August 2006 in Macau
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1 August 2006 (Tuesday)
- Casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun's Macau gaming flagship, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, announced Tuesday it had cleared a hurdle on its way to a listing in Hong Kong, with the rejection by a Macau court of an appeal lodged by Ho's estranged sister.
3 August 2006 (Thursday)
- Booming Macau will leap-frog the world famous Las Vegas Strip as the world's strongest casino market this year, analysts said, predicting its gaming halls will generate 8 billion dollars by 2007.
18 August 2006 (Friday)
- China Unicom, the smaller of the two cellular operators on the Chinese mainland, has been awarded a licence to build a mobile network in Macau based on third-generation (3G) technology.
30 August 2006 (Wednesday)
- Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has warned Stanley Ho and other gaming operators in Macau that competition in the world's second-largest casino market has only just begun and would intensify.
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