Entries Categorized as 'Macau News'
March 9, 2008
The activities of Macau’s gangsters, or triads are being kept in check by a plentiful market and the watchful eye of the Mainland government, according to a local university professor, reports Macau Daily Times.
Underworld figures that operate in casinos are being careful not to step out of line in fear of retribution from the Mainland government, Eilo Yu, assistant professor from the University of Macau’s (UM) department of government and public administration said yesterday.
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February 25, 2008
Austal has signed a contract for four additional 47.5 metre passenger catamarans with Cotai WaterJets (Macao) Ltd, adding to the initial ten-vessel contract signed in 2006 by sister company Venetian Marketing Services Limited (VMSL).
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February 23, 2008
The value of retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2007 was estimated at MOP4.2 billion (US$525 million). Retail sales of watches, clocks & jewellery took the largest share of 17% of the total, which was followed by sales of motor vehicles (13%), goods in department stores (12%), goods in supermarkets (9%) and adults’ clothing (9%).
The value of retail sales in the fourth quarter of 2007 registered an increase of 16% compared with the MOP3.6 billion in the preceding quarter. As against the MOP3.0 billion sales in the fourth quarter of 2006, the value of retail sales in this quarter grew remarkably by 40%.
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February 23, 2008
‘Macau Daily Times’ Chief Editor John Lawrence says the nearly 7-month-old newspaper reports news from mainland China “without fear or favour”
There are two things I’ve always wanted to do: Write my own newspaper column and — more recently — edit a daily newspaper.
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February 23, 2008
The Macau government has selected seven international companies to present proposals for consultation on the first phase of construction of the light railway that is due to be finished in 2011, officials said Thursday.
Extending over 20 kilometers, the light railway is expected to cost around 4.2 billion patacas (US$525 million).
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February 20, 2008
[ April 25, 2008 8:00 pm to April 27, 2008 8:00 pm. ] “Art”, one of the most awarded and accomplished theatre comedies in the world, is set to be staged at the Macau Cultural Centre in April.
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January 31, 2008
The Macau government put its proposal for a law to regulate the real estate brokerage sector out to public consultation, which will require agents to be registered and to pass an examination.
The Macau real estate sector has attracted real estate agencies from Hong Kong to Macau and led to the opening of several specialized companies, which will now be subject to regulation.
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January 30, 2008
The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, said he believed that the verdict passed today by the Court of Final Appeal on Ao Man Long, a former official, was just.
This was the CE reaction to the news that Macau’s highest-level official ever convicted of corruption was sentenced to 27 years in prison Wednesday for taking contract kickbacks in the construction boom that’s turning the Chinese gambling enclave into a Las Vegas-style vacation destination.
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