Sentence examples for for macao from inspiring English sources

The country code for Macao is 853.

While gambling remains illegal in mainland China, it is pure oxygen for Macao, which Portugal handed back to China in December 1999.

The scandals have become a source of deep embarrassment for the Chinese government, which has now begun cracking down on travel visas for Macao.

In 2006, when One Central rapidly sold 80percentt of its units at prices around 6,000 Hong Kong dollars a square foot, a high-water mark for Macao, other developers hurried to start their own projects.

Nothing in "Postcards From Tomorrow Square" could have seemed more logical than the list of the greatest and most confident players in the global gambling game in Macao as described by Fallows in September 2007: "So which side will prevail in the battle for Macao?

The critical role of the V.I.P. customer for Macao's casinos is evident in revenue figures for 2006.

Or, perhaps, was it a harbinger of things to come for Europe, as the continent struggles with enormous debt and low economic growth while China zooms ahead, purchasing ports in Greece and the sovereign debt of struggling nations like Portugal, which once rented the Chinese enclave of Macao for 500 taels (about 19 kilograms, or 42 pounds) of silver per year?

What is in the plan for the Macao population?

At the end you will go up a number of levels (total about 5) via escalators to the departure halls and find the ticket booth along the wall for the Macao TurboJet.

In 2007, a similar bronze horse's head was offered by Sotheby's and bought privately by a businessman from Macao, Stanley Ho, for $8.9 million.

In 2007, a similar bronze head of a horse was offered by Sotheby's and bought privately by a businessman from Macao, Stanley Ho, for $8.9 million.