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Macau’s travel agencies’ receipts rise 33 pct in 2010

Macau’s travel agencies’ receipts rise 33 pct in 2010

Macau, China, 21 Sep – Macau’s travel agencies generated total receipts of 4.74 billion patacas last year, up 33 percent year-on-year, according to official statistics. Just 51.9 million patacas of the receipts – or one percent of the total – came from online business. A Macau Statistics and Census Service statement attributed the strong revenue […]
Taiwan’s Chan Yih-shin wins Macau Open by 3 shots

Taiwan’s Chan Yih-shin wins Macau Open by 3 shots

Macau, China, 19 Sept – Taiwan’s Chan Yih-shin recovered from the worst possible start and a dismal spell of form in recent months to grab his second Asian Tour title by three shots in the $750,000 Macau Open on Sunday. Chan’s tee shot went out-of-bounds for a double bogey on the first hole but he […]
Pacific Asia Travel Association urges Macau to ‘go after India’

Pacific Asia Travel Association urges Macau to ‘go after India’

Macau, China, 19 Sept – Macau should place its bets on the Indian market, improve transport infrastructure and service quality, as well as create more offers for families, to become a global tourism and entertainment centre, head of the team of experts of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Andrew Drysdale, suggested. A group of […]
Investigation launched as Macao Dragon Company ferry abruptly ceases operation

Investigation launched as Macao Dragon Company ferry abruptly ceases operation

Macau, China, 16 Sept – Budget ferry operator Macao Dragon Company sold at least 150,000 tickets through two group-buying websites before suddenly filing for liquidation. According to the China Daily, the company’s liquidator, Lai Kar-yan, of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, said Macao Dragon will be investigated to ensure no fraud was committed before the company filed […]
Caritas Macau sets up association for refugees’ welfare

Caritas Macau sets up association for refugees’ welfare

Macau, China, 16 Sept – Roman-Catholic charity organisation Caritas Macau yesterday established an association for refugees’ welfare, The Macau Post Daily reports today. The new association also strives to educate residents about the plight of refugees and make donations to needy refugees elsewhere. Paul Pun Chi Meng, secretary general of Caritas Macau, made the remarks […]
Macao Dragon ferry goes bust after just 14 months of service

Macao Dragon ferry goes bust after just 14 months of service

Macau, China, 15 Sept – Macao Dragon Company Limited, which operates ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau, announced Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy in Hong Kong and is ceasing operations today, The Macau Post Daily reports. According to a statement  from the company, it is no longer able to run its service […]
Hotel guests rise 21 pct in July – new record

Hotel guests rise 21 pct in July – new record

Macau, China, 15 Sept – Macau’s 94 hotels and guesthouses received 795,827 guests in July, hitting a new all-time record, according to official tourism statistics cited by The Macau Post Daily today. The previous record stood at 727,512 in December last year. July’s number of hotel guests was up 21.5 percent year-on-year. Month-to-month, the figure […]
Secretaries Tam and Lau move out of Government House today

Secretaries Tam and Lau move out of Government House today

Macau,China, 12 Sept – Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io move out of Government House today and start working in the China Bank Building , according to a joint statement from both policy secretaries’ offices on Saturday. According to the statement, the […]
Police nab Ugandan heroin swallower at airport

Police nab Ugandan heroin swallower at airport

Macau, China, 12 Sept -The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced Sunday the arrest of a traveler from Uganda at Macau International Airport for smuggling 1,245.5 grammes of heroin in 66 capsules filled with the drug he had swallowed, with officers estimating the narcotics to have a street value of 1.3 million patacas, The Macau Post Daily […]
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