The Macau balance of trade recorded a deficit of 49.36 billion patacas between January and August, an improvement of 3.2 percent over the deficit recorded in the same period of 2014, of 51 billion patacas, reported the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau. In the first eight months of 2015 Macau exported goods worth 7.291 billion […]
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Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Acting President Irene Lau Kuan Va said on Tuesday that her institute will be taking over the support for the city’s MICE sector from the Macau Economic Bureau (DSE) in November. Lau said the government hoped to make its support for the MICE sector more efficient through the […]
Sales and rental prices for shop units and office and industrial building spaces have continued to drop but housing prices will not go further down with prices returning to the level they were at the start of the year, Centaline (Macau) Property Agency Director Jacky Shek Pou Tak predicted on Tuesday. Shek made the forecast […]
According to the Official Gazette (BO) on Wednesday, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário has given the green light to MelcoCrown Entertainment’s (MCE) request to change the land-use purpose of Studio City in Cotai from its original 5-star to 4-star hotel status. The plot of land, which covers an area of 130,789 […]
The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, has exchanged views with gaming operators on how to maintain economic vitality, enhance Macau’s competitiveness, stabilize the job market and strengthen social responsibility in the sector. According to a statement from Mr Leong issued by the Government Information Bureau, the government has always been concerned with the […]
Mainland authorities are striving to draw up a preliminary scheme within the year that would allow local currency to be used in Hengqin before they move to seek approval from the Chinese central bank. This information was revealed by Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee director Niu Jing on the sidelines of a session exploring financial […]
Macau’s real GDP in 2015 will probably contract sharply by 21% as the anti-corruption campaign in China will continue in 2015-16, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) latest report. In this report, dated 21st of September, EIU analysts predict spending in Macau’s casinos will probably begin to expand again by the last few months […]
Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 4.64 percent year-on-year last month, the Statistic and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement on Monday. According to a DSEC statement, inflation has eased continuously since May, with last month’s rate dropping further by 012 percent-age points from July, when growth stood at 4.76 percent. Last month’s […]
Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE) has launched an in-house bachelor’s degree programme for employees. The gaming operator formally started the “MCE You-niversity” with an announcement ceremony at Grand Hyatt Macau on Friday. According to an MCE statement, the degree course complements the company’s “whole person development programme for employees who have yet to achieve a university […]