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Lacklustre sparkle
Closing editor: Luís Gonçalves
The never-ending luxury crisis. Chow Tai Fook, the world’s largest listed jewellery chain by sales, saw the value of its retail sales fall 6pct in Q2. Weak sales in Hong Kong and Macau were cited. The jeweller saw net income plunge 25 per cent for the fiscal year ending March. Heavy discounts have been introduced to move inventory
Year IV
Number 832 Friday July 10, 2015
Publisher: Paulo A. Azevedo
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U-TURN?
Discussions on the universal smoking ban in casinos have started. With casino operators heartened by Alexis Tam’s comments. Originally, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture wanted to limit the number of tourists from Mainland China to Macau. Yesterday, however, his speech in the Legislative Assembly suggested a U-turn. “We are confident in our work of promoting Macau and increasing the number of tourists. There is huge potential to attract more tourists”, the Secretary said. The smoking ban vote is scheduled for today Page
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Tobacco tax to boost grey market
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July 9
Awaiting developments
Far quicker to watch paint dry. But the DSSOPT moves inexorably forward. Maybe. The city’s Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau has yet to conduct land swaps for six parcels of land acquired from land grantees for public projects and private projects. Including Wynn Macau, MGM China, and Galaxy Macau
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Investment www.macaubusinessdaily.com
Angel card shuffle trademark arguments rebuffed Page 6
HSI - Movers
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Beijing’s moved swiftly. To arrest nosediving markets. Stocks rebounded yesterday. While authorities stepped up probes into illegal trading activities promising retribution
Available Windsor Arch units sold out Page 6
MGM Resorts International sells two Reno casinos Page 8
A price gap of nearly MOP40. The likely retail price difference in a packet of cigarettes sold here and in Zhuhai. That is, once the new MSAR tobacco tax is introduced. Tax will leap from 33pct to 70pct. Encouraging a sharp rise in the grey market, says a trade chamber
Stable signs
Kwan Tsui Hang urges competition for energy market Page 7
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Hong Kong Exchanges
+14.85
China Resources Land
+11.77
China Overseas Land &
+10.67
Want Want China Hol
+8.58
Tencent Holdings Ltd
+8.31
China Petroleum & Che
-0.49
CLP Holdings Ltd
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Bank of China Ltd
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-1.88
Bank of Communicatio
-5.26
Source: Bloomberg
Embryonic entrepreneurs
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Start with MOP100. Local youths can ‘practise’ big business in Hengqin. Courtesy of the Sun Kian Ip Group, eager to seed and grow budding entrepreneurs. The company wants to assist 10,000 youths start their own business. Using the company’s Young Entrepreneurs Building in Hengqing as the investment vehicle and escalating costs. They forecast a drop of 34 pct in revenues this year, with 2016 still in the red
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