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set25 Melco Resorts & Entertainment has unveiled plans to house a private hospital focused on imaging and diagnostic medical services at its Studio City integrated resort in Macau – part of the company’s commitment to invest in non-gaming attractions. Parent firm Melco International Development Ltd said in a filing that it had entered into an operating agreement with iRad Imaging and Diagnostic Medical Center – described as an associate of Melco Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho – to operate the hospital for an initial period of 10 years commencing 1 October 2025. This is to be followed by a mutual option to extend the agreement for two further periods of five years each. Zedra Asia Limited, the trustee of a discretionary family trust whose beneficiaries include Ho and his family members, indirectly owns 40.63% of iRad. https://asgam.com/2025/09/17/melco-to-launch-private-hospital-at-macaus-studio-city-as-part-of-10-year-non-gaming-concession-commitment/  jul25 Hong Kong health grou...

out25 COMO FUNCIONA Macau’s Judiciary Police said in a Friday briefing that officers had arrested four local people in connection with a turnover of MOP45-million (US$5.6-million) in illegal money exchange, tied to a “jewellery” shop in the Cotai district of the city. Neither the location of the outlet nor its name, were identified. The four Macau residents – ranging in age from 30 to 61 – were said to be staff at the shop. Police assessed the illicit profit from the money exchange operation at MOP1.5 million. The authorities seized HKD890,000 (US$114,550) and CNY22,000 (US$3,089) in cash at the premises, thought to be tied to the alleged money-swap activity. According to Friday’s briefing, the police had received intelligence in April about unlicensed money exchange for gambling purposes at the shop – a crime under Macau’s “Law to Combat Crimes of Illegal Gambling”. Police believed the outlet began operating in 2023. The law to make unlicensed money exchange for gambling, came into ef...