The MGM Grand Macau opened its doors in 2007
MGM Grand Macau To Relaunch Brand With Mainland Visitors In Mind: According to analysts, the MGM Grand Macau has fallen behind its Macau rivals as a result of failing to meet the expectations — or suit the tastes — of Chinese patrons, something MGM Grand Paradise Ltd. President Grant Bowie told the paper he plans to address by transforming the MGM Grand Macau into “a Chinese brand.” (Via Jing Daily :.)
China’s self-developed supertanker completed in south China port: China’s largest self-developed supertanker has been completed in south China’s Guangdong Province and was expected to set sail in late January. The 333-meter-long and 60-meter-wide oil tanker, named Xinpuyang, was designed and built by the Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China. The tanker was handed over to the buyer, China Shipping (Group) Company, in Nansha Port in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong on Friday. (Via China – People’s Daily Online.)
Pollution chokes Hong Kong: Hong Kong is famous for its skyline, but that view is often hidden behind a thick blanket of smog. Air pollution reached dangerous levels one in every eight days in 2009. (Via Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong Herald.com.)
Survey shows Chinese women unwilling to marry Japanese ‘old men’: A survey conducted by a multinational matchmaking company in Tokyo, Japan shows that expectations of Chinese women on Japanese men have improved. The first requirement of Chinese women for their partners is ‘young’, flowed by conditions such as ‘personality and character’, ‘appearance’ and ‘income’, according to the survey. The result broke the traditional impression of matching old men and young women. The majority of respondents felt that the reason why Japanese men chose to marry Chinese women is that the majority of women around them are too young and they can not find a suitable Japanese wife. (People’s Daily) (Via News On Japan.)
Tiger Airways makes a loud roar on debut: IT WAS a roaring debut for Tiger Airways on its first day on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as it confounded skeptics and delighted investors who had bought the IPO stock despite widespread cynicism over its valuation and growth model. (Via Business Times Online – All The Headlines.)
UPS Adds 101 New Locations In China: UPS plans to increase its global service parts logistics network significantly, by establishing 101 new field stocking locations in China. According to Brad Mitchell, the president of UPS Logistics and Distribution, UPS China is a critical part of the growth strategy of many companies worldwide and UPS’s regional and global FSL network is positioned to support these companies after-market needs in Asia. He pointed out that the UPS network was already the world’s largest logistics network. (Via China Sourcing News.)
Singapore’s retail sales down 1.4% year-on-year in Nov 2009: Singapore’s retail sales decreased by 1.4 percent in November 2009 compared with a year ago, according to Singapore Department of Statistics on Friday. Turnover of motor vehicles in November 2009 decreased by 16 percent, while food and beverages sales fell by 3.1 percent over a year ago. In contrast, sales of watches and jewelry, medical goods and toiletries, furniture and household equipment increased by between 7.2 percent and 14.8 percent. (Via Business – People’s Daily Online.)
Google’s loss could be Baidu’s gain: Domestic search firm Baidu Inc could be the biggest beneficiary of a possible pullout from China by Internet major Google, leading industry experts said yesterday. The NASDAQ-listed Baidu already dominates the Chinese search landscape and it has signaled its intentions to spread wings, even before Google hinted at a pullout. The California-based Google could see an exodus of advertisers from the Chinese mainland and see them switching to Baidu. (Via Business – People’s Daily Online.)
Mainland Chinese Tourists Spent $42 Billion Overseas In 2009 – Mainland Tourist Spending Abroad Outspent International Tourist Spending In China For The First Time: Chinese Media is reporting this week that outbound tourists from mainland China spent some $42 billion overseas (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) last year, outspending inbound international tourists for the first time. Though articles do point out that the majority of first-time outbound tourists from the mainland went to nearby Hong Kong (18%) and Macau (16%) — two very accessible destinations for Chinese tourists, who typically travel there for quick weekend jaunts or shopping sprees — more of them are heading to more distant locales, staying longer, and spending more. (Via Jing Daily :.)
Taiwan Semiconductor to hire 3,000 engineers amid expansion: (ChinaPost.com.tw) – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest custom-chip maker, plans to recruit more than 3,000 engineers this year as the company expands. (Via Taiwan Headlines – Business.)
Macau at Night
The authorities attached importance to issues concerning young people employment and have used different channels to provide teenagers with up-to-date employment information, the daily quoted the SAR’s Labour Affairs Bureau Director Shuen Ka Hung as saying.
According to Shuen, the bureau not only set up “recruitment and employment matching” on the Internet, but also held career talks so as to help improve local young people’s understanding of Macao’s employment market. read more at news.xinhuanet.com…
