Author: Honey Tsang, MDT
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Tourism | MGTO expects a record high tourist arrivals in Golden Week
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is anticipating a the highest tally of tourist arrivals to Macau since the pandemic in the coming May Golden Week ... -
Gaming | Mid-month GGR projected to hit 35% of pre-pandemic levels
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first 18 days of April is forecast to hit MOP5.5 billion, or MOP280 million per day, according to the ... -
Covid-19 | Vaccination insurance will not cover facial nerve paralysis case: SSM
The insurance program, purchased by the SAR government for local inoculation participants, will not cover the city’s second serious adverse event, which involved a 27-year-old male ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t mulls suspending AstraZeneca vaccines until next year
The government is now considering to push back the import of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines until 2022, Dr Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of the Health Bureau’s Covid-19 ... -
Gaming | VIP Q1 GGR outperforms brokerages’ projections
The VIP segment raked in approximately MOP9.13 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, up 19.7% quarter-to-quarter, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau revealed. The ... -
CE attends Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan
Macau’s Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng is leading a delegation to take part in the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 in Hainan ... -
Animal Protection Law | IAM to release animal abuse data
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) stated that it is now reviewing the possibility of publishing the statistics regarding violations of the Animal Protection Law, which has ... -
Covid-19 | No pregnant women taking vaccine in Macau: SSM
Director of the Health Bureau (SSM) Alvis Lo confirmed yesterday that no pregnant women have received Covid-19 vaccines in Macau. Lo’s remarks came after an ... -
COVID-19 | Gov’t suspends import of AstraZeneca vaccines
The SAR government has suspended the import of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines from the manufacturer, which were originally slated to arrive in Macau in the third quarter ... -
Wong Sio Chak: plans afoot to enhance SAR’s security
Hong Kong’s electoral reform is an “enlightenment” and a “learning opportunity” for the Macau SAR government, which is set to elevate legislation to better defend national ... -
National Security Education Exhibition comes at a good time: CE
The SAR government unveiled the fourth National Security Education Exhibition yesterday. It serves as a platform to bolster public awareness of national security and promote the ... -
Registration for domestic travel packages commences today
The MOP120 million domestic travel scheme, “Stay, Dine and See Macao,” has put the show on the road today. Macau residents can sign up for discounted ... -
Digital consumption fund is redeemable for MGTO travel scheme
The fund in the revised Consumption Benefit Scheme can be used to purchase tourism products of the “Stay, Dine and See Macao” domestic travel scheme, the ... -
Gaming | Mass GGR is ‘comfortably recovering’ whilst VIP fared ‘bad’: JP Morgan
The mass-market demand has been on a path to steady recovery, with its gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecasts set to advance 25% quarter-to-quarter, reaching 48% of ... -
Tourism | Booking data substantiates rapidly growing tourist demand
Booking data released by Trip.com, the largest online travel agency in China, yesterday provided compelling evidence of China’s rapidly growing tourism demand for travel to Macau ... -
Satellite casino allegedly used ploy to coerce staff to resign
It has been alleged that Casino Rio, a satellite casino under the Galaxy Entertainment Group, willfully put a group of long-serving local employees into a tight ... -
Covid-19 | Residents forbidden to alter vaccination record following earlier incident
The government will no longer allow local residents to alter any information relating to their vaccination record, in order to preclude any recurrence of the incident ... -
In charge of their own lives
From afar, Ms. Cheng was looking at her daughter, Jackie, as she attended a lecture about event management. Cheng had never seen Jackie, currently in her ... -
Gaming | Casino EBITDA to drop 23% in Q1: Morgan Stanley
The earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of Macau’s casino sector is forecast to reach USD181 million for the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, ... -
Macau business travel expected to rebound: Beijing
The business travel of both Macau and Hong Kong has shown signs of recovery, Xie Jinying, director-general of the Bureau of International Exchanges and Cooperation of ... -
Tourism Vocational Competition 2021 to underscore GBA integration
The upcoming third edition of the Macao Integrated Tourism and Leisure Enterprises Vocational Skills Competition, jointly organized by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the Macao ... -
Gov’t should lower bar for vocational program: FAOM
The government should lower the application threshold for the Subsidized Vocational Upskill Program to offer assistance for more underemployed and unemployed residents in Macau, Choi Kam ... -
Domestic travel scheme should be extended to weekdays: association
The MOP120 million domestic travel program is instrumental in helping local tour guides take home some earnings, but its scope should be extended to help them ... -
China’s travel surged in Ching Ming; MGTO eyes more visitors in May
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is set to mount a series of online-and-offline promotions in mainland cities before Golden Week in May to entice more ... -
410,000 Macau Facebook users involved in data leaks
More than 410,000 Facebook accounts in Macau have had their personal information leaked in the tech giant’s data breaches saga, according to the Office for Personal ... -
UM forecasts unemployment rate to drop up to 3.3%
Macau’s unemployment rate among local residents is forecast to drop from 3.6% in 2020 to the range of 3.2% and 3.3% this year. The University of ... -
March GGR hits record high since pandemic, boding well for future recovery
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) in March is music to the ears – it totals MOP8.31 billion, a record monthly high since the Covid-19 outbreak. The ... -
Gov’t uncommon hardline stance to US may be counter-productive: Law expert
The Macau Government’s uncompromising reply to the U.S.’s 2020 Human Rights Report was a “stark contrast to its previous approaches.” This suggests that “it was very ... -
Melco posted huge loss for 2020, remains optimistic for 2021
Melco International Development Limited (Melco) posted a net loss of HKD12.38 billion for the full year of 2020, according to the group’s financial report released on ... -
Macau set for tourism rebound with expanded airport: CE
The Macau SAR government capitalized on the downtime during the Covid-19 pandemic to enhance the city’s airport infrastructure and gear itself up for the forthcoming influx ... -
Gov’t to institute new department and legislation for TCM: Ao Ieong U
The SAR government is set to establish a new dedicated department and legal framework to lay the groundwork for the surveillance and manufacturing of traditional Chinese ... -
Ponte 16 drags Success Universe from profit to loss in 2020
Ponte 16, a flagship investment project of Hong Kong-listed company Success Universe Group Ltd (Group), posted a negative adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization ... -
MICE leaders positive about business in H2 2021
The meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry is sanguine about the prospect of the MICE sector in Macau in the second half of 2021. Some ... -
MGTO to partner with local enterprises to foster tourism
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is intending to forge a tighter partnership with local enterprises and co-create a diverse range of tourism offerings and products ... -
G2E Asia Online Expo to convene on May 25
Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia — considered to be a key annual casino fair for Asia’s gaming and entertainment industry — has made up lost ...
