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Year: 2016

SJM records in Macau a 38.7 percent fall in revenue

SJM records in Macau a 38.7 percent fall in revenue

SJM Holdings Ltd. announced yesterday its audited consolidated annual results of the company and its subsidiaries for the year ending Dec. 31, 2015. Gaming revenue for the group amounted to HKD48.59 billion, a 38.7 percent fall over 2014, which recorded almost HKD79.27 billion in revenues. According to a statement issued by SJM, last year the […]
Police nab in Macau 15 suspects in HK$100 million card fraud

Police nab in Macau 15 suspects in HK$100 million card fraud

The police have arrested 15 men and women on suspicion of credit card fraud involving HK$100 million, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a press briefing yesterday. The spokesperson said that after launching an investigation following a tipoff in July, the police identified a shop in Nape, disguised as a jewellery and phone shop […]
Macau creates commission to deepen links to the Portuguese-speaking countries

Macau creates commission to deepen links to the Portuguese-speaking countries

The Macau government has established a Commission for the Development of the Service Platform for Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, according to an executive order published Monday in the official bulletin. The creation of this commission aims, according to the order, at an “integration of the various services and government entities involved, in […]
Gaming firms launch ‘Macau Loves Locals’ discounts

Gaming firms launch ‘Macau Loves Locals’ discounts

The city’s six gaming operators started yesterday an over month-long discount promotion campaign titled “Macau Loves Locals” during which locals can enjoy various discounts on non-gaming offerings such as dining out, hotel rooms, shows and other kinds of entertainment. The campaign expires at the end of next month. Generally speaking, the discounts range from 20 […]
Guangzhou’s development plan to pursue closer economic integration with Macau and Hong Kong

Guangzhou’s development plan to pursue closer economic integration with Macau and Hong Kong

Last week, Beijing approved Guangzhou’s ambitious plans to become an international trade center and regional transportation hub by 2020, but urged Guangzhou authorities to pursue closer economic integration with Macau and Hong Kong. China’s State Council urged authorities to focus on improving infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta by integrating road, port, rail and air […]
Gaming-related crimes in Macau rise 38 pct in 2015

Gaming-related crimes in Macau rise 38 pct in 2015

The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number of crimes dropped 2.6 percent year-on-year […]
New customs chief of Macau “ready to tackle any challenge”

New customs chief of Macau “ready to tackle any challenge”

Newly sworn-in Macau Customs Service Director-General Alex Vong Iao Lek said on Monday that he and his team would be ready to tackle and overcome any challenge which may come up. Vong’s swearing-in ceremony took place at Government Headquarters yesterday, with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On presiding over the function. Vong made the remarks […]
Macau municipal chief appointed new customs head

Macau municipal chief appointed new customs head

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced on Saturday that Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Alex Vong Iao Lek has been appointed director-general of the Macau Customs Service by the State Council in Beijing. The post had been vacant since Macau Customs Service director-general Lai Man Wa died last October in what an […]
Liaison officer urges Macau artists to have stronger ‘sense of responsibility’

Liaison officer urges Macau artists to have stronger ‘sense of responsibility’

Macau’s arts and culture circles should have “a stronger sense of responsibility from a historical perspective”, Xu Ting, who heads the Central People’s Government Liaison Office’s Department of Culture and Education, said on Sunday, urging them to offer vigorous support to the central government’s One Belt, One Road initiative. Xu made the remarks when addressing […]
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