Macau
The original report was published in the USA Today on Thursday, September 20, 2012
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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 China
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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 local market’s tastes
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Geocapital has investments in a wide range of economic areas, most importantly the financial sector
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Menzies Macau’s privilege of being the sole logistics provider at Macau’s airport is far from synonymous of being stagnant and uncreative. Instead, it has allowed the company to innovate and grow to constantly improve its services
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 Pedro Cardoso, CEO of Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) Being behind the development of casinos from the beginning adds to Banco Nacional Ultramarino’s legacy as Macau’s issuing bank, comprehensive commercial and retail operations, longevity, and increasing support for small and medium-sized enterprises
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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 provides gaming solutions to the dynamic Asian gaming market
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Geocapital blends the values of both east and west through its visionary leadership, and after many years, it continues to drive development
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 Stanley Ho, Vice Chairman of the board of directors of CAM Geocapital is enthusiastically investing throughout the Portuguese-speaking world, and the company hasn’t forgotten its home base in Macau
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Macau might be best known for its many casinos, but the SAR is rapidly becoming a regional financial center as well
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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 and self-discovery
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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 (July 2012 est.)
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
limited democracy
LEGAL SYSTEM:
civil law system based on the Portuguese model
GDP - real growth rate:
1% (2009 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 9.4%
services: 90.6% (2009 est.)
LABOR FORCE:
330,900 (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 (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and oils
AIRPORTS:
1 (2012)
ROADWAYS:
total: 413 km
PORTS AND TERMINALS:
Macau
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