Gaming industry in Macau already achieving better than breakeven results
MNA - Macau - 19/01/2021
The local gaming industry is already achieving better than breakeven EBITDA at current revenue levels, analysts with Sanford C. Bernstein indicated in a 2021 gaming industry outlook.
The brokerage had previously informed that the first 10 days of January reported some…
2021 Legislative Assembly elections will be carried out successfully
Macau Business - 18/01/2021
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng indicated today (Monday) that despite the on-going pandemic the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections will be carried out “successfully”.
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the 2021 AL elections has already been created, with his chairman…
Casino empire Sheldon Adelson turned water into casinos and wealth in Macau
Macau Business - 13/01/2021
The founder of the Las Vegas Sands casino empire, Sheldon Adelson, died yesterday at the age of 87, victim of cancer, with the American businessman having irrevocably changed Macau forever.
Macau government recognizes space for improvement in women's rights
Hoje Macau - 29/12/2020
The Macau Government highlighted the creation of legislation to combat domestic violence in a report delivered this year to the UN on discrimination against women, but acknowledged that there is room for improvement. The document indicates that none of the complaints…
Macau students in United Kingdom impacted by mutated virus
TDM - Macau - 23/12/2020
The discovery of a mutated coronavirus strain is affecting macau students who are in United Kingdom.
Some students in the UK told TDM they have reconsidered their plans to return home following the newest development.
For Macau students studying overseas, Christmas is…
Covid-19: Quarantine in Macau goes to 21 days; Exceptionality to save China and Taiwan
TDM - Macau - 22/12/2020
Since 10 pm yesterday, the mandatory quarantine has increased from 14 to 21 days.
The announcement was made at a press conference, an hour before it went into effect.
The measure was justified with the new transmissions of Covid-19 in the world detected after 14 days…
Leader of the people, Man of the year
Plataforma - Macau - 19/12/2020
A leader with fiber, authoritarian but expeditious, to whom SARS-CoV2 gave the opportunity to demonstrate strong and decisive leadership. Ho Iat Seng comes to the end of his first year in office with unbeatable levels of popularity, underpinned by the Government’s…
Covid-19: Macau was one of the most affected economies in Asia
Hoje Macau - 16/12/2020
The International Labor Organization estimates that Macau was the territory of the Asia-Pacific region whose economy was most affected by the crisis generated by the pandemic.
The global report of the institution belonging to the United Nations outlines a scenario of…
Macau denies obliging schools to teach in Mandarin
Hoje Macau - 15/12/2020
The Directorate of Education and Youth Services (DSEJ) says that schools have the autonomy to choose the language of instruction, and that mandarin classes have never been mandatory.
The organization defends that the academic requirements go through the “need for…
Covid-19: Macau bought vaccines produced in China, Europe and the United States
Hoje Macau - 15/12/2020
Pharmaceutical companies Sinopharm, BioNTech and AstraZeneca were chosen to vaccinate a population in Macau against covid-19.
400,000 doses were purchased from each one, with the first expected to arrive before March. Children under 16 and pregnant women will not be…