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- Stanley Ho, the Macau casino tycoon who was considered the father of modern gambling in China, died Tuesday in Hong Kong, his daughter Pansy Ho said.
- Casino operators benefited after Macau scrapped quarantine requirements on all mainland tourists travelling to the world’s biggest gambling hub. HSBC surged by as much as 6.5 per cent after the release of its annual result on Tuesday, The UK-based lender, one of three note-issuing banks in Hong Kong, surprised the market by proposing a bigger.
'We are not another Singapore', former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying said last week. But what is Hong Kong exactly? We have tended to focus on Hong Kong's status as an international finance hub but forgotten that, sooner or later, whether in good ways or bad, Hong Kong would eventually return to the control of the Chinese government.
Mahjong is the only legal form of gambling in Hong Kong that is not operated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Casino games are all prohibited under Hong Kong gambling laws. If you want to play slot machines, blackjack, or poker, you will need to catch a ferry to Macau. Another option is to take a casino cruise. January 29, 2021. Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, New Hotels, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Macau, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships. The Genting Hong Kong Limited cruise ship subsidiary of Asian casino giant Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly announced that it will likely look to sell off the remaining interest it holds in a subordinate currently.
At the end of the day, no one can deny that Hong Kong historically belongs to China. This is the key point that the central government keeps emphasising.
The events that took place in 2019 and continue to this day make the authorities wary of the previous 'indulgence' of Hong Kong and investigate how this system became a hotbed of so-called opposition forces, with rebels standing up and challenging the government. It needed to stop, and the central government has now taken action.
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At the just-concluded session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, 'one country, two systems' was not mentioned in the government's work report for the first time since 1997. National People's Congress spokesman Zhang Yesui said China's national legislature planned to rewrite election rules in Hong Kong to make sure the city was run by patriots.
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Sound familiar? That is today's Macau. The core members of the Macau government are patriots who are carefully selected by the Chinese government, and there are only four pro-democracy members in Macau's Legislative Assembly. The Macau public is generally seen as unconcerned with or not wanting to participate in politics. Things are quite peaceful in that small town.
Leung is indeed right. Hong Kong can compete with Singapore and win in many ways, except Hong Kong is not an independent nation. From the perspective of sovereignty, no matter what goes wrong in Hong Kong, it is difficult for other countries to argue with China.
Maybe from the Chinese government's perspective, last year's move by the pan-democrats in Hong Kong to win a majority and force Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to step down was misguided.
Hong Kong is going to become another Macau, and it will be obedient, with a sensible government: another shining example of one country, two systems.
Chloe Hui, Yuen Long
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