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Hotel guests drop 10.4 pct in Jan-April

Hotel guests drop 10.4 pct in Jan-April

Macau’s number of hotel guests dropped 10.4 percent year-on-year to 3.18 million in the first four months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement, hotels’ average occupancy rate stood at 79 percent in the January-April period, a decrease of 7.3 percentage points. At the end of […]
Macau GDP in Q1 slumps as casino revenues plunge

Macau GDP in Q1 slumps as casino revenues plunge

Macau’s economic output tumbled 24.5 percent in real terms in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Thursday, as a widening graft crackdown and slowing economy in the mainland keeps high rollers away from the city’s casinos. The fall in gross domestic product (GDP) from a year earlier was the deepest […]
Macau retail sales of watches jewellery fall 31 pct in Q1

Macau retail sales of watches jewellery fall 31 pct in Q1

Sales of watches, clocks and jewellery fell 31 percent to 3.7 billion patacas in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Watches, clocks and jewellery accounted for 23 percent of all retail sales –the sector’s biggest segment. Sales of leather goods dropped 28 percent to 1.59 billion patacas. Sales of […]
Macau Galaxy Phase 2 vows to be more mass market focused

Macau Galaxy Phase 2 vows to be more mass market focused

Phase 2 of Galaxy Macau that is opening today will primarily focus on the mass market, Galaxy Macau Director of Operations Richard Longhurst said on Tuesday. Longhurst made the comments during a panel discussion at JW Marriott in Galaxy’s Phase 2 extension development, which cost HK$19.6 billion. The government has said that it has granted […]
Macau visitor arrivals drops 3.6 pct

Macau visitor arrivals drops 3.6 pct

The total number of visitor arrivals in the first four months dropped 3.6 percent to 9.96 million. However, the number of same-day visitors, who accounted for 56 percent of the total rose 0.6 percent. Mainlanders accounted for 66.8 percent of all visitor arrivals. Hongkongers continued to be city’s number-two visitor segment, at 21 percent of […]
Macau to tighten control over migrant workers visas

Macau to tighten control over migrant workers visas

The government will tighten its control over migrant construction workers’ visas and cut their visa period to a maximum one-month stay after their assigned public work is complete. The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, revealed on Saturday that the authorities will shorten the workers’ permitted period of stay, three months prior to the […]
Mothers complain about bad advice by Macau public hospital

Mothers complain about bad advice by Macau public hospital

Local mothers went on the social media over the weekend to vent their frustration on Macau’s health system, sharing their check-up experiences during pregnancies at the government-run Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre. They alleged that doctors gave them wrong medical advice causing them to almost lose their babies. This came after a local man […]
Macau inflation eases to 4.51 percent in April

Macau inflation eases to 4.51 percent in April

Macau’s inflation rate eased to 4.51 percent in April, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Thursday. According to a DSEC statement, the city’s composite consumer price index (CPI) for April increased 4.51 percent year-on-year, down from the 5.10 percent growth in March. The bureau pointed out that higher residential rents and the rising […]
Unlawful detention and loansharking cases in Macau double in Q1

Unlawful detention and loansharking cases in Macau double in Q1

Criminal cases of unlawful detention and loansharking surged significantly year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, as well as cases of arson, document forgery, and “crimes jeopardizing the territory.” The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, revealed the police’s latest crime statistics on Thursday, indicating that the number of criminal cases recorded in the […]
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