Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said at the weekend that the government will not be complacent after achieving good results in the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) 2017.
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The police busted a fake VIP gaming room in a hotel suite in Nape on Wednesday and arrested 19 gang members from the mainland.
The government will urge CTM to further lower its leased line and International Direct Dialling (IDD) service charges this year.
The Macau Jockey Club in Taipa reported accumulated losses of 4.07 billion patacas, assets of 240 million patacas and liabilities of 1.3 billion patacas at the end of last year.
The Labour Affairs Bureau has ordered the full or partial suspension of 20 construction projects after inspecting 74 construction sites on Saturday.
Judiciary Police Director, Chau Wai Kuong, said that the recent rise in gaming-related loan-sharking cases and gaming-related false imprisonment cases was partially due to the drop in gaming revenues over the last few years.
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming election for local deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC).
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that the government has not yet decided whether it will keep the current system of gaming sub-concessions. The policy secretary overseeing the gaming industry pledged that the government will “seriously” study the views expressed by civil society concerning the upcoming gaming concession bidding process. Leong […]
Gross gaming receipts in June rose to 19.99 billion patacas, 25.9 percent year on year.That compares with the median prediction for a 30 percent increase in a Bloomberg survey of 11 analysts and follows a 24 percent jump in May.