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Month: May 2016

21st Macau International Fair to invite Portugal as ‘partner country’

21st Macau International Fair to invite Portugal as ‘partner country’

The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will invite Portugal to become the partner country at this year’s 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), IPIM Executive Director Gloria Batalha Ung said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar themed “Ideas from Europe, Ideas from Macau” at Macau Tower, […]
Macau gaming expo to put more focus on non-gaming

Macau gaming expo to put more focus on non-gaming

A gaming expo taking place next week will put more emphasis on non-gaming entertainment to offer gaming operators an alternative way of increasing revenue amidst the challenges they’re facing with gaming revenue, expo organiser Reed Exhibition’s Senior Vice President Josephine Lee Nga Yee said on Thursday. Lee made the comments while speaking to reporters prior […]
Macau’s mid-term gaming report not related to renewal of concessions

Macau’s mid-term gaming report not related to renewal of concessions

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Wednesday that the government’s mid-term gaming sector performance report wasn’t related to the renewal of the city’s gaming concessions, but rather to allow gaming operators to see what they can improve on. Leong made the remarks during a press conference on the government’s mid-term evaluation report […]
Macau’s gaming regulator vows stricter rules for junkets

Macau’s gaming regulator vows stricter rules for junkets

Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Paulo Martins Chan said on Wednesday that the government will continue its plan to tighten regulation of the junket sector, including raising the initial investment amount. Chan made the remarks during a press conference about the government’s mid-term evaluation report on the gaming sector’s performance. The evaluation was conducted by the […]
Portuguese Consul in Macau proposes ‘Month of Portugal’

Portuguese Consul in Macau proposes ‘Month of Portugal’

Portuguese Consul-General Vitor Sereno proposed to hold a ‘Month of Portugal’ in Macau in June, coinciding with Portugal’s national day on June 10. Sereno made the proposal during a press conference at the consulate about a dozen events to celebrate Portugal’s national day next month. The diplomat, who is simultaneously accredited in Hong Kong, said he would convey the […]
Macau records the highest population density per sq km

Macau records the highest population density per sq km

Macau’s population had risen to 649,100 at the end of the first quarter, an increase of 2,300 inhabitants quarter-to-quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Based on Macau’s land area of 30.4 square kilometres, the special administrative region’s population density per sq km stood at 21,352, reportedly the highest in the world. […]
Chinese provinces, Hong Kong and Macau officials visits Portugal

Chinese provinces, Hong Kong and Macau officials visits Portugal

A delegation with representatives of the governments of the Great Pearl River Delta will travel to Portugal in June to explore business opportunities, said Gloria Batalha Ung, director of the Macau Institute for Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM), according to Portuguese-language newspaper Tribuna de Macau. The executive member of the Board of IPIM said the […]
Macau committee backs high-rise building next to Muslim cemetery

Macau committee backs high-rise building next to Muslim cemetery

The government-appointed Urban Planning Committee voted on the legal conditions proposed by the Lands, Transport and Public Works Bureau (DSSOPT) for the possible development of a plot next to the city’s Muslim cemetery. Twenty of the 26 members of the committee who cast their votes supported the conditions while six voted against. With the support […]
BNU donates 1.6 million patacas to Macau’s oldest charity

BNU donates 1.6 million patacas to Macau’s oldest charity

Local Portuguese lender BNU has donated 1.6 million patacas to Tung Sin Tong, the city’s oldest charitable organisation. According to a BNU statement issued on Tuesday, BNU Chief Executive Officer Pedro Cardoso handed the donation to Tung Sin Tong President Chui Sai On at the social welfare body’s headquarters last Friday. Tung Sin Tong has […]
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