April 1, 2008PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited topped out the Hard Rock hotel and the main podium of its mega-project City of Dreams in Cotai, Macau today.
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March 30, 2008The world economy remained strong in the first three quarters of 2007, but the momentum tended to slowdown in the fourth quarter; however, the economy of Macau was not much affected due to the support from Mainland China. Driven by the rapid development of the gaming and tourism sector, investment surged substantially and local consumption remained robust; as a result, the economic growth for 2007 was far higher than 2006.
GDP of Macao for 2007 was estimated at US$19.20 billion, up by 27.3% in real terms and the per-capita GDP amounted to US$ 36,357. GDP for the fourth quarter of 2007 recorded an increase of 22.1% in real terms; meanwhile, the rates for the first and second quarters were revised downward from 25.7% and 31.6% to 25.2% and 30.8% respectively, but that for the third quarter was revised upward from 30.9% to 32.2%; for 2006, the rate of growth maintained at 17.0%.
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March 25, 2008Hot on the heels of our precious invitation from Melco PBL to attend the City of Dreams Topping-out Ceremony on 1 April 2008 at 12.10pm, comes the surprising news about James Packer’s Crown Macau enjoying a huge turn-around, making it the busiest casino in the world in terms of betting volume!
City of Dreams Complex
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March 14, 2008The Chinese government released the “Regulations on Management of Entertainment Venues” on March 1, 2006 and gradually opened the game market. The number of arcades and game shops has been on a rapid increase and the high market demand has made game machines/products short in supply.
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February 25, 2008Austal 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).
CotaiJets Maiden Voyage by aomen.tv
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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 21, 2008Asia’s first Manchester United merchandising store opened its doors yesterday to a throng of fans and media pushing for a glimpse of retired star Ole Gunner Solskjaer. Many of the more than 150 local and Hong Kong fans waited for more than four hours for the former English Premier League star to open the first floor of the almost 1,400 square metre “Manchester United Experience”.
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February 17, 2008The Macao SAR government is paying close attention to online crime and pornography and is studying a measure to deal with the issues.
Zhang Yongchun, director of the Justice Affairs Department of the Macau Special Administrative Region, disclosed to media that they would listen to the opinions of different parties and consummate two draft laws on cracking down on online crime and pornography. Zhang said that the recent spread of celebrities’ indecent photos in Hong Kong had caused wide attention in Macau. With the popularization of the Internet, especially with more students going online, it was urgent for them to make legislation for online crime.
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