Category: News Updates
INSURANCE COMPANY PRUDENTIAL APPROVED TO OPERATE IN MACAU
Prudential has been approved to start a Macau branch through its Hong Kong branch, with the British insurance company initially offering life and hea [...]
PEDESTRIANISED SAN MA LO BACK TODAY AND TOMORROW
After the project’s success over Chinese New Year holidays, Macau’s 450-metre-long main thoroughfare Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, also known as San Ma [...]
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR USJ’S 2ND ENGLISH POETRY WRITING AND RECITAL CONTEST IS 1 MARCH
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has launched its 2nd Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest, themed “A Pocketful of Effervescence [...]
YOURPAY CLARIFIES LEGALITY IN INDONESIA BUT STAYS MUM ON ITS LEGAL STATUS IN MACAU
Indonesian money transfer app Yourpay has clarified its legality in Indonesia via social media. The clarification came as Macau authorities recently [...]
HK TO GIVE 500K FREE FLIGHT TICKETS FOR TOURISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, 80K FOR RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL ABROAD
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee has launched the “Hello Hong Kong” tourism campaign, which will give out 500,000 free flight tickets to tourists [...]
THE 13 HOTEL’S FOUNDER APPEARS IN BLING EMPIRE: NEW YORK
Hong Kong businessman Stephen Hung, founder of failed luxury Macau hotel THE 13, located in Coloane, and his socialite wife, former model Deborah Val [...]
SUBIC BAY: A PRIORITY INFRASTRUCTURE SITE IN US-PHILIPPINE DIALOGUE
Subic Bay has become a priority site for infrastructure projects aimed at supporting the Philippines’ economic growth as the subject was underlined i [...]
FIRST DIRECT MAINLAND CHINA-BALI FLIGHT ARRIVED AT NGURAH RAI ON CHINESE NEW YEAR DAY
The first direct flight from mainland China to Bali since February 2020 arrived at the Indonesian island’s Ngurah Rai airport on 22 January, the firs [...]
HEAVY RAINS, FLOODS CAUSE PHP1.26 BILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF PHILIPPINES
The Philippines’ Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said on Wednesday torrential rains and floods from low-pressure area, shear line and northeast monsoon [...]
INDONESIA GETS US$103.65 MILLION FUND FOR BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND DEGRADATION
Indonesia has received from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) a fund – totalling US$103.65 million – for biodiversity, climate change and land [...]