The number of crimes recorded in the first quarter of this year saw a slight increase of 8.6% compared with the same quarter last year, with serious assaults down by 55.6% while robbery and theft up by 34%.
Releasing the crime statistics for the first quarter of 2008 at a press conference today, the Secretary for Security, Mr Cheong Kuok Va, said police would continue to fight crime with effective measures.
In the first quarter of the year Macau received 230,788 more visitors than Hong Kong, according to official figures from the Hong Kong tourist office obtained by Portuguese news agency Lusa.
According to the same figures, between January and March 2008, Macau received 7,506,309 visitors as compared with 7,275,521 visitors to Hong Kong.
Air Supply will mark their second performance at the Sands Macau Theatre from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8, having previously performed for local audiences last October. Air Supply members Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell will be including Macau in their latest tour, being the first stop in Asia for what is billed as their World Tour 2008.
“Air Supply is excited to visit Macau again. We have always been looking forward to this opportunity and we are glad to be invited to play at the Sands Theatre again. We long to meet the Macau audience and we will make it another fabulous night for them” said Graham Russell, Air Supply.
In response to a drop in income from its Macau properties in the first quarter, Las Vegas Sands Corporation is sending in its top US managers to cut costs and win back lost VIP business.
In the first quarter of the year, Sand’s lost US$2 million, down from a profit of almost US$40 million last quarter and almost US$91 million during the first quarter of 2007. Income from the Venetian Macao and Sands Macao dropped from USD133 million in the last quarter of 2007 to USD.4 million in the first three months of this year.
Macau is fast overtaking its rival Hong Kong as the fastest-growing area for residential hotel and retail property prices.
One of the largest projects is the US$2.1 billion City of Dreams being built by Leighton Asia, China State and John Holland, on behalf of the Melco PBL development company - owned by Lawrence Ho’s Melco gambling company and James Packer’s Crown group.
The Olympic Flame has arrived in Macao last night, for this afternoon’s Torch Relay.
The Executive Vice-President of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), Mr Yang Shuan, presented the tinder lamp to the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Chui Sai On, who welcomed the Olympic Flame at the airport.
In a speech at the welcoming ceremony, Mr Chui sad all residents were excited for the first visit of the Olympic Flame to Macao, and he thanked the efforts of the Central Government, the International Olympic Committee and BOCOG.
The Venetian Macao will be offering several specials over the Mother’s Day period ranging from hotel packages to discounts at select retail stores. To begin with, their tri-generation abalone gala pays tribute to mothers everywhere with an ostentatiously-priced package that may only suit the budget of the very few, and only for May 11. Please tell me more! »
Macau received 7.5 million visitors in the first quarter of 2008, which was a rise of 17.9 percent against the same period of 2007.
The number of visitors from mainland China was 4.38 million, which was a rise of 22.6 percent, while the number of visitors from Hong Kong and Southeast Asia rose 3.3 and 63.3 percent, respectively.
