Surely we didn’t reach the top, did we?
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Gaming operators apprehensive with virtually zero growth in September’s first half
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The billions race
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The month of August has brought about some financial recovery, with MOP327 million more than July, the fifth best result of the year. After a strong decrease in September, we are now experiencing a more fearful phase and some say that the next two years will be more quiet. We shall see.
The big news in [...] |
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His master’s voice
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It had to happen. After a period of unprecedented growth, Macau’s casinos are facing a slowdown. The global financial crisis has played its part but there are specific local concerns and Beijing is worried. Can Macau keep the lid on? |
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Wizards of Oz
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Australasia’s gaming industry is feeling the same belt-tightening pain as the rest of us but they also have to contend with a crusading politician who wants to ban slot machines. Their answer? Invite him to speak at the industry’s recent expo in Sydney
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Follow the leader
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Macau’s success spurring Asia’s gaming industry: experts |
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House of cards
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Poker fever is gripping Macau as Chinese gamblers embrace the game but its development in the wider country and region could take some time |
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Creating a gaming workforce
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The Development of an Efficient Application Process For Possible Training Programs |
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Fancy footwork
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A land-lease row over The Venetian’s plans for their Four Seasons development on the Cotai Strip looks set to heat up after lawmaker Au Kam San stumbled upon some ??confidential ?? paperwork. The Venetian, however, sees things differently |
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Safe as houses?
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Not so long ago Macau properties were hailed as a rock-solid investment bet. But does the unfolding nightmare on Wall Street spell the end of the boom? |
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Broadway hits Macau
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Everyone loves a good musical and the genre seems to be making a comeback with the recent Hollywood movie Mama Mia a prime example, now the city is to get a taste |
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Depicting Dynasties
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Some of China’s most precious Ming and Qing Dynasty paintings are in Macau. Their exhibition presents the perfect chance to view a collection of masterpieces which helped shape the Middle Kingdom over six centuries
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Il Trittico treat
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The work of great Italian composer Puccini is no stranger to Macau and later this month one of the renowned artist’s best works opens at the Macau Cultural Centre |
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A Lasting Legacy
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One of a series of exhibitions in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Macau Museum includes the historical relics of Zheng Guanying a man who exerted considerable influence on modern China |
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Into the light
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An almost spiritual creation born in Portugal is given new life at a new exhibition of photographs in Macau
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Drilling times ahead
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As Macau-based Polyard Petroleum gets ready to start taking oil from lucrative Brunei fields and presses ahead with big plans in the Philippines,it is still looking further afield |
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Cementing Sino-Luso relations
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Macau has the official tag of the hub for establishing China’s economic and cultural links with the world’s Portuguese-speaking countries. But to what extent is this happening? Macau Business assesses how things have progressed in the five years since the scheme’s inception |
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Damn those grey areas!
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It’s about time we banished these grey areas and clarified everyone’s rights and duties. |
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China and a New Balance of Power
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The last rival superpower to the United States, the Soviet Union, collapsed in 1991. But, apart from its military strength, the USSR was never really powerful enough to counterbalance US influence. In the late 1980’s, Japan seemed capable of challenging America’s industrial leadership, but by the 1990’s it lost its competitive edge. China might itself [...] |
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Uncertainty reigns
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There is a definite whiff of uncertainty in the air – and I’m not talking about the global financial crisis. It’s the one I can feel here, in Macau.
A few previously rock solid indicators appear to be faltering, for sure.
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Spend in haste, repent at leisure: America’s latest bailout plan
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With minds concentrated by fears of another 1930’s-style Great Depression, America’s politicians have adopted, virtually overnight, a $700 billon bailout plan to resuscitate the country’s rapidly deflating financial sector. The final deal is an elaborate piece of financial and political engineering whose ultimate effect is almost impossible to predict. There are good reasons, however, to [...] |
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The american anti-intellectual threat
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In recent years, the United States has been more a source of global instability than a source of global problem-solving. Examples include the war in Iraq, launched by the US on false premises, obstructionism on efforts to curb climate change, meager development assistance, and the violation of international treaties such as the Geneva Conventions. While [...] |
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Small-town napoleons
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Are your bosses accountable to you? Are you tired of being on the receiving end of a tinpot general’s orders? Are you ever consulted about matters that affect you? Are you treated as if you were at the disposal of your boss? Are you weary of being silently compliant, just waiting to receive and obey [...] |
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Electric Dreams
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A Nobel Peace Prize winner will be among the delegates at a electric power conference in Macau at the end of this month. But can the best brains in the business come up with a green solution to the world’s power supply problems?
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Air of confidence
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Former Air Macau chairman David Fei has just left the troubled flagship airline as it passes through a sizeable pocket of fiscal turbulence. Just before he left, Macau Business found him in bullish mood |
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October 2008 News in Brief
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The month in brief |
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