A one-day show of the 3rd China International Circus Festival will be held at Macau Forum in Zape on Saturday, Ip Peng Kin, chief-of-cabinet of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, announced last week. According to Ip, 3,000 free tickets have been reserved for pupils, students and the elderly, while 1,000 will be given to […]
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A survey released on Sunday by the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) shows that young local people are most concerned about the city’s traffic problems. The association’s youth working group held a press conference to announce the findings of the survey, at the association’s headquarters in Toi San district. The […]
In a meeting of the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee on Thursday, lawmakers questioned some of the proposed amendments to the Legislative Assembly Election Law, according to lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the committee. Chan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting, which no government officials attended, in the legislative chamber. Customarily, the meetings of the […]
Melco Crown Entertainment said in a statement on Thursday that its operating income for the third quarter was US$108.9 million, up 22 per cent year-on-year. The company’s net revenue between July and September rose 22 per cent year-on-year to US$1.15 billion, according to the statement. The increase in net revenue was primarily attributable to the […]
A report released by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday accuses the Transport Bureau (DSAT) of tampering with the procedure of open tendering in the outsourcing of public car parks management services, as well as the bureau’s “defective” internal monitoring mechanism. According to the hard-hitting report, DSAT officials have been splitting the cost of public […]
SJM Holdings’ gaming revenue fell 11.1 per cent year-on-year to HK$9.99 billion in the third quarter, the gaming company said in a statement on Tuesday. In the first nine months, gaming revenue dropped 17.8 per cent year-on-year to HK$30.87 billion. Adjusted Ebitda decreased 8.4 per cent to HK$810 million in the third quarter. In the first three […]
Chief Executive Chui Sai On said on Wednesday that the government would learn its lesson from the setbacks in the construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Taipa for the still unscheduled LRT project on the peninsula. The Taipa section of the LRT, the construction of which started in 2011, has been hit by […]
Macau posted an 8.8 per cent growth in gambling revenue in October, the third consecutive monthly rise, according to the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). Gaming revenue was MOP 21.8 billion (US$2.73 billion), government data showed on Tuesday. The growth reversed a 26-month fall of revenues of the 38 Macau casinos. In the first 9 months of […]
Macau’s 107 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.02 million guests in September, up 20.2 perc ent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Monday. Guests from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan accounted for 62.8 per cent, 12.2 per cent and 4.6 per cent respectively, up 20.9 per cent, 12.5 per cent and 40.6 […]