for a boycott after its former owner was found to have led recent ... Full story
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Chinese-style Catholic church music facing survival challenge
Rays of sunshine percolate through Jesus pictures in the church’s stained-glass windows, illuminating the yellowing pages of a vintage music notation book. At the front ... Full story
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Ethnic Uighurs say Beijing is repressing their group
A high-profile Uighur activist accused China of repressing her ethnic group, as her exiles’ group met yesterday in Tokyo for its biggest gathering in three ... Full story
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Hunan rainstorms force 172,000 people to relocate
About 172,000 residents threatened by rainstorms in central China’s Hunan province have been relocated, local authorities said yesterday.As of noon yesterday, continuous rain had affected ... Full story
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Dalai Lama alleges poison plot
China accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful yesterday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting poison ... 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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S Korea: Myanmar halting arms purchases from N Korea
Myanmar’s president has assured his South Korean counterpart that his country will no longer buy weapons from North Korea, while conceding it had done so ... Full story
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Kazakhstan: Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station
A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan yesterday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at ... Full story
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North Korea: Seeking logic in mass spectacles
From across the city, they are summoned to pay reverence.So on a chilly April evening, tens of thousands of people come to honor their new ... Full story
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Brand new studio launched last month: TDM English documentaries coming soon
TDM launched a brand new studio last month that incorporates a series of visual-audio and environmental-friendly features. And along with the hardware, the broadcaster is ... Full story
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Indonesia: Climbers try to reach jet’s black box
Indonesian special forces traversed the sheer slope of a volcano yesterday after spotting what appeared to be the flight data recorder of a new Russian-made ... 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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World briefs
CHINAChina criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday for meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying it amounts to support for ... Full story
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France: Francois Hollande becomes new president
Francois Hollande became president of France after a ceremony yesterday at the Elysee Palace in central Paris — the country’s first Socialist leader since Francois ... Full story
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Israel: Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners have agreed to halt a weeks-long hunger strike in exchange for promises of better conditions, ending a standoff that left several participants ... Full story
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EU carries out first strikes on Somali pirates
The European Union’s naval force off the Somali coastline yesterday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, officials said.Maritime aircraft and ... Full story
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THE BUZZ: Sophia,Jacob most popular baby names of 2011 in US
Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for boys for the 13th straight year in a ... 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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Iraq oil output beating Iran ends Saddam legacy
Iraq, seeking to more than double oil output by 2015, is poised to overtake Iran as OPEC’s second- largest producer by the end of the ... Full story
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Markets slide further as Greek talks grind on
Markets continued to fall yesterday as talks to form a Greek government dragged into a fourth day, though Spanish shares recovered strongly after the government ... Full story
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Foxconn building Shanghai HQ, aims at China market
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s biggest assembler of consumer electronics, began work yesterday on a Shanghai headquarters that it says will help spearhead its efforts ... Full story
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Sony reports record annual loss
Sony Corp. racked up a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion) in its fourth straight year of red ink as the once-glorious ... Full story
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Real Estate Matters: 5 Things You Must Know When Buying A Holiday Home Overseas
Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. ... 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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Former ManU, Madrid striker Van Nistelrooy retires
Former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy has retired from football. The 35-year-old Dutchman, who played this season for Malaga ... Full story
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Aston Villa fires manager Alex McLeish
Aston Villa has fired manager Alex McLeish after just one season in charge of the Premier League club. Villa, owned by American Randy Lerner, went ... Full story
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Maldonado holds off Alonso for Spanish GP win
Pastor Maldonado held off Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday and give Williams its first Formula One victory in eight years. Maldonado, ... 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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Weinstein’s ‘Artist’ set to bring in fans as Oscar-odds favorite
U.K. betting websites have already crowned “The Artist” as the favorite to win this year’s Academy Award for best picture, offering as little as $1 ... Full story
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Good Times: Jazz Club on the comeback
The Jazz Club will hold a concert and film series on March 25 at Casa Garden, near Jardim de Camões (Camões Garden). It is 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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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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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - Edition no. 1578
* Joint efforts to secure stable water supply, new border crossing * Human error mentioned as the cause of second CTM blackout * Sands China establishes “Green ... Full story
- Courts show inclination towards Government
- The Decisive Moment
- SINOPINIONS
- “MGM Butterfly Pavilion” debuts with original music
- Population increases slightly in Q1
- UCCLA meets in Macau to discuss projects
- AL committee finishes deliberation on reform bills
- ANM warns: “WiFi Go” service violates private data
- Monday’s blackout affected part of the mobile network: Regulator considers CTM justification “unacceptable”
- Galaxy presents this year’s Volleyball World Grand Prix Macau
- IAS to finish disability assessment in June
- NZ ‘runaway millionaire trial’: thousands lost at Wynn Macau tables
- IEEM offers scholarships for comparative studies of Europe and Asia
- Students donate to Caritas Macau
- Workshop on Notary Law
Hong Kong Dollar Exchange Rate