Macau’s economy is expected to expand at an average of 4.9% per year in 2018/2019, supported by the upswing in the gaming industry, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its latest report on the territory, where it also said that the government’s efforts to diversify the economy should have very limited success.
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Galaxy Entertainment Group and Wynn Resorts, Limited announced that Galaxy Entertainment has agreed to purchase 5.3 million primary shares of Wynn Resorts at a price of $175 a share, resulting in $927,500,000 of gross proceeds to Wynn Resorts.
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said Wednesday that the Macau Jockey Club (MJC) will need to pay 153 million patacas in unpaid fees that it owes the government within three years or face having its concession withdrawn.
China has strengthened its economic and trade co-operation with Portuguese-Speaking Countries (PSCs) in the past 15 years, and has been dedicated to enhancing its co-operation with those countries in more sectors, senior officials attending a symposium said in Macau Wednesday.
The chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Su Quanke, said Thursday in Beijing that the completion of the mega-bridge project paves the foundation for the development of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The State Council has authorised the official transfer of the Macau Border Checkpoint Administrative Zone of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to the Macau government .
Macau will launch scheduled flights to Europe this year, the Macau International Airport Company (CAM) said.
Wynn Macau property in Nape recorded total revenues of US$418.1 million in the first two months of the year, up 18.8 percent year on year.
Macau’s overall residential property price index for November 2017-January 2018 grew 3.3 percent over the previous survey period (October-December 2017).