Archive for the 'Economy & Business' Category
James Packer And Macau Fireworks
Sunday, December 10th, 2006James Packer’s Melco PBL missed out on the Singapore Casino bid. This is not a surprise really as I always believed that Genting was going to be the winner. After all this is Asia and Singapore must have seriously considered this. I always have believed that James Packer should turn his Burswood Casino into a […]
Record Sales For One Central Residences Macau
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006Macau property sector must still going strong. Although prices are lower than in Hong Kong, One Central Residences Macau, still got an average of HK$4,400 per square foot. The 600 uncompleted units sold raised HK$5.2 billion or US$666 million. An average price of US$1,100.000, most of those unites would have been sold to speculators in […]
Babylon Casino Opens Early 2007
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006The Babylon Casino on Fisherman’s Wharf is do to open in early 2007. Details are a bit sketchy, but we do know that it was originally planned to be a nightclub to be called the Babylon Nightclub. But as the number of visitors to Fisherman’s Wharf was disappointing and as it did not meet Dr. […]