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nov23 O Governo da RAEM assegura que irá promover o desenvolvimento contínuo das áreas cultural e desportiva em 2024. Uma das acções importantes é solicitar o apoio do Governo Central para a realização de eventos artísticos, com vista a tornar Macau numa “Cidade do Espectáculo de ‘Uma Base’”. Segundo o relatório das Linhas de Acção Governativa, serão desenvolvidos produtos e serviços de experiência de turismo cultural que correspondam às necessidades do mercado, bem como alargada a plataforma de comercialização de produtos culturais criativos. Neste aspecto, haverá planos de apoio financeiro para a produção de obras cinematográficas e televisivas, exposições e espectáculos culturais, bem como a projectos sobre turismo cultural local. https://jtm.com.mo/local/tornar-macau-numa-cidade-espectaculo/  nov23 Live concerts held in Macau continue to boost the city’s gaming revenue, as Citigroup’s Table Survey indicates. The survey shows that the average wager per player in the premium mass seg

xdez23 The gaming concessionaires have been complying with the investment plans and social responsibility commitments stipulated in the contracts, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) said in a reply to a written question put forth by lawmaker Leong Sun Iok, public broadcaster TDM reported. The reply penned by DICJ director Adriano Marques Ho states that gaming companies have been carrying out social responsibility activities specified in the concession contracts in areas such as culture, sports, scientific research, and support for local SMEs. “It has been found that concessionaires are orderly carrying out and implementing various investment plans according to the approved arrangements,” the gaming watchdog stresses. In his written query, Leong Sun Iok noted that under the new gaming law, one of the criteria for concession relates to the social responsibilities to be assumed by the gaming operators, with the respective content clearly defined.  https://www.macaubusine

 nov23 In other words, the government will make a massive sum from concessionaires in the next 10 years: 1,120 billion patacas (US$139 billion) in gaming taxes which is not often talked about, plus the much talked about 130 billion patacas in non-gaming spending commitment, for a combined total of 1.250 trillion patacas (US$152 billion). Let’s put that in numbers: 1,250,000,000,000. That’s 1.83 million patacas for every person in Macao. It’s more than the amount  spent on 1,800 projects  under China’s signature Belt and Road Initiative. It’s bigger than the size of the  entire global food delivery market . https://macaonews.org/features/macau-casinos-revenue-gaming-tax-government-spending-macao/