The chairman of the executive committee of the Macau International Airport Company Ltd. (CAM), Dr Deng Jun, led a delegation to pay a visit to the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau (AACM), where they discussed with Simon Chan, president of AACM, how to enhance cooperation between the two organizations. According to a press statement from […]
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SJM Holdings Ltd. announced yesterday its audited consolidated annual results of the company and its subsidiaries for the year ending Dec. 31, 2015. Gaming revenue for the group amounted to HKD48.59 billion, a 38.7 percent fall over 2014, which recorded almost HKD79.27 billion in revenues. According to a statement issued by SJM, last year the […]
The city’s six gaming operators started yesterday an over month-long discount promotion campaign titled “Macau Loves Locals” during which locals can enjoy various discounts on non-gaming offerings such as dining out, hotel rooms, shows and other kinds of entertainment. The campaign expires at the end of next month. Generally speaking, the discounts range from 20 […]
Last week, Beijing approved Guangzhou’s ambitious plans to become an international trade center and regional transportation hub by 2020, but urged Guangzhou authorities to pursue closer economic integration with Macau and Hong Kong. China’s State Council urged authorities to focus on improving infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta by integrating road, port, rail and air […]
The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number of crimes dropped 2.6 percent year-on-year […]
The average price of residential units in 2015 dropped by 13 percent year-on-year to 86,826 patacas per square metre of usable area, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. The average price per square metre of usable area of pre-sale residential units fell by 23.5 percent to 119,526 patacas, while the average price […]
The financial reserves and other asset values of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) rose by 2.4 billion patacas to 345 billion patacas last year, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced on Wednesday. According to the announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO), the MSAR’s “basic reserves” amounted to 131.88 billion patacas and its “extraordinary […]
University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Rector Peter Stilwell said on Monday that the university’s new campus in Ilha Verde was expected to become operational in the first term of the 2016/2017 academic year if the construction goes smoothly. Stilwell made the remarks after a signing ceremony of a co-operation agreement between the university, which is […]
A total of 186 dogs and cats from the Macau Society for the Protection of Animals’ (ANIMA) shelter in Coloane were adopted last year, a number similar to that of 2014, Kiko Ieong Im Fai, an administrative staff member of the group, said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at the society’s animal adoption booth near […]