Work on the 2.2-kilometre-long section, designed to connect Cotai and Hengqin Island, started in March 2021.
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However, local small business owners are warning that it is becoming increasingly hard to recruit mainland Chinese workers.
Despite the last quarter’s strong performance, officials are urging prudence, warning that the economy is still in recovery.
Last year saw airport operations ‘profoundly affected’ by the pandemic, CAM says, announcing its 2022 financial performance.
Analysts say Macao is capable of generating comfortably more gaming revenue than the government has targeted this year.
Applications from startups, entrepreneurs and academics are being invited between June and September, with the final scheduled for October.
The total number of guests from Macao’s biggest markets, mainland China and Hong Kong, also posted sharp increases.
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, the head of the Macao Government Tourism Office, says average daily visitor totals are now at about 50 percent of their pre-pandemic levels.
The gaming, hospitality and restaurant trades saw the biggest increases in employment, according to the DSEC.