Macau gambling revenue falls 3.3 per cent in 2016 for the 3rd year in a row.
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Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Wang Zhimin said in his New Year address on Sunday his office believed that the local government will plan and carry out its work in line with the central government’s overall national strategy and with the objective of maintaining the prosperity and stability of Macau, based on President Xi Jinping’s guidelines.
Macau’s airport reported on Monday a record of 6.6 million passengers last year, with over 56,000 aircraft movements, representing a 14 per cent and 2 per cent year-on-year increase.
Central People’s Government Liaison Office Deputy Director Yao Jian said on Thursday that as long as the employment rights of local residents are protected.
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) released a statement on Thursday announcing the cancellation of a fireworks display scheduled after the countdown on New Year’s Eve outside Macau Tower.
Local residents can visit the Macau Museum free of charge every day it is open from January 1, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement on Thursday.
A local man has been arrested for causing a huge fire on Tuesday in a scooter parking area near the Barrier Gate checkpoint which gutted 90 scooters after discarding a lit cigarette, Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chao Wai Kuong said a special press conference on Thursday night.
Prices in Macau reversed the downward trend observed since last March and rose 1.53 per cent year on year in November, higher than the +1.33 per cent recorded in October, according to information from the Statistics and Census Bureau.
President Xi Jinping met Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in Beijing on Friday.