The city of Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, located a one-hour boat ride away from Hong Kong in southeastern... Sep 14, 2012
Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Founded in 2008, Laxino Technology Limited is the only company, founded and managed by Macanese people and staffed by a world-class team of Asians, that... Sep 14, 2012
Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Macau
A full service supplier of innovative, high performance games, services and systems, IGT is taking Macau by storm, fine-tuning its products to suit the... Sep 14, 2012
Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Geocapital blends the values of both east and west through its visionary leadership, and after many years, it continues to drive development Sep 14, 2012
Finance | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Geocapital has investments in a wide range of economic areas, most importantly the financial sector Sep 14, 2012
Finance | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Geocapital is enthusiastically investing throughout the Portuguese-speaking world, and the company hasn’t forgotten its home base in Macau Sep 14, 2012
Finance | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Menzies Macau’s privilege of being the sole logistics provider at Macau’s airport is far from synonymous of being stagnant and uncreative. Instead,... Sep 14, 2012
Infrastructure | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Macau might be best known for its many casinos, but the SAR is rapidly becoming a regional financial center as well Sep 14, 2012
Finance | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Being behind the development of casinos from the beginning adds to Banco Nacional Ultramarino’s legacy as Macau’s issuing bank, comprehensive commercial... Sep 14, 2012
Finance | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Macau is a global city and its top private university, University of St. Joseph (USJ), is a truly international school that emphasises the learning process... Sep 14, 2012
Education | Asia-Pacific | Macau
A full service supplier of innovative, high performance games, services and systems, IGT is taking Macau by storm, fine-tuning its products to suit the... Apr 11, 2012
Industry & Trade | Asia-Pacific | Macau
Menzies Macau’s privilege of being the sole logistics provider at Macau’s airport is far from synonymous of being stagnant and uncreative. Instead,... Apr 11, 2012
Infrastructure | Asia-Pacific | Macau
United World speaks with Simon Chan, CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau, about the... Mar 22, 2012
Manuel Carvalho, the Portuguese Consul General in Macau and Hong Kong, discusses how the 500-year... Mar 07, 2012
Dr. Manuel Joaquim das Neves, Director of Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau,... Feb 01, 2012
Reggie Martin, Vice-Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Macau, discusses Macau’s... Feb 01, 2012
LOCATION:
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
AREA:
total: 28.2 sq km
CLIMATE:
subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
POPULATION:
578,025 update paises set descripcion = July 2012 est.)
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
limited democracy
LEGAL SYSTEM:
civil law system based on the Portuguese model
GDP - real growth rate:
1% update paises set descripcion = 2009 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 9.4%
services: 90.6% update paises set descripcion = 2009 est.)
LABOR FORCE:
330,900 update paises set descripcion = 2010 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable growers; fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important; some of the catch is exported to Hong Kong
INDUSTRIES:
tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys
EXPORTS - commodities:
clothing, textiles, footwear, toys, electronics, machinery and parts
IMPORTS - commodities:
raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods update paises set descripcion = foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco; capital goods, mineral fuels and oils
AIRPORTS:
1 update paises set descripcion = 2012)
ROADWAYS:
total: 413 km
PORTS AND TERMINALS:
Macau
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