Macau Business Daily, July 31, 2014

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himelong Park is right next door. And it could eventually channel millions of visitors to Macau. A report suggests the theme park could be a ‘valuable’ aid in diversifying Macau’s tourism offering beyond gaming. Some 80 percent of Chimelong visitors surveyed intend to visit Macau at least three times next year. Improved infrastructure, promotion and a bigger-capacity Cotai will help drive visitation

MOP 6.00 Publisher: Paulo A. Azevedo

Closing editor: Sara Farr

The Hengqin factor

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Number 594 Thursday July 31, 2014

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Rolling along

Disappointing first half for Hutchison

907 new motorcycles were registered in Macau last month alone. That’s a 57 percent increase compared to a year ago. And 32 percent increase over the month of May. The high cost of car parking space is being blamed Page

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Arrested gaming kingpin’s diplomatic status cancelled

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Wynn’s winning ways All eyes are on Wynn Palace. Steve Wynn says the casino hotel will open on schedule, in Cotai, in 2016. The US$4 billion project is to have a ‘very positive expectation,’ according to Wynn executives. Meanwhile, the peninsula property has some surprises up its Chinese New Year sleeve Page

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Class act In Q2 alone, Macau Foundation gifted subsidies worth half a billion patacas. Most went to four single educational institutions. Educational causes were favoured last year, as well

HSI - Movers July 30

Name

%Day

Wharf Holdings Ltd

3.38

Hang Lung Propertie

3.38

Sun Hung Kai Proper

3.21

China Merchants Ho

2.73

MTR Corp Ltd

2.66

Galaxy Entertainme

-1.14

Tencent Holdings Lt

-1.46

China Resources Po

-1.81

Hong Kong Exchang

-2.12

Lenovo Group Ltd

-2.23

Source: Bloomberg

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OCBC rises most since April

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The Chinese Government has unveiled a big plan. It involves moving 100 million people. From the countryside to urban areas by 2020. The removal of the hukou policy will make for greater flexibility Page 8

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