Views on China | Macau’s no sucker in this Chinese gambling experiment

Beijing has had enough of foreign governments eating its lunch. Authorities are drafting a proposal to allow gambling on Hainan Island, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing people who

Monday, February 5, 2018 – edition no. 2980

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AL releases Sulu’s suspension documents

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has finally agreed to the requests made by lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho, to allow access to the documents sent by the legislative

Massachusetts casino panel: Wynn settlement was kept from us

Following sexual abuse allegations against casino magnate Steve Wynn, a Massachusetts Gaming Commission investigator said Wednesday information about a USD7.5 million settlement was kept from state officials

University of Iowa to remove Steve Wynn name from institute

The University of Iowa on Wednesday announced plans to remove casino mogul Steve Wynn’s name from the school’s vision research institute in light of sexual misconduct allegations

Gaming | Casinos start year with best revenue gain since 2014

Gross gaming receipts rose 36 percent in January to MOP26.3 billion (USD3.3 billion), Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said yesterday. That was better than the

Briefs | IC launches service to apply for filming permits

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) launched the Coordination Service for Filming Permit Application. The application is designed to simplify the procedure for local and foreign filmmakers to apply

Macau franchisees target more international brands

Franchising in Macau is becoming more globalized, according to Wang Xin, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator at the Faculty of International Tourism and Management of the

Financial Secrecy Index | Macau ranks 22nd on tax secrecy list

The 2018 edition of the Financial Secrecy Index has placed Macau in the 22nd position on the list of the most secret locations regarding tax

Imports up by 6.3pct in 2017

In December 2017 total merchandise imports recorded a growth of 17.2 percent year-on-year to reach MOP7.95 billion and total merchandise exports grew 20.1 percent year-on-year to MOP905

Education | 1,800 jobs offered at IPM Careers Fair

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) Careers Day  was held at the IPM campus yesterday. Over the Careers Fair period a total of 1,800 job

Sonia Chan involved in dispute over flat blaze

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, and her husband, the chief of office of the Prosecutor General, Tam Peng Tong, have become involved in a

Electric buses will take over half the world’s fleet by 2025

Nearly half of the municipal buses on the road around the world will be electric within seven years, with China expected to dominate the

Chinese tycoon said to near US hotel purchase

Chinese real estate tycoon Cai Kui’s family office is in advanced talks to buy a U.S. hotel portfolio from MassMutual for as much as USD800 million, a

Alibaba to buy a third of Ant Financial, paving way for IPO

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will buy 33 percent of Ant Financial, helping to clear the way for an initial public offering of the Chinese payments

Corporate Bits | Jardines career expo to be held tomorrow

Organized by the Jardine Matheson Group, the first-ever Jardines Career Expo Macau will be held tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mandarin Oriental

Ningde | The rise of China’s colossus of electric-car batteries

The next global powerhouse in the auto industry comes from a small city in a tea-growing province of southeast China, where an unheralded maker of

Yu Wensheng | Germany urges release of detained human rights lawyer

Germany is calling on China to release a prominent human rights lawyer charged with inciting subversion, drawing a sharp rebuke from Beijing. German Human Rights Commissioner

May meets Xi on visit focused on post-Brexit

The meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing came a day after May called for expanding the “global strategic partnership” between the two

AP Exclusive | Agency confirms five unreported Myanmar mass graves

The faces of the men half- buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir could only recognize his

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