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...Macau's Portuguese colonial rulers legalized the city's first gambling house in 1847. But judging by the public reaction to the May 18 opening of the flashy Sands Macau casino, you would think the Macanese had just discovered sin. Encouraged by false rumors that the Sands planned to hand out free gambling chips, hundreds of people lined up in the early-morning hours hoping to get first crack at the baccarat, poker and blackjack tables. By the time the casino was opened to the public at 3 p.m., more than 15,000 had gathered in a pulsating scrum, ready...
...growing prosperity has won it an essentially docile populace and escalating prominence as a world power. Until recently, this strategy has also proved effective in underwriting Beijing's preferred interpretation of "one country, two systems," the nebulous concept that governs the mainland's relations with Hong Kong and Macau, and that it hopes some day to apply to Taiwan. As the Chinese leadership sees it, self-governance in the offshore enclaves is just fine so long as it doesn't interfere with governance by Beijing. But the past few months have seen the people the mainland refers to fondly...
...DIED. CLEMENTINA ANGELA LEITAO HO, 80, first wife of Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho; in Hong Kong. Leitao, a Portuguese national and daughter of a prominent Macanese businessman, was credited with helping Ho secure an exclusive casino franchise in 1962 from Macau's Portuguese colonial government. The casino monopoly was the foundation for Ho's estimated $1.4 billion fortune...
...framed a simple letter to Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, which he also sent to the Ministry of Health and the China CDC. "With winter coming, the wildlife markets have reopened, providing the perfect conditions for another outbreak of SARS," he wrote. He went on to list his findings that the civet is the major carrier of the SARS coronavirus, that the SARS coronavirus exists in different animals from different regions, that this virus can infect humans and, most frightening, that the "transmitting mechanism for the resurgence of SARS is in place." He enclosed four pages...
...framed a simple letter to Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, which he CC'ed to the Ministry of Health and the China CDC. "With winter coming, the wildlife markets have reopened, providing the perfect conditions for another outbreak of SARS," he wrote. He went on to list his findings that the civet is the major carrier of the SARS coronavirus, that the SARS coronavirus exists in different animals from different regions, that this virus can infect humans and, most frightening, that the "transmitting mechanism for the resurgence of SARS is in place." He enclosed four pages...