Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said she hoped that the number of visitor arrivals this year would be similar to last year’s – 31.5 million. She expressed the hope on the sidelines of a South Korean culture and tourism promotion event next to Macau Tower. She was a guest […]
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The Macanese selection won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 13th Wushu World Championship that ended on Wednesday in Jakarta. Jun Hua Huang secured a gold medal in the category of Wushu Taolu Nangun and another silver medal in Wushu Taolu Nanquan. Another first prize for Macau was awarded to Wai […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised in his 2016 Policy Address to boost the economy, improve residents’ livelihoods and consolidate the city’s development. Chui also said that the government would continue its annual “wealth-sharing” handout scheme next year – 9,000 patacas for permanent and 5,400 patacas for non-permanent residents, both amounts unchanged from this […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised to tackle Macau’s four notoriously overdue public projects – the light rail transit (LRT) system, the new prison in Coloane, the new ferry terminal in Taipa, and a fourth Macau-Taipa link – next year. Chui said he was happy to be able to announce that Secretary for Transports […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised to tackle Macau’s four notoriously overdue public projects – the light rail transit (LRT) system, the new prison in Coloane, the new ferry terminal in Taipa, and a fourth Macau-Taipa link – next year. Chui said he was happy to be able to announce that Secretary for Transports […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised in his 2016 Policy Address to boost the economy, improve residents’ livelihoods and consolidate the city’s development. Chui also said that the government would continue its annual “wealth-sharing” handout scheme next year – 9,000 patacas for permanent and 5,400 patacas for non-permanent residents, both amounts unchanged from this […]
Scholars and gaming industry professionals warned the government against following in Atlantic City’s footsteps, urging it to foster economic diversification. A gaming forum was held by the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) on its campus to discuss what Macau can learn from Las Vegas’s success and Atlantic City’s decline. IPM Gaming Teaching and Research Centre Prof. […]
Portuguese state bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) posted a profit of 3.4 million euros in the period from January to September, a decrease of 92 percent over the amount recorded in the same period of 2014, the bank said in a statement. In a statement on accounts in the first nine months of the […]
The government should establish an investment fund to manage Macau’s financial reserves, said Delta Asia Financial Group Chairman Stanley Au Chong. Au made the appeal on the sidelines of a banquet celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of Banco Delta Asia, a local bank owned by the group, at Grand Hyatt Macau in Cotai […]