July 7, 2006 | ShanghaiDaily | THE growth in average prices for residential properties in China's mainland will slow to below 5 percent over the next two years, while Shanghai's housing prices are likely to drop further by 15 percent, an industry report forecast yesterday. As a result of the changes in the supply structure, average

Home rents in Macau could rise by as much as 20 per cent during the year because of increased demand from new residents coupled with a stand still housing supply, warns a property company. Midland Surveyors (Macau) said the local market was heating up with more than 10,000 outsiders expected to take up hotel, restaurant and financial services jobs in

HONG KONG, June 5 (Reuters) - Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp plans to raise between HK$400 million and HK$600 million (US$51-US$77 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering to be launched this month, a newspaper reported on Monday. The listing hearing of NagaCorp was scheduled for this month, before a proposed share sale of casino mogul

Macau Success Ltd said wholly owned unit Golden Sun Profits Ltd has agreed to sell about 10 pct of World Fortune Ltd's existing issued share capital to Japan's Maruhan Corp for 208.5 mln hkd. The sale also includes about 10.2 pct of the interest-free shareholder's loan of 66.47 mln hkd provided by Golden Sun to World

MACAU -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- As the hotspot gaming city in the region, Macau is gradually becoming a major home to large-scale gaming exhibitions in Asia, but it still lags behind in M.I.C.E. support in holding such big events. Yet that gap is expected to be narrowed as Asian Gaming Expo returns to Macau, following

June 21, 2006 | MacauBusiness | A government scheme offering a Macau identity card to Mainland residents and other outsiders investing in the territory's property market is still proving popular, despite a tightening of the rules. In six years 7,939 people and their dependents have been issued with the sought-after IDs that can open doors to

Shun Tak Holdings has said that more than HK$6 billion(US$770 million) has been generated from sales of One Central Residences, the company's joint-venture luxury residential project in Macau with Hongkong Land. About 90 percent of the apartments have been sold, the company said. Some units sold for as much as HK$6,300 psf. One Central Residences, which has 796

July 4, 2006 | ChannelNewsAsia | SINGAPORE : US hotel and casino group Las Vegas Sands has begun its marketing campaign for the Marina Bay integrated resort. At an exhibition to sell conference venues and facilities here on Monday, Sands' Asian arm, Venetian Macau, showcased the Singapore project alongside other similar facilities it is developing in

The current financial instability in the Worlds’ economy is certainly going to affect Macau property prices. The question is; How ? Opinions vary of course, that is the nature of ‘forecasting’. One of the world’s most respected financial institutions, the International Monetary Fund or IMF, predicts recession in USA and Europe. You may think that all these

The government of Macau Tuesday said it would provide unlimited bank guarantees on deposits in Macau banks, estimated at a total of US$32.5 billion (260 billion patacas), MacauNews reported Wednesday.Macau’s Secretary for the Economy and Finance, Francis Tam said at a press conference that the government would, “provide loans or capital to banking isntitutions that