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LocationMacao Special Administrative Region is a part of Chinese territory, located in southeast China's coastal areas, the West Bank, is located in the Pearl River Delta, adjacent to Guangdong Province, and Hong Kong are separated by 60 kilometers, 145 kilometers from Guangzhou.Local time than the Greenwich meridian as early as eight hours of time.AreaMacao's total area of coastal land reclamation and has since expanded from the 19th century 10.28 square kilometers gradually extended to today's 27.5 square kilometers, an area of about one fortieth of Hong Kong, Singapore, the twenty-third.Macao, including the Macao Peninsula,  Ring Road, Aberdeen and the two outlying islands.North of the peninsula and mainland China attached to the south by Jia Yue Bailey Bridge, the Friendship Bridge and the West Bay Bridge linking Aberdeen and  As for  Aberdeen Road and Central, from a total length of 2.2 kilometers, six-lane highway road  coherent phase grounding .PopulationIn the March 31, 2006, the population of Macao was estimated at 498,000 people.Population density of more than 18,000 people per square kilometre.Macao Peninsula North more of the world's most densely populated urban areas one.Macao's population of nearly 20 rapid growth of nearly 4 percent to an annual rate of increase.The mobility of the population is considerable.Annual population flows up to 2,500 million.According to the statistics by the end of 2005, Macao population, 51.7 percent are female.In the age group, 15.6 percent for the 15-year-old or less, 76.1 percent between 15-64 years old, 8.3 percent for 65 years or more.The average life expectancy of the sexes are more than 79 years old.2001 census showed that 435,000 resident population, the Chinese residents account for 95% of the Portuguese nationality of two percent and one percent of the Filipino.Macao's official languages are Chinese and Portuguese.Macao to Chinese as the everyday language of the resident population over 97 per cent, while the use of the Portuguese population compared with 0.7 percent, the rest of the population use of English, Tagalog and other languages.Habitat Australian time, over 80% of the population in Macau for more than 10 years.As for place of birth, in Macao or the mainland China-born residents in each of about 45 percent of those born in other parts of less than 10 percent.ClimateMacao's hot and humid climate, the larger temperature difference between the year, June to September, the temperature can be as high as 30 degrees Celsius and above, November to February can be as low as 10 degrees Celsius below average temperatures rarely drop below 14 Celsius Degrees.The annual typhoon season, Macao may be from the South China Sea and the Pacific Northwest of the impact of tropical systems.Source: Information Office Update: 2006.07.21 16:18:22TourismAlthough the Macau population less than 500,000, but received more than 10 million annual visitors, tourism is the city's most important economic pillars.The SAR Government to clearly set the betting industry as a leader, to the service industry as the mainstay and the coordinated development of other sectors of economic policy, and consolidate Macao's economy in the region has a unique role.The first quarter of 2006 amounted to 5248018 000 incoming passengers than the same period last year increased by 17.75 percent.In 2005, the entry of visitors more than the total number of 18.71 million passengers in 2004 than the same period increased by over 12%.The three most visitors to Australia were followed by the Mainland market (10460000), Hong Kong (5.61 million) and Taiwan (148 million).As at the end of December 2005, the hotel industry for the application of a total of 10,832 rooms, the annual average occupancy rate was 70.93 percent.The first quarter of 2006, the average visitor to Australia reserves the amuse 1.1, the per capita consumption of 1,562 yuan (196.25 U.S. dollars), representing a year-on-year rise 5 percent, with domestic visitors spending the highest at 3,088 yuan (386 U.S. dollars).Rich in tourism resourcesChinese and Western cultures blend of urban landscape, tolerant coexistence of different customs and cultural environment, and the unique gaming and entertainment has always been an important tourism resources in Macao.Macau is known as Monte Carlo of the Orient, the gaming industry in Macao is an integral part of tourism.Islands in Macao, and the number of casinos, the main source also incoming passengers.SAR Government in 2001 announced the opening the gaming industry, and in early 2002, to three different types of tourism activities in the betting with extensive experience in the gaming business associate companies as to promote diversification into the gaming industry, entertainment resort and conference Tourism, attract tourists of different characteristics, gaming and entertainment have become an attractive tourist projects.In addition, the city of Macao's unique tourist attractions is also available in: Fortress Hill in the Macao Museum, a collection of historical items displayed in Macao and Macao held on a regular basis with the history of the exhibition.In addition, a number of thematic museums such as the Grand Prix Museum, the Wine Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Macao Museum of Art, etc., together with the new control point at the waterfront of the audio-video, stands on the highest point of the ring road Matsu like white marble, South Bay Lake of the musical fountain, to show visitors a variety of different outlook of Macao.Convergence of East and West outlookAlthough the small size of Macao, but four centuries has been the most frequent cultural exchanges between East and West is one of the places.Unique historical origins, in Macao made a profound and extensive impact, forming a unique cultural characteristics, and fully demonstrated in the construction, religion, diet, and the daily life of residents, such as different levels.Macao's famous historical city, including the Macao to be regarded as the subject junior's Church, the Fort and the Ma Temple, Mr Andrew Lo and large estates, all of the city of churches, temples and plazas, not only is a local treasure, is also East-West cultural exchanges Zuozheng, nominated by the Central Government, and Shen Yi in the process of providing technical assistance, and finally in July 2005, was included in UNESCO's World Heritage list.Mainland Individual Visit Scheme visitorsThe return of Macao, the mainland of China in raising the visibility, many domestic tourists want to visit Macao.In early 2002, China formally relaxed travel policy in Hong Kong and Macao.July 28, 2003, mainland residents can apply for a personal way outbound travel to Hong Kong and Macao.The first to implement this policy in Guangdong Province, the Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Foshan and Dongguan City, after four Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Huizhou, as well as Shanghai and Beijing residents.The next, Macao will receive more mainland visitors.Food and eventsBlend of traditional Chinese and Western cultures in Macao, also reflected in the food culture.In Macao, in addition to enjoy all kinds of Chinese and Western cuisine, in recent years have been gradually Hong Kong and overseas food-known Macau native dishes, but also through several hundred years of evolution, brought together Portugal, Africa, Southeast Asia and China in a cooking characteristics And a unique cuisine in Macao.Every year, the authority will organise cultural and sports events, on the one hand improve Macao's international reputation, but also to the Macao tourism industry more attractive.Not to be missed eventDate of eventsJanuary, February and March the New Year and Lunar New Year, the Land Festival, the suffering of Jesus icon trips, the Macao Arts Festival and Easter.April, May and June Pak Tai Festival, the 54th Pacific Asia Travel Association annual meeting, the Macao Golf Open, the mother gave birth to Mother, Our Lady of Fatima, as the parade, the International Museum Day, Buddha's Birthday (Bath Buddhist festival, drunk-long festival, Tam Kung Festival), Macau He Huajie, FIM-UAM Asian cross-country motorcycling championship, the Macao International Dragon Boat Tournament, the Tuen Ng Festival, Kuan Kung Festival.July, August and September the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix, gave birth to seven sister, ITU Asia Rail Sai Macao, the Macao International Fireworks Display Competition, World Tourism Day, the Mid-Autumn Festival.October, November and December People's Republic of China National Day, the Macao International Music Festival, Macao Fringe, the Macao International Trade and Investment Exhibition, Chung Yeung Festival, the Macao 4th East Asian Games -2005, memorial festival, the Asian small car (card Small cars) Open Championship, the Macau Grand Prix, the Macao International Marathon, Half Marathon and mini-marathon, and Mary Immaculate worship, the Macao Special Administrative Region Establishment Day, Christmas Day.The above information Update: 2006.07.21 17:00:25ClimateMacau in southern China's Pearl River estuary west side, the Chinese mainland and the South China Sea surface Interchange, located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer, winter and summer the opposite direction, a monsoon climate and classification of the summer rainy temperate climate, every year in mid-October December weather to the best, most comfortable.January and February Macao winter, the cold air from Siberia, one after another, after entering the South China Central China Macao, bringing cold and dry in the north, the urban temperature sometimes dropped to 10 degrees Celsius below, this is usually recorded within two months Annual minimum temperature, the atmospheric water vapor content of insufficient rainfall and rainfall is less the number of days.March and April is the season of the turn, the South China coast east or south-blowing wind, temperature and humidity rise during the spring, in addition to occasional extremely humid, fog, drizzle and poor visibility, the other days the weather is good.Macao longer summer, May to September due to hot and humid weather, so bring a lot of bad weather, such as heavy rain and thunderstorms, and so on.Tornado water and also occasionally appear, while May to October, the frequent appearance of tropical cyclones, caused this time regardless of rainfall, temperature, rainfall, and a few thunderstorms, have reached its peak throughout the year.When hoisted in the region on the 8th tropical signal, all sea and air transport disruption.October autumn approaching, the cooler weather the Asian mainland, Macao fall short of time, the weather was fine, the weather stability, comfort, the last to return to the cool and dry November, the cold air north and also in preparation for December, the cycle again the invasion.The gambling businessThe gambling business in Macao has a long history, the earliest dating back to the mid-19th century.Into the 20th century, the gaming industry with the development of tourism has become one of the pillars of the economy in Macao, Macao bring more "Oriental Monte Carlo" of the title.The first quarter of 2006, Macao's gaming industry recorded a 12.6 billion patacas (1.576 billion U.S. dollars) in gross revenue, about equal to the same period in Las Vegas, gaming revenue (2.151 billion U.S. dollars) of 73 percent, the payment of direct taxes more than 4.614 billion Patacas (577 million U.S. dollars).From the franchise to openSince 1962, the Macao Tourism and Entertainment Limited made betting franchise, with several renewal of the franchise contract to December 31, 2001 expires.Under the contract, franchised companies each year to pay to the Government betting tax, the tax rate after years of amendments to the 2001 franchise for the company's total revenue of 31.8%.In the 20th century the 1990s, about half of the annual revenue from betting duty, accounting for almost one-third of GDP.Entertainment companies in the franchise during the last few years, the annual gross margin in the 13 to 18 billion patacas, and the Government's revenue from betting duty in the 4.2 to 5.9 billion patacas between.In addition to casino gambling, Macao's gaming activities include horse racing, dog racing, "pigeons vote" lottery tickets in recent years and the rise of "football betting."After the founding of the SAR Government, the decision to be betting the franchise expires at the end of 2001 after opening up the gaming industry to the development of competitive gaming industry, for the residents of Macao to create more job opportunities and further consolidate the Macao as a regional centre in betting Status.As the gaming industry in Macao's economy plays an important role, the SAR Government in opening up the entire process, including the establishment of the gaming industry on the development of the Select Committee, commissioned a consultancy study in depth, or the development of relevant laws and administrative regulations, tender procedures, are A prudent, cautious attitude start work.Series of laws regulating the gaming industry developThe Legislative Council by the end of August 2001 formally adopted by Law No. 16/2001, "Casino Gambling operators legal system."In addition to well-defined legal and Casino Gambling significance, and the grant system, such as working conditions and the auction set a number of provisions.The adoption of "Casino Gambling operators legal system", the Government is to draw up a series of relevant administrative regulations, as a supplement to the law and set up a working group to co-ordinate the work.October 31, 2001, the Chief Executive through the establishment of formal instruction, "Casino Gambling operators granted to the first public bidding for the Commission" to co-ordinate the work of the competitive bidding process to the Chief Executive on the issue of gaming licences to make recommendations.A total of eight members of the Committee, by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, chaired Tanbo source.Bid for the tender work on November 2 officially launched at the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau of the auction Committee began accepting investors to obtain information and submit their bids.Betting licence bid for the tender exercise on December 7 the end of the auction committee received a total of 21 bids.Submit their tenders by companies on behalf of the funds from local, Hong Kong, the United States and Malaysia.The three companies awarded the right to operate gamblingThe Chief Executive in considering the "Casino Gambling operators granted to the first open bidding committee" with the reasons submitted by the report, in particular the conclusions and recommendations part of the contents, after February 8, 2002 signing of instruction, entertainment Gambling operators field awarded to contractors for temporary Macao Gaming Company (Macao Tourism Entertainment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary), Wynn Resorts (Macau) Limited and Galaxy Casino, SA.Macao Special Administrative Region Government in March 2002 and June, and the Macao Gaming Co., Ltd., Wynn Resorts (Macau) Limited and Galaxy Casino, SA, signed "the Macao Special Administrative Region Casino Gambling or other means The contract awarded to the betting operation. "As of the second quarter of 2006, a total of Macau Gambling entertainment field 21.Web site: http://www.macau.gov.mo/

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