Macau Business Daily, Feb 4, 2015

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MOP 6.00 Year III

Number 722 Wednesday February 4, 2015

Publisher: Paulo A. Azevedo

Closing editor: Sara Farr

Jimei to expand junket business in Macau, team up with Packer in Oz | PAGE 5

Apps calling the shots

Telecommunications are the lifeblood of modern life. Spawning industries, products and services to match. Usually the operators are several steps ahead. But they may have been caught napping. They say revenues have dropped for local SMS services and calls. These are reserved for ‘special days’ as more people resort to mobile apps and free wi-fi. Increased mobile data usage isn’t compensating for declining revenue of SMS and calls, says an operator Page

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Crime creeping up Overall crime increased 4.5pct in 2014. Authorities say gamingrelated crimes – increased from 2,599 in 2013 to 3,023 last year alone. Some 71 people were illegally detained due to gambling: an 82pct increase over the previous year

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HSI - Movers February 3

Name

%Day

Lenovo Group Ltd

7.27

China Life Insurance

4.52

Hengan International

3.72

CNOOC Ltd

3.50

Ping An Insurance Gr

3.35

Henderson Land Devel

-1.77

Sun Hung Kai Propert

-1.88

Wharf Holdings Ltd/T

-2.47

Sino Land Co Ltd

-3.04

Cathay Pacific Airwa

-3.67

Source: Bloomberg

I SSN 2226-8294

The money movers Money talks, so say many. In Macau, it tops the list of employees’ reasons to move job. The 2015 Asia Salary Snapshot study by Links International confirms what most suspect. Career progression follows as a factor. With work/life balance next. Some 57.1 pct of employers anticipate increasing salaries this year, to varying degrees

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Common sense stocks The rules are increasingly tightening up. For listed companies in Chinese markets. Prompting investors to quit speculating and move their bets to blue chips. Laws trump common sense once more

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Paradise spreads its wings

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Paradise Ent. has deployed 78 multi-game terminals in Grand Lisboa. Bringing the company’s total to 120 in SJM’s flagship property. Paradise also announced that 24 live multi-game terminals on trial at The Palazzo in Las Vegas since November 2013 have been converted into ‘an outright sale’

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