The city’s first green fleet of 16 electric taxis, produced by BYD, was launched Tuesday at the outdoor car park of The Macau Roosevelt Hotel in Taipa.
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The Macao Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) has approved 80 extra and charter flights for the Chinese New Year period, double the number of authorized flights during the festive season last year.
Gambling revenues in Macau surged in January, posting the largest year on year increase in almost four years.
Macau has already paid until now about 2.6 billion yuan (3.32 billion patacas) for its share of the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, according to Macau television news (TDM).
Macau imported gold jewellery worth 6.7 billion patacas last year, up 16.3 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Wednesday.
Stephen Hung, hitherto the high-profile prime mover behind the troubled The 13 hotel in Coloane has resigned as joint chairman and executive director of The 13 Holdings Limited, according to a statement by the company to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week.
The MGM Cotai is expected to be opened to the public within February.
Sands China said today net income in the fourth quarter of 2017 rose 49.1% year-on-year to US$519 million as the recovery in the Macau market accelerated.
The opening date of The 13 hotel in Coloane has once again be delayed, this time from March 31 to April 30 “or before”, The 13 Holdings said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday.