A transport firm run by the daughter of Macau casino kingpin Stanley Ho Hung-sun looks set to be the biggest winner when the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge opens, after her company won the exclusive rights to run shuttle buses across the multibillion-dollar link, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) today.
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The state-owned Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank or ABC), one of the nation’s “Big Four” banks as well as one of the largest banks in the world, opened a branch in Macau Wednesday.
Macau’s electricity utility CEM announced Wednesday a net profit of 793 million patacas for last year, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 percent.
CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said Wednesday that his company would start tests on its 5G network by the end of this year, and that it would be able to launch 5G at the same pace as the mainland and Hong Kong.
Macau’s water utility SAAM – commercially known as Macao Water – reported Tuesday an after-tax profit of 77.5 million patacas for last year, a year-on-year increase of about 20 percent.
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.
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to pay 153 million patacas in unpaid fees that it owes the government within three years or face having its concession withdrawn.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.