Hong Kong-listed Macau gaming operator SJM Holdings Limited said in a statement Tuesday that its first-half net profit rose 56.8 percent year on year to HK$1.49 billion (US$ 186 million)
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The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has announced that it will investigate loans worth 212 million patacas granted by the Macau government about a decade ago to the now defunct local airline Viva Macau.
Sands China saw its net revenue soar 18% to US$2.11 billion in the three months to 30 June 2018, bolstered by a strong performance at the Venetian Macao and growth across all Macau properties.
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that it has rejected an appeal by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On against a ruling by the Court of Second Instance (TSI) in March, which determined that the government would need to reassess the rival quotations submitted by seven construction companies for the construction of the depot of the Light Rail Transit (LRT).
The Economic Services Bureau (DSE) said in a statement Sunday that it was unable to recover a 212 million patacas (US$ 26,424 million) loan granted to locally incorporated airline Viva Macau in 2008-09 and the latter’s Hong Kong-registered Eagle Airways as guarantor.
The Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. has abandoned 533 greyhounds at the Canidrome on Friday night after the government refused their proposal to keep the Canidrome operational in order to keep the animals.
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau said in a statement that it “condemns” the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. for “shirking” its responsibility to house its greyhounds after it had received a letter from the company proposing the “reversion” of the dogs to the government after the official closure of the racetrack .
The government’s current budget surplus reached 30.52 billion patacas at the end of June, a year-on-year increase of 50.8 percent, the Finance Services Bureau (DSF) announced Thursday.
The government announced Wednesday that it has contingency plans for the greyhounds from the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. in the case that the dogs are left behind at the racetrack in Fai Chi Kei after its official closure Friday night.