August 20, 2007When America’s largest casino companies looked at the world’s emerging gambling scene, it wasn’t Pennsylvania where they placed their biggest bets.
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August 20, 2007The European Commission expressed concern Thursday about a widening wealth gap in Macau arising from the booming economy in the world’s largest gaming market.Although the southern Chinese territory has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with 16.6 percent growth last year, it has fallen victim to its own success with a number of social problems.
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May 23, 2007If eating and entertaining appeals, you should consider participating in the unique festivals on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar (May 24), on which occasion three feasts occur. Visitors are welcome to participate in the celebrations on the Macau Peninsula and in Taipa and Coloane. Please tell me more! »
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May 11, 2007In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18th, a series of activities including open day of museums, issuance of postal products, distribution of souvenirs, exhibitions, seminars, game booths, and competitions will be held. This year’s theme “Museums and Universal Heritage” seeks to arouse worldwide museums’ awareness to redefine their roles in the preservation of heritage.
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April 22, 2007By the time that many museums are closing, the Macau Wine Museum is keeping its doors open for events such as cocktails, dinners and wine tasting, offering participants a genuine trip through the world of wine.
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April 10, 2007Macao and Thailand could further enhance co-operation in the tourism industry, the Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, today in Bangkok.
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April 1, 2007Macau, more and more, has turned its property market into a casino that gives the safest bet to all fortune hunters.
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March 20, 2007As we mentioned before, there is too much of a good thing in Macau! A small population of 508,000 with a workforce of 260,000 people, that needs to be 400,000 people by 2010. This is to support all those new casino’s, hotels and resorts that will be sprouting up all over Macau. And we have not even talked about the drop in per table take which since 2002 has been a whopping 300%!
Global gaming and entertainment operators have been doubling down on new casino development in Macao. Yet it could also be heading for a nasty shakeout thanks to a looming casino glut, some analysts warn.
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