It’s official, tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games go on sale from June 5th in Hong Kong, according to the China Travel Service, the official ticketing agent of the Beijing Olympic Games. A 3-phase ticketing sales operation is in place with 7 million affordable tickets on sale now. 75%  of tickets are to sold domestically and the rest will be available to overseas  buyers. Prices start from $200 rising to $5000 and the rush will be for tickets to the Opening and Closing ceremonies to be held at the incredible Beijing National Stadium. This ...

With just 433 days to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Games,the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games confirmed earlier this month that all thirty-one of the Beijing-based venues are now under construction. Temporary venue for the triathlon event and urban road cycling course begun in earnest in April in addition to the 12 venues which are being built from scratch, such as the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, and include some of the largest architectural projects from the 18,000 capacity Beijing Wukesong Cultural & Sports Centre to the Beijing National Stadium, known as the ‘birds nest’ it will host both the opening and closing ceremonies seating ...

Macau’s gross gaming revenues total 18 billion patacas in first quarter
● Macau is a small special administrative region in China well-known as offshore financial centre / tax-haven
● Biggest attraction is gambling industry and 25 casinos, vistors from mainland China, tourists from Hong Kong and Taipei (Taiwan).
● Most popular game baccarat generates 2/3 of gaming gross receipts.
● Macau highest-volume gambling centre in the world overtaking Las Vegas in 2006, gross revenues of 55.88 billion patacas posted and total of 21.9 million tourists.
● Gaming revenues rose 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007 whilst visitors to Macau rose 21.4% to 6.3 million.