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— Without much surprise, gov’t extends current gaming concessions for six months, but concessionaires have yet to submit requests * Gaming Law | Satellite casino still core of debate at parliament *
* Peaks of March — Hong Kong reports record 55k Covid cases; mainland doctor predicts peak at 100k this month * Covid-19 | Border Gate mass testing returns full negative results * Lawmakers
* Int’l high — Pui Ching expected to run international school in Coloane * Putin’s War | Russian missile hit major city causing mayhem * Local parliament has finally greenlit the bill that
— Over 8,000 people to be tested in Border Gate vicinity after regular commuter from Zhuhai tests positive * AL | Lawmakers concerned over quarantine facilities * Corruption trial | Two property
* Putin’s War | Russian nuclear on high alert * Red packets | Gov’t studying new round of consumption subsidy * Tourism | Record-breaking weekend on visitor arrivals * Local realtor estimates Macau
— Russia invades Ukraine as Putin threatens the West with ‘consequences you have never seen’ * Airport 2022: Passenger traffic and flight movements are projected to recover to about 30% of
* Mandatory jabs? — CDC division head hints at mandatory Covid-19 vaccination * Macau property prices to see another downturn: JLL * East meets West | Debut exhibition at Sands Gallery * Next stop?
— Macau bans Hong Kong arrivals from booking optional quarantine hotels while Carrie Lam orders mass testing in 8-million neighboring SAR * Rosario refuses lead role on urban renewal * Visitor arrivals
— Women’s Federation presses government for more support for unemployed seeking jobs * Urban farmer: Incentives needed to encourage city greening * Visitor spending in 2021 soared to MOP24 billion, a 104.8%
— Hong Kong is sinking under the fifth wave of Covid-19, causing authorities to postpone election, impose stringent anti-virus controls as over 6,000 new cases were reported; Macau and Beijing
— Health authorities make contingency plans for potential Covid-19 outbreak while civil servants must complete vaccination before February 21 * Tuesday plenary | AL committee awaits gov’t reply on gaming bill
* 40 local students to return from Hong Kong from today * Chinese nation moving with Macau towards the ‘great rejuvenation’: Fu Ziying * Wynn Macau saw ‘meaningful growth’ in both premium
— Post CNY gaming revenue surge driven by strong visitation * The key role of English, Portuguese local media, according to Ho * Proceeds from Macau Famine 2022 expected at last year
— Gov’t wants to replace obsolete scooters with electric models, pays MOP3,500 * Group estimates Prosperity Index to rise this quarter * Gov’t insists on barring entry of foreign domestic workers * A
— A civil servant group is calling on gov’t for sufficient quarantine hotel rooms for student returnees; however, MGTO admitted it has become difficult for hoteliers to agree on converting
— MGM seeks to convert former junket players to direct players amid sector’s turmoil * Transportation | Public bus budget at MOP970m in 2021 * GBA | Hengqin issues first license to
— Nevada union calls for investigation in US into Suncity’s relationship with gaming operators * Events | Macao International 10K budgeted at MOP8 million * Crime | Croupier caught stealing HKD161,000 in
— Gongbei Border Customs top official Xiong Zhenguo expelled from post after he was found to have accepted gifts, banquets and travel arrangements contravening the ‘spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation’ *
— Chinese New Year arrivals at just over 113,000, lower than gov’t estimate, but 25% up from last year * Crime | Croupier couple cons man out of HKD2.2 million * Gaming
* CNY Festivity returns to Macau * Falling debris cases plunge in 2021 * The 2022 Sands China Macao International 10K will be held on March 20; registration will begin February 12 *
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