Macau Business Daily, Aug 26, 2014

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MOP 6.00 Closing editor: Sara Farr Publisher: Paulo A. Azevedo Number 612 Tuesday August 26, 2014

No end in sight A

Year III

s many as 5,000 gaming workers took to the streets yesterday. The wave of protests has lasted almost a month. Police put the number of demonstrators at 1,400. Organisers say at one point 7,000 unhappy workers marched. Some wore stickers identifying the casino company they worked for. Police were out in strength, with minor clashes observed. Another protest is scheduled for the end of the week PAGE

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Opinions can change in the blink of an eye. Or so it seems. SJM executive director Ambrose So has performed an unexpected U-turn on the dealer issue. He recently went on record saying the government should approve the hiring of foreign workers to take up casino dealer positions. And rationalised why. He now favours the government’s localsonly policy

Future Bright to launch two Korean food chains in Macau Page 5

Deswell’s net sales shrink 19.7 pct Page 6

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Fledgling flame

HSI - Movers August 25

As many as 6,000 citizens have already cast their votes. The government deems the civil referendum ‘illegal’. Hosted by three local pro-democracy associations, the referendum seeks opinions on universal suffrage and the Chief Executive’s performance. Voting will run until August 30, a day before the official CE election. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has been handed files on four vote-collating volunteers

More casino workers When it comes to manpower, the gaming sector wins hands down. Its workforce increased 3.5 percent to just over 55,500 in the 2Q. Monthly wages averaged MOP20,160 excluding bonuses and allowances. But other professions are catching up

Name

%Day

China Petroleum & Ch

4.28

BOC Hong Kong Holdi

2.31

Cheung Kong Holding

1.37

MTR Corp Ltd

1.28

CNOOC Ltd

1.19

China Mengniu Dairy

-1.72

Want Want China Ho

-1.86

China Resources Ente

-2.05

China Shenhua Energ

-3.01

CITIC Pacific Ltd

-3.28

Source: Bloomberg

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Taiwan’s Wei family took the leading role. It has acquired majority shareholding of China Network Systems (CNS), the top cable TV operator on the island. Australia and China are now discussing the role of media in promoting both countries’ links in a Sydney forum Page 9

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