Category: News Updates
BACKSTREET BOYS TO HAVE A CONCERT AT HONG KONG’S ASIA WORLD ARENA 14-15 MARCH
US boy band Backstreet Boys (BSB) will have a concert at the Asia World Arena in Hong Kong for two nights in a row on 14-15 March as part of their “B [...]
THAILAND WILL START CHARGING THB 300 TOURIST ENTRY FEE STARTING JUNE
Starting 1 June, Thailand will start charging an entry fee of THB 300 or around MOP 70 for every foreign tourist arriving in the country via airport, [...]
TAIWAN WILL GIVE OUT MONEY DIGITALLY TO 500K TOURISTS, 90K TOUR GROUPS ARRIVING ON THE ISLAND
In a bid to attract tourists, Taiwan is planning to give out NT$5,000 (around US$165) to 500,000 individual tourists and up to NT$20,000 (around US$6 [...]
HK TEAM MEMBER MAKES ‘T’ GESTURE TO STOP WRONG NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYED DURING ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN BOSNIA
A Hong Kong ice hockey team member made a “T” gesture to stop a wrong national anthem played during the Ice Hockey World Championship in Sarajevo, ca [...]
LOCAL AUTHORITIES URGE PEOPLE IN MACAU TO ADOPT INSTEAD OF PURCHASE PETS
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has again urged people in Macau to adopt instead of purchase animals as pets as the bureau continues to collab [...]
MAINLAND CHINA’S HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY NATION’S COVID EPIDEMIC ‘BASICALLY ENDED’ THOUGH NOT COMPLETELY OVER
Health officials in mainland China said recently the nation's Covid-19 has "basically ended" but not completely over, according to several media repo [...]
LEA SALONGA TO PERFORM AT WEST END IN LONDON FOR FIRST TIME IN 27 YEARS
Philippine theatre star-cum-diva Lea Salonga is set to perform at West End in London for the first time in 27 years from September this year to Janua [...]
MACAU DRIVING LICENCE HOLDERS CAN GET MAINLAND LICENCE WITHOUT A TEST FROM 16 MAY
Under a new deal between authorities in Macau and mainland China, local permanent residents holding a valid Macau driving licence for light vehicles [...]
SURVEY: 7 OF 10 FILIPINO CATHOLICS PRAY DAILY
Seven out of 10 Filipino Catholics pray at least once a day, according to a nationwide survey by Philippine social research institution Social Weathe [...]
INDONESIA’S INDUSTRIAL MINISTER RELEASES COUNTRY’S FIRST EXPORT OF LOCALLY PRODUCED HYBRID VEHICLE
Indonesia’s Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has recently released the first export of a locally produced hybrid vehicle, Toyota Kijan [...]