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Macau's 6 gaming operators vow to invest US$13.5 billion in 10 years in non-gaming attractions

Macau’s six rival gaming operators reaffirmed yesterday their formal commitment to invest a total of 108.7 billion patacas (US$13.5 billion) in non-gaming attractions over a 10-year period starting next year.The six companies, which signed their respective concession agreements with the government on Friday, reiterated their investment pledges during a joint conference at the Macau World Trade Centre yesterday morning. The presser was also attended by Secretary for Administration and Justice,

December 18, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau's COVID-19 death toll rises by 2 to 9

Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced today that two more elderly people died of COVID-19 yesterday, raising the city's novel coronavirus death toll to 9. Both were not vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a statement by the centre, both victims - a female aged 74 and a male aged 83 – had suffered from various underlying diseases. The female victim had suffered from diabetes, chronic renal insufficiency, and hepatic hemangioma She

December 17, 2022 | BY admin

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CE Ho inks new concession contracts with 6 incumbent gaming operators

The Macau government announced today the final results of its public tender for the special administrative region's six new gaming concessions. The government published a raft of executive orders on the new gaming concessions in today's Official Gazette. Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng signed the six gaming concession agreements one by one with the enterprises' representatives at Government Headquarters earlier today. A statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said

December 16, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau axes arrivals' mandatory hotel quarantine from tomorrow

Macau's Health Bureau (SSM) announced this morning that its long-running requirement of mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals from Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as foreign countries will be scrapped from 00:00 tomorrow. According to an SSM statement, the 5-day mandatory hotel quarantine will be replaced by 5-day home quarantine. Previously, arrivals from Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign countries needed to undergo five days hotel quarantine, followed by three days of isolation at

December 16, 2022 | BY admin

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83 pct of residents find e-govt convenient: survey

The findings of a survey show that among 787 respondents, 83 percent said they agreed that the development of e-government has made their daily life more convenient, while 80 percent said that the development of e-government enables them to handle public services much easier, indicating that young people were generally satisfied with the current e-government development in Macau and the government’s mobile app “Macao One Account”, based on the satisfaction scores of 6.77 and 6.91 out of

December 16, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lawmakers pass junket bill with max commission of 1.25 pct

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said yesterday that the maximum percentage of the commission that the city’s junkets – officially known as gaming promoters – are allowed to be paid from gaming operators is 1.25 percent of the rolling chip turnover.The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a bill regulating the city’s junket operators, the outline of which was passed by the lawmakers in April.Lei made the remarks during a plenary session in the legislature’s

December 16, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lawmakers pass assisted reproductive technology bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating assisted reproductive technology (ART) services in the city.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.After yesterday’s passage of its outline, the bill will be passed to one of the legislature’s standing committees for article-by-article review, after which it will be

December 16, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Beer-fest & Macau-Qingdao Week kick off at Wynn Palace

“The 2nd Macau-Qingdao Beer & Cultural Festival and the 1st Macau-Qingdao Week” kicked off yesterday at Wynn Palace in Cotai.According to a statement by the event’s organising committee yesterday, the beer-fest, featuring China’s world-famous “Tsingtao Beer” as well as “Macau Beer” and “Portuguese Beer” is taking place at Wynn Palace South Entrance, opens daily from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. to December 31.During the “Macau-Qingdao Week”, the statement said, Qingdao

December 16, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Celebrate Christmas at NOVA Mall

NOVA Mall said in a recent statement that it has a range of Christmas activities lined up for festive season through its “Let’s Celebrate Christmas Under the Star @ NOVA Mall” campaign themed “wishing upon a star”.The statement noted that the mall’s atrium has been transformed into the “Starry Garden”, which features thousands of “Starry Wands” and an over 4.5-metre tall giant Starry Wishing Bottle installation.Customers spending 500 patacas or more on a single transaction