The Macau Metro Monitor, March 2, 2011


GAMING INDUSTRY'S DEVELOPMENT TO SLOW DOWN: GOVERNMENT macaubusiness.com

Secretary Francis Tam said the government  "is poised to control the level of expansion of the sector."  He added, "We shall only see the industry increasing by a few percentage points” every year.


TICKETS TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIKELY TO COST MORE Strait Times

Tickets for adults to Universal Studios Singapore now cost $66 on weekdays, and $72 on weekends and peak periods. Travel agents expect prices to rise by between $2 and $8 as a result of price hikes by RWS.  RWS will charge travel agents between $1 and $3 more for tickets which they re-sell to tourists from April 30.

US REGULATORS INVESTIGATE JACOBS' ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SANDS macaubusiness.com

Las Vegas Sands has denied the allegations and will cooperate with the probe. Separately,  Sands China has announced David Fleming as an alternate director to Michael Leven starting March 1.  Fleming is the joint company secretary and the general counsel of LVS.