A handful of stuff...
I saw this article this morning...
The worsening air quality in Hong Kong is making it less attractive to foreign investors and driving away foreign workers, according to a survey of company executives by the American Chamber of Commerce here.
More than half of the executives in the survey said they knew of people who had refused to work in Hong Kong because of the pollution
...I then scratched my chinny, chin, chin and wondered...if people refuse Hong Kong due to pollution, wonder where they keep finding people to move to Chiner then???
Gambling in Macao is just insane...
Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino mogul, on Monday warned Stanley Ho and other gaming operators in Macao that competition in the world’s second largest casino market has only just begun and would intensify.
“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” said Mr Adelson, chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands.
Visiting the former Portuguese enclave to mark the topping off of his company’s $2.3bn Venetian Macao resort, Mr Adelson was responding to Mr Ho’s complaints earlier this month that the Las Vegas Sands’ first operation there – the Sands Macao – was squeezing his casinos.
Mr Ho, who enjoyed a monopoly in Macao’s gaming industry for 40 years until 2002, said the Sands Macao raised the commissions it paid to junket operators, whose job it is to round up high-rollers for Macao casinos. As a result, many of his VIP halls were having difficulty maintaining their business.
The gambling scene in Macau is, well, seedy. Vegas and Reno are somewhat fun filled places...Indian casino's are like nursing homes...but Macau is just different. Simon has his take...
You hear that, you nasty Americans? Stanley's going to call on Beijing to take control if they don't stop being so, umm, capitalist. Or something. It's not fair. Except for Macau itself, which is experiencing booming economic growth and a massive influx of investment.
Macau has so much more to offer than sleazy casino's...I'll stick with the history and culture of the place. Oh...and the food!
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