While the Chief Executive reaffirmed that the government will not lower Macau’s gaming tax rate of 35%, they will also launch a public consultation on amendments to the city’s current gaming industry law in the second half of this year.
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Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Monday he wishes that Hengqin Island could become the “second Macau”.
A cargo ship was intercepted in the Inner Harbour fairway on Sunday morning for crashing into the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge early last month.
A woman was found dead with scalp lacerations in the kitchen of a flat on Monday and an aggravated murder suspect has been arrested.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng today ruled out a tax cut for Macau's gaming operators.
Depending on the COVID-19 epidemic situation, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng would consider gradually opening Macau's borders again to tourists from the Chinese mainland from the end of this month.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng expressed his hope that the adjacent island of Hengqin could become "the second Macau".
Macau recorded its hottest year in 2019 since official records began in 1952.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said today that the novel coronavirus epidemic in Macau "is basically under control", thanks to the special administrative region's efficient measures against the disease.
Another 2 confirmed novel coronavirus patients were discharged today and transferred to Centro Clínico de Saúde Pública for a further 14-day recovery isolation period, becoming the city's 21st and 22nd discharged patients.
The board of directors of Sands China Ltd. announced that at the meeting of the Board held on April 17, members resolved not to recommend the payment of a final dividend in respect of the year ended December 31, 2019.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will deliver his 2020 Policy Address in the hemicycle of the Legislative Assembly (AL) Monday afternoon.