October 6, 2007Recent demonstrations underscore discontent with the cocktail of sleaze, vice and corruption that propel Macau’s economy.
Sleepy Macau in 1984 before the casino boom (Photo Courtesy: Paul Stapleton)
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February 6, 2007Macau’s chief executive, Edmund Ho, has said the visit of Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates to the territory will strengthen existing friendly relations with Lisbon and also increase the enclave’s importance as a trade and investment platform.
“Macau can be a platform for Portugal in its relations with China. With his (Sócrates’) visit, we are certain that relations between Lisbon and Beijing will be stimulated and developed,” Ho said Saturday after talks with the visiting Portuguese leader.
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January 17, 2007Update 1 | A statement has been made that the height of the new building for the Central Government’s Liaison Office in Macau is being adjusted. The new building located at the foot of the Guia Hill, came under heavy criticism as it’s height was going to block the view of the Guia Lighthouse. The statement said that the building will be re-designed so that the new height will not obscure the Guia Lighthouse.
Thanks to Oiwan for this great article! This is what so scary about the rapid development that is happening in Macau, where there is no proper town planning enforcement is in place. It is casinos like Wynn Macau, Grand Lisboa and Galaxy Grand Waldo are building their casinos with total disregards to Macau’s height restrictions! At the one hand they want to encourage tourism, whilst on the other hand anything goes!
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November 25, 2006The Macau Grand Prix Committee announced a record attendance for the event that included the 53rd Macau Grand Prix, the 40th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix and the WTCC Guia Race of Macau.
Over 40,000 spectators crowded the grandstands during the four days, and furthermore over 200,000 people watched the Macau Grand Prix from their hotel rooms, their flats and from restaurants’ terraces around the track.
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October 2, 2006As reported by China Economic Net | A cocktail party was held here on Sunday to celebrate the 57th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.
Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR), celebrities and representatives from all walks of life in Macao attended the event.
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August 17, 2006How lovely this story from the China Daily is! At long last, the appropriate but long wordly named Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has decided that outbound travelling Chinese People need guidelines in etiquette.
Of course this is something that we have been waiting for a long time, lets face it 2-hours on a Chinese Airliner is a real endurement in noise.
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August 11, 2006By Macau Cultural Centre, Performance on August 13, 2006 start at 19.30PM
A thousand-year love story unfolds and a classical Jingkun Opera tells the plaintive story…
Full details here at The Legend of the White Snake
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August 3, 2006Comment - As reported by DailyTravelNews | Good to see that this important campaign went of to a good start. Best wishes to our first winner from Hong Kong!
Full report by DailyTravelNews - A visitor from Hong Kong won a golden miniature of the Ruins of St Paul’s at the first monthly lucky draw of the “Macau Heritage Passport” campaign held at the lobby of Macau Business Tourism Centre (MBTC). The “Macau Heritage Passport” campaign is organized by the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) and sponsored by the Macau Foundation. Officiating the draw were MGTO Director Joao Manual Costa Antunes, Deputy Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes and Administration Council Member of Macao Foundation Lei Song Fan.
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