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Extractions: Wikipedia Pataca The Pataca is the monetary unit of Macau currency code MOP ). Monetary policy is managed by the Monetary Authority of Macau . The abbreviation MOP$ is commonly used. 1 Pataca is divided into 100 "Avo". The name "pataca" was derived from the then popular silver coin in Asia , the Mexican eight Reales, known in Portuguese as the Pataca Mexicana. The Pataca was also used in Portuguese Timor , now East Timor , until , when it was replaced by the Escudo The obverse and reverse of a 1 Pataca coin issued in 1952 The bank notes and coins are in the following denominations: Bank notes: 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Patacas
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Extractions: Página Oficial de Macau In Portuguese and English. Macau reverts to mainland China rule Dec. 31, 1999. After that it will be Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), similar to that of Hong Kong (KHSAR). Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre is a non-profit joint venture between Macau Government and the private sector. The vision of CPTTM is to support enterprises to utilize effectively new conceptual thinking, information and resources in order to increase the value-added of its products or services. The aim is to promote higher productivity and stronger competitiveness of the firm. To improve the competitive position and long term growth and profitability of existing companies. To encourage and support the formation and growth of new business on a selective basis. To provide support and help local reinvestments, foreign investments, and joint venture projects in Macau. To quicken the pace of industrial diversification. ISO Certification. EDI. Quick Response Management Techniques. New technologies. Macau International Airport No description Macau Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority No description Macao Territorial Commission for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries No description Macau Translation Office No description Imprensa Oficial de Macau Homepage da Imprensa Oficial de Macau. Boletim Oficial. Publicações à venda. Declaração Conjunta. Estatuto Orgânico. Legislação Principal Official Homepage of Macau Government Printing Department. Publications of Macau Government.
Macau DSEJ (Education and Youth department of macau government) Only Portuguese and Legal and Oficial information of Macau. Published by macau government. http://www.reference.com/Dir/Regional/Asia/Macau/
Extractions: The Photographic Society of Macau (PSM) No description Frankie Leong 's Homepage of Macau Fireman Frankie Leong 's Homepage of Macau Fireman City Guide of Macau City Guide of Macau is a project developed by Macau Municipal Council which is intended to provide useful information for citizens and tourists. DSEJ (Education and Youth department of Macau Government) Only Portuguese and Chinese (Big-5). Macau Hobby Link Brian Iu's Personal Web Site, About reptile, amphibian, photo and others of Macau Offical Macau Government Site (Portuguese) The start page of Macau Government. With links to all *.gov.mo. sites. Boletim Oficial Boletim Oficial de Macau. Legal and Oficial information of Macau. Published by Macau Government. Macau Basic Law No description Caritas De Macau Caritas De Macau Macau Reunion Count Down No description Macau Web Post Card Service No description Chaio Kuang Group Ltd.
Politics Of Macau - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The executive branch of the macau government has the following cabinet The central government in Beijing controls the foreign affairs of Macau. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Macau
Extractions: Elections in Macau In accordance with Article 31 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China Macau has Special Administrative Region status, which provides constitutional guarantees for implementing the policy of " one country, two systems " and the constitutional basis for enacting the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region . Although geographically part of Guangdong Province, the Macau Special Administrative Region is directly under the authority of the central government of the People's Republic of China in Beijing , which controls the foreign affairs and defense of Macau but otherwise grants the region "a high degree of authority." The Basic Law took force upon handover of sovereignty from Portugal on December 20 , and is to remain in effect for fifty years (that is, until 2049). Macau's seven deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) are selected by an electoral conference; they attended their first session of the NPC in Beijing in March 2000. Previously, in December 1999, the NPC Standing Committee approved the membership of the NPC Committee for the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region, chaired by NPC Vice Chairman Qiao Xiaoyang , for a five-year term. Half of the ten members are from Macau, the others from mainland China. Macau also has representation on the National Committee of the
Macau's Big Bet former deputy director of macau government Information Services. Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, according to senior macau government officials. http://members.tripod.com/~orgcrime/bigbet.htm
Extractions: Macau's Big Bet This article originally appeared in the August 1997 issue of A SIA , I NC. A joke circulates among the cynical inhabitants of Portugal's colony on the mouth of the Pearl River: Casino czar Stanley Ho sits on the righthand side of the governor, they say, and a senior representative from China sits on the left. "When the governor needs money he turns to his right," explains Paulo Jorge Reis, former deputy director of Macau Government Information Services. "Then he turns left and asks permission to spend it." In reality, this joke accurately reflects the way Macau has been run since the mid-1970s, when a newly democratized Portugal unsuccessfully tried to give the 440-year-old colony back to China. The Chinese Communist Party hierarchy preferred to leave the Portuguese as closely monitored tenant-managers. A reluctant Portugal was content to let Ho fill his and the colony's coffers with profits from his monopoly franchise to run the port city's 24-hour, 7-day-week gambling operations. The cozy arrangement has made Hong Kong-born Ho a $2 billion fortune and hugely enriched and rejuvenated what was a crumbling, cash-starved outpost of an impoverished Mediterranean country. In 1996 alone, Macau collected $630 million from Ho's Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) more than 40 percent of government revenues. In the same year, the STDM had revenues of more than $2.1 billion roughly 27 percent of Macau's $7.7 billion GDP.
1994 Human Rights Report: MACAU The journalists accused the macau government radio station of suppressing macau government executive branch appointees are complainants in these. http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1994_hrp_report/94hrp_report_eur/Portuga
Extractions: The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date. This site is not updated so external links may no longer function. Contact us with any questions about finding information. NOTE: External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. [end of document] Return to 1994 Human Rights Practices report home page.
2005 Investment Climate Statement -- Macau, February 2005 Since reversion, the macau government has maintained a transparent, The MacauSAR Government accepts international arbitration of investment disputes http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/usmo/economic/2005/ics.htm
Extractions: U.S. Department of State Macau A. Openness to Foreign Investment Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Macau's status since reverting to Chinese sovereignty is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, Macau’s constitution. Under the concept of "One Country, Two Systems" articulated in these documents, Macau is promised a high degree of autonomy in economic matters and its economic system is to remain unchanged for 50 years. Since reversion, the Macau Government has maintained a transparent, non-discriminatory and free market economy. Macau has separate membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Government hopes to diversify Macau's economy by attracting foreign investment and is committed to maintaining an investor-friendly environment. Corporate taxes are low. The tax rate is 15 percent for a company's net profits greater than USD 37,500 (300,000 patacas). For net profits less than USD 37,500, the tax ranges from 2 percent -15 percent. In his November 2004 annual policy address, Chief Executive Edmund Ho said that his administration planned to submit a proposal to the Legislative Assembly in 2005 to lower the rate of corporate income tax so that it is closer to the personal tax rate. The top personal tax rate is 12 percent, and a 12-13 percent corporate tax rate would be one of the lowest in the world. The Government is seeking to develop Macau into a commercial and trade service provider for China, particularly the West Guangdong region. It also aims to facilitate trade and economic cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. In 2002, the Government ended a long-standing gaming monopoly when it awarded two gaming concessions to consortia with U.S. interests. This opening is significantly boosting the U.S. business profile and investment in Macau. In addition, a third U.S. gaming concern plans to team up with the former monopolist to build a large Las Vegas-style casino.
Extractions: Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor On December 20, 1999, Macau reverted from Portuguese to Chinese administration (the handover) and became the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC) with a high degree of autonomy. Both the Basic Law, Macau's constitution, and the Religious Freedom Ordinance provide for freedom of religion and prohibit discrimination on the basis of religious practice, and the Macau Government generally respects these rights in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report, and government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion. The generally amicable relationship among religions in society contributed to religious freedom. Macau has a small number of Falun Gong practitioners. Police occasionally observed and questioned practitioners as they performed their exercises, according to reports from Falun Gong practitioners. The U.S. Government discusses religious freedom issues with the Government in the context of its overall dialogue and policy of promoting human rights. Officers at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong also are responsible for Macau, and meet regularly with Macau religious leaders.
Extractions: Published on Sunday, May 16, 1999 CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S ELECTION In the name of the father HARALD BRUNING Macau's late legendary community leader Ho Yin and his son, chief executive-elect Edmund Ho Hau-wah, have been described by local observers as two masters of consensus. "I think Edmund inherited the charisma of his father, a man who was able to reach a consensus and hold a dialogue among divergent political interests," Hermann Castilho, a retired information officer of the Macau Government, said this week. He described the late Ho as a "political messenger" between China and Portugal and a community leader who was "fully dedicated to the welfare of Macau". Ho Yin was born in Panyu, in the Pearl River Delta about 100km north of Macau, in 1908, when China was still ruled by the Ching dynasty. His father, Ho Cheng-kai, owned a small shop. When he was 13, Ho Yin became an apprentice in a grocer's shop in nearby Guangzhou. He moved to Shunde, a traditional trading centre in the Pearl River estuary, where he became a store manager when he was 16. He then opened a bureau de change in Guangzhou in 1930. The Japanese invasion of Guangzhou in 1938 drove Ho Yin to Hong Kong, where he continued to run his foreign exchange business.
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Extractions: Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Skip to content Today is Guinea Bissau National Day China maintained sovereignty over Macau until the 1840s, when Portugal took action to assert sovereignty and claimed Macau as an overseas province. Portugal's administrative presence in Macau was confirmed by the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Friendship and Trade of 1928. In the twentieth century, Macau was touched by political convulsions in China, the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the occupation of Hong Kong by Japan in World War II. Such events triggered outflows of refugees who found a safe haven in Macau. Portugal's revolution and coup d'etat Macau Government website . The website languages are Chinese and Portuguese, but English will be added in the near future.
Macau News macau government OPENS UP GAMING INDUSTRY TO COMPETITION AMONG THREE CONCESSIONAIRES.The macau government announced on February 8 the winners of an http://www.wtc-macau.com/news/n23/n23-5page.htm
Extractions: MACAU GOVERNMENT OPENS UP GAMING INDUSTRY TO COMPETITION AMONG THREE CONCESSIONAIRES T he Macau Government announced on February 8 the winners of an international tender for three casino-operating concessions. The three winners are Stanley Ho Hung-sun's Sociedade de Jogos de Macau/SJM (Macau Gaming Company), which started operating on April 1, Wynn Resorts (Macau) Limited and Galaxy Casino Company Limited. Macau Government Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen pointed out that the liberalisation of the gaming industry would greatly benefit the economy of Macau as a whole. SJM has promised to invest at least four billion patacas in Macau's entertainment and tourism industry and cultural projects over the next few years, including a Cultural Village in the Inner Harbour, a Fisherman's Wharf in the Outer Harbour, an amusement park complete with a giant Ferris wheel and a state-of-the art roller coaster, as well as a luxury hotel and "supreme private club" for high-stakes gamblers. Galaxy Casino, which includes The Venetian company headed by business mogul Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas, has pledged to invest at least 8.8 billion patacas over the next few years. The company, which also includes business interests from Hong Kong, promised to bring world-class entertainment, conference facilities hospitality to Macau, such as a multi-purpose convention centre, an art museum, a string of top-class restaurants, as well as state-of-the art gaming facilities.
Macau News According to the macau government spokesman, the two delegations reached theconsensus The macau government is keen to promote Macau as an international http://www.wtc-macau.com/news/n26/n26-4page.htm
Extractions: MACAU AND BEIJING REACH CONSENSUS ON CLOSER ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT (CEPA) - MACAU AND GUANGDONG REACH CONSENSUS ON TRANSBORDER INDUSTRIAL PARK M acau and the Central Government reached in Beijing in June 2003 a broad consensus on the principles, mechanisms, contents and negotiating schedule of the future Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between the two sides. According to the Macau Government spokesman, the two delegations reached the consensus at the outset of the talks between Mr An Min, Vice-minister of Commerce, and Francis Tam Pak-yuen, Secretary for Economy and Finance of the Macau Government. The spokesman said both sides would do "everything possible" to finalise the negotiations and sign an agreement on CEPA by the end of the year so that the arrangement could become effective at the same time as its CEPA counterpart in Hong Kong on January 1 next year. "The two sides agreed that the negotiations will be held within the one-country, two systems principle and be based on the norms of the World Trade Organisation," the spokesman said, adding the CEPA would comprise trade, services and investments.
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Extractions: Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) controlled by Dr. Stanley Ho held a 40 year monopoly on casino gaming in Macau that came to an end on 31st December 2001. Following a highly publicized tendering process 3 licenses were awarded to Galaxy Resorts, Wynn Resorts and Dr. Ho's newly formed Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM). These companies are also permitted to offer sub-licenses so in theory the number of casinos in Macau is unlimited. There are presently 17 casinos in operation in Macau. 14 of which are either owned or managed by Stanley Ho's SJM. There is also the Greek Mythology Casino owned by Ng Man-sun, The Galaxy Waldo Casino owned by Galaxy resorts/K Wah Construction and Sands Macau owned by Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands.
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MACAU TRAVEL INFORMATION Government Macau is officially a territory under Portuguese administration. There is a departure tax of MOP$25 levied by the macau government, http://www.asiatravel.com/macau/macauinf.html
Extractions: Transport ... Entertainment Macau The city of Macau is built on the peninsula; two bridges of 2.5 kms and 4.5 kms respectively link it to its nearest island of Taipa, which in turn is joined to Coloane by a 2.2 km-long causeway. At the extreme northern end of the peninsula, on a narrow isthmus, is the imposing gateway (Portas do Cerco, or Border Gate), which leads to the Zhuhai and Zhongshan areas of China. GENERAL INFORMATION Area Macau is officially a territory under Portuguese administration. It enjoys administrative and financial autonomy under the Organic Statutes published in 1976 and revised in May 1990. The Governor is appointed by the President of the Portuguese Republic and is aided by an Advisory Council and, in his executive functions, by the maximum of seven Under-Secretaries in charge of relevant sectors of the administration. There is a Legislative Assembly of 23 members, 16 of them being elected (eight by direct suffrage and eight by indirect suffrage) and the remainder being appointed by the Governor. The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly is elected from among its members. In accordance with the Joint Luso-Chinese Declaration, China will resume sovereignty over Macau on December 21, 1999 and the territory will become a Special Administrative Region.
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