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Macau,
— 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 *
— Another junket boss and an associate were arrested by the police in the course of the investigations linked to Suncity’s case * CNY | Celebrations, predictions of Year of the
* Two quarantines — Hong Kong shortens quarantine for foreign arrivals to 14 days, Macau keeps it unchanged * Macau GP to consider EV races if they gain in popularity * A total
— Academic estimates this year’s tourist arrivals can reach as much as 20 million * Gaming | Wynn signs multibillion-dollar deal to develop casino in UAE sheikhdom * Hao vs LVS |
— Macau’s seeing a pandemic-boosted trend of expatriates shipping personal goods back home * Macau joins other jurisdictions welcoming back B737 MAX * Covid-19 | Hong Kong virus cluster in housing prompts
— Macau is left without orchestras following the abrupt lay off of all their musicians; IC says the decision is related to the privatization process in place * Economy | Macau’s
— A number of employees from gaming operators were allegedly forced to take unpaid leave due to their yellow health code status, says gaming rights activist Cloee Chao * Melinda Chan
— Authorities said that private companies can ‘force’ citizens to record their itinerary on entry to their premises, adding it is acceptable to follow gov’t without breaching the law * Social
* Zhuhai safe zone — Nearly three million in Zhuhai test negative for Covid-19 after 24 positive cases detected * No hamsters in Macau tested positive for Covid-19: IAM * The government is
* Train toll — LRT Hengqin, Seac Pai Van lines to cost MOP8 billion overall * New Gaming Law | Junkets permitted if attached to a single-concessionaire * Another two residents have reported
— Most wouldn’t expect the ‘permanent’ residency status to have an expiry date, but according to an investigation by the Times into the matter, this is not so clear * Covid-19
— Macau plans to give up to six gaming concessions with duration capped at 10 years; casino shares surged up to 17% following the long-awaited decision that arrived ‘over promised
* Not public works — Former DSSOPT chief Carion busted in another corruption case * Health Bureau | 3,000 being tracked after case in Tanzhou, nursery closed in Taipa * Intensive cooperation zone
— Hengqin launches series of subsidies for Macau companies, workers for cooperation zone projects * Macau regatta, the only int’l sailing event in GBA this year * Covid-19 | Omicron may be
— Amid concession renewal uncertainty, Fitch Ratings says Western operators will not be ‘treated differently’ * Beijing investigates over 17,000 cross-border gambling ops * Anyang | China locks down third city amid
— Property agency confident city will see 6,000 residential transactions this year * Gov’t retrieves plots A3 and A4 of Nam Van * MUST survey | local consumers losing confidence in spending *
— Cyprus discovered a new strain of coronavirus that combines the Delta and Omicron variant. Yet, its impact is too early to tell * Associations discouraged from organizing CNY celebrations * Govt:
— The government is contemplates mandating a ‘vaccine bubble’ – requiring people to provide proof of vaccination status before being permitted to enter indoor public and commercial facilities * Xplorer Prize
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