Casino revenue growth accelerates despite weak mainland economy

Findings of a survey released yesterday show a rise in Macau employees’ overall confidence and a slight decrease in their satisfaction last month compared to a year earlier, the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) announced yesterday.On a scale of 1 to 5, last month’s Macau employee confidence index stood at 3.16 with a 3.8 percent increase year on year, while the satisfaction index stood at 3.35 with a 0.48 percent year-on-year decrease.The annual Macau Employee Confidence

A small stone fell from the façade of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ruins of St. Paul’s during heavy rainfall on June 12, and the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that “for the time being” it believes that the incident was caused by lightning that struck the second tier of the iconostasis niche on the top of the façade of the monument, pointing that the stone was “probably” repair material used when the niche was restored years ago.An iconostasis is a