Residents and businesses are feeling the pressure as rental rates steadily increase across the board.
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The head of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office is in town for a week-long fact-finding visit.
The tourism authority set its goal for 2024 late last year. So far, it has focused on short-haul markets within Asia.
Greater coordination between the separate legal systems of Macao, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland is seen as crucial to business.
According to SJM Resorts managing director Daisy Ho, the work will start this year and covers both guest rooms and restaurants.
Heavy rains over the weekend have added to the record-breaking floods – and growing death toll – in Rio Grande do Sul.
The AI chatbot’s latest upgrade offers ‘human-level response times and expressiveness.’ Some researchers say that’s not necessarily a good thing.
The competition will feature over 100 young athletes taking part in tumbling and mini-trampoline events over the course of two days.
The initiatives come in the wake of recently introduced Hengqin-Macao multiple entry visas, which are expected to increase demand for the island’s hotels.
Galaxy Entertainment Group chairman Lui Che Woo also made reference to the group’s strong performance over the extended Labour Day holiday.
Sales for the units in Hengqin remain strong and will likely remain so, with the eligibility criteria being loosened to include young home buyers.
The annual Catholic observance has nearly 100 years of history in the city and features a procession from St Dominic’s Church to Penha Chapel.