Daily Archives: Thursday, January 4, 2024
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Parking meter system impractical and outdated
The street-side parking meter system was discussed again yesterday at the Central District Community Advisory Board meeting. Board member António Monteiro raised the matter again, following ... -
Morgan Stanley forecasts GGR growth of 28% in 2024
The gross gaming revenue (GGR) of local casinos should grow this year by 28%, investment bank and wealth management firm Morgan Stanley has forecast. According to ... -
12,000 residents live and work in Hengqin
About 12,000 Macau residents live and work in Hengqin, of which 266 are students, according to the Administrative Affairs Bureau of the Cooperation Zone. 2024 is the ... -
City sees 1,000 MICE events in 2023
The Macau SAR saw some 1,000 conventions and exhibitions in 2023, achieving the city’s set target. According to data from the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion ... -
Transport Bureau pledges extra payment methods at HZMB parking
Additional payment methods will be introduced at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge West Carpark, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has stated in response to an earlier inquiry by ... -
Prosecutors allege publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China
Prosecutors yesterday alleged that Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai had encouraged the city’s residents to protest and urged the U.S. to take action against ... -
Number of junkets plunges to 18 this year
Macau has again seen a reduction of licensed junkets this year after figures from the government show the number of gaming promoters has been slashed to ... -
Williams wins 2023 Macau Snooker Masters
Welsh player Mark Williams clinched the title at the 2023 Macau Snooker Masters last week. The final afternoon session saw Williams hold a lead of 5-3 ... -
HZMB welcomes over 16 million passengers in 2023
More than 16.3 million inbound and outbound passengers and 3.26 million vehicles passed through Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) in 2023, 1.29 times ... -
Hotel guests nearly double in November
A total of 1,202,000 guests checked in at Macau’s hotel establishments in November, leaping 194.5% year-on-year. The latest Statistics and Census Service report showed guests from ... -
Unemployment rate drops to 2.3% in September-November
The general unemployment rate from September to November was 2.3%, down slightly by 0.1 percentage points from the August-October period. The latest report from Macau’s Statistics ... -
Smart traffic lights to increase to 80%
The city’s smart traffic lights is expected to increase to about 80% within this year (2024), according to the Transport Bureau (DSAT). The city has some ... -
Access road construction of 4th Bridge concludes on Taipa bank
The construction of access roads to the fourth Macau-Taipa Bridge has concluded on the Taipa bank, with entry onto the bridge now linked via a flyover ... -
UM extends Open Day to Hengqin
The University of Macau (UM) will hold its UM Open Day 2024 on Jan. 14, with the event taking place in both Macau and Hengqin. Themed ... -
Gaming ops to hold job-matching session this month
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has joined with the six gaming operators to launch job-matching sessions this month. According to the DSAL, six sessions will provide ... -
Tourism leaders hopeful ahead of 2024 and new measures
Local tourism industry association leaders Andy Wu and Paul Wong are hopeful of 2024 being a good year for Macau’s tourism sector, they said in interviews ... -
Why ‘bleisure’ travel gives short-term rentals like Airbnb a boost over hotels
Remote and hybrid work has affected many industries, from commercial real estate to downtown restaurants. And it has impacted how many workers, unfettered by office attendance ... -
MGM to pay one-month bonus to team members by CNY
Gaming operator MGM has announced that a discretionary bonus, equivalent to one month’s salary, will be paid to eligible team members. The bonus is scheduled to ... -
Sands China named in Sustainability Indices
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) have listed Sands China Ltd. in both their World and Asia Pacific rankings, marking Sands China’s second consecutive year on the former and its third on the ... -
Taiwan reports China allegedly sent four spy balloons over the island, some near key air force base
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that China sent four balloons over the island, three of which passed near to a key air force base. The reported incursions ... -
Sheikh Hasina once fought for democracy; her critics say she now threatens it
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is facing a general election Sunday, a vote she is all but certain to win. Critics say it could further tighten ... -
States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilities
The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its ... -
1951 Communist forces to re-take Seoul
Chinese and North Korean troops are reported to be close to capturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began ... -
‘Creative chaos’ survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?
The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, ... -
Poland advances to semis with win over China, France progress to quarterfinals
Poland became the first team through to the United Cup semifinals with a dominant 3-0 win over China in Perth yesterday after France completed a sweep ... -
In public domain, early Mickey Mouse version will star in horror movies
The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney’s copyright as of this week, ... -
Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash
A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger ... -
Attacks on navigation in the Red Sea, more inflation in Europe
In recent weeks, invoking solidarity with the Palestinians of Gaza, the Yemeni Houthi Ansarallah movement has attacked cargo ships “linked to Israel” off the coast of ... -
Thursday, January 4, 2024 – edition no. 4398
* ‘Dumb’ parking — Parking meter system in Macau impractical and outdated, advisory says while calling for a ‘smart’ solution * Gaming 2024 | GGR to ...
