The number of personal credit cards issued by banks in Macau rose 8.8% year-on-year to 1.4 million at the end of last year.
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The company confirms senior management roles ahead of gaming concession renewal in 2022.
Sixteen of the 29 hotels and guesthouses that had closed their doors in Macau in response to the COVID-19 threat have meanwhile reopened.
The government’s income from gaming taxes fell 13.% year-on-year to 8.83 billion patacas (US$1.1 billion) in January.
Former president of the government’s Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Jackson Chang will go on trial on April 27 for a raft of alleged crimes such as organised crime, corruption, money laundering and breach of secrecy.
29 of the city’s 41 casinos will reopen for business today (Thursday), while the remaining 12 casinos have applied to defer reopening their doors.
Macau’s gaming industry will reopen its doors tonight after its 15-day shutdown by the government as part of the authorities’ fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Macau Government has suspended from Wednesday the sea links between Macau and the port of Fuyong, which serves the airport of Shenzhen, in China’s Guangdong province.
Macau’s average price per square metre of usable area of residential units dropped 0.8% year-on-year to MOP107,522 (US$13,440) last year.