May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. and Melco International Development Ltd. agreed to buy land in Macau for HK$1.5 billion ($193 million) to build their third casino in what's to become the world's biggest gaming market. The 6,480 square meters of land is in the traditional casino precinct on the Macau peninsula, where the

Six more mainland Chinese cities will be included in the Individual Travel Scheme as from May 1, 2006. They include Nanchang, Changsha, Nanning, Haikou, Guiyang and Kunming. Under the Scheme, residents from eligible mainland Chinese cities are allowed to travel to Hong Kong and Macau on their own without having to join tour groups. There has been so far

Macau, May 21, 2006, JAMES Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd has staked more money on Macau, with $255 million to buy land and build its third hotel and casino. PBL and its venture partner, Melco International, said yesterday they would buy a site in the traditional casino area on the Macau Peninsula. The news sent PBL shares up

The Ruins of St. Paul's Source: Macau Cultural Institute The official magazine of the Macau Government confirmed that Macau's candidate sites for inclusion to the Unesco's World Heritage list will increase from 12 to 20. In an interview with the Chinese version of Revista de Macau, Stephen Chan, Chief of the Cultural Heritage Department of the

May 22, 2006 - The Macau government plans to license three 3G licenses this coming October. In a press conference, Tou Veng Keong, coordinator of the Telecommunications and Information Technology Development Office launched the tender document and set a six month deadline for awarding the licenses. A fourth 3G license could be offered within 2