Portuguese state financial group Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) plans, from a base in Macau where it has a significant presence through the Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU), plans to function as a business facilitator between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, the group’s “Chief China Officer”, Alberto Soares, told Macauhub. Taking into account the role already […]
Year: 2016
A 100 million yuan donation by the public Macau Foundation (FM) to Jinan University in Guangzhou, from which thousands of local students have graduated, has caused a mixed reaction here. While some have supported the donation as a patriotic gesture, others have rejected it due to its perceived conflict of interest. For instance, the grassroots […]
In an unprecedented move, a government proposal that would make it possible to sign extradition treaties with Hong Kong and mainland China has been rejected. The Legislative Assembly blames the draft law’s technical problems. Last month, in an interview with TDM, Sonia Chan said a proposal paving the way for an agreement on the surrender […]
Wynn Macau’s net revenues dropped 13.8 per cent year-on-year to US$608.2 million in the first quarter, Wynn Resorts said in a statement in Las Vegas last week. Adjusted property Ebitda decreased 9.9 per cent year-on-year to US$191 million. According to the statement, table game turnover in the VIP segment amounted to US$13.47 billion, a 21.4 […]
Investment and trade promotion agencies from São Paulo in Brazil and Macau may sign an agreement to intensify the exchange of business missions, ensuring enhanced monitoring on the ground, according to a report from Portuguese-language newspaper Tribuna de Macau. The proposal was presented by the Paulista Agency for Promotion of Investments and Competitiveness (Invests São […]
MGM China’s total revenue dropped 25 per cent year-on-year to HK$3.6 billion in the first quarter, narrowed from the 31 per cent year-on-year decline in the previous quarter, the gaming operator said in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, adjusted EBITDA fell 23 per cent to HK$995 million. The company’s “business in the quarter was negatively […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]