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Month: May 2016

Macau lawmakers point out flaws in Five-Year Plan

Macau lawmakers point out flaws in Five-Year Plan

Macau’s first Five-Year plan was received with mixed feelings by lawmakers. Many noted flaws and ‘omissions’, mainly in the gaming and social welfare sectors. Lawmakers were introduced today to the government’s draft for the SAR’s first ever Five-Year plan. Initially proposed last month, the draft has put forward a performance baseline for a series of […]
Crown cuts stake in Macau Melco Crown Entertainment for HK$6.2 billion

Crown cuts stake in Macau Melco Crown Entertainment for HK$6.2 billion

Australian mogul James Packer’s Crown Resorts has reduced its stake in Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE) from 34.3 per cent to 27.4 per cent for HK$6.2 billion, Hong Kong-based Melco International Development (Melco) announced Wednesday night. According to the deal, MCE has agreed to repurchase 155 million shares from a Crown Resorts subsidiary called Crown Asia […]
Mission to Brazil promotes Macao as a platform between China and PSC’s

Mission to Brazil promotes Macao as a platform between China and PSC’s

Macau’s economic mission is taking part in São Paulo at the “Feira APAS 2016”, an international trade fair for the supermarket sector organised by the Paulista Association of Supermarkets, from the 2nd to the 5th of May. The delegation, organised by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), will meet with entrepreneurs and institutions to […]
Macau posts trade deficit of US$1.825 billion in the 1st quarter

Macau posts trade deficit of US$1.825 billion in the 1st quarter

Macau’s trade deficit in the first quarter of 2016 reached 14.602 billion patacas (US$1.825 billion), a year on year improvement of 25.3 per cent, reported the Statistics and Census Bureau. According to the Bureau, the trade deficit in the first quarter of 2015 totalled 19.5516 billion patacas. In the first three months of 2016, Macau […]
Macau gaming operator SJM profit falls 44 per cent in Q1

Macau gaming operator SJM profit falls 44 per cent in Q1

SJM Holdings’s profit attributable to the company’s owners fell by 44.1 per cent year-on-year to HK$561 million in the first quarter, the gaming operator said in a statement on Tuesday. The company’s gaming revenue decreased by 22.8 per cent to HK$11.02 billion, while adjusted EBITDA dropped by 32.5 per cent to HK$838 million. According to the statement, […]
Macau’s April casino revenue falls 9.5 per cent in April

Macau’s April casino revenue falls 9.5 per cent in April

Macau’s April casino revenue dropped less than analysts estimated in a sign of stabilization as casinos shift their focus to attracting mass gamblers and tourists. Macau´s gross gaming revenue in April decreased 9.5 percent to 17.3 billion patacas (US$ 2.2 billion), according to data from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, marking 23 months of […]
Macau’s government to review computer glitch at the city’s checkpoints

Macau’s government to review computer glitch at the city’s checkpoints

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Sunday that official bodies including her office and the Public Security Police (PSP) would review their handling of Saturday’s computer incident in which thousands of people were stuck for hours at the city’s checkpoints. The tourism chief, who also heads the Tourism […]
Paulo Martins Chan

Paulo Martins Chan

Paulo Martins Chan was Director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)  between December 2015 and June 2020 when his successor Adriano Marques Ho was sworn in.
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