August 2006 in Macau

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August 1, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun's Macau gaming flagship, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, announced Tuesday it had cleared a hurdle on its way to a listing in Hong Kong, with the rejection by a Macau court of an appeal lodged by Ho's estranged sister. 1

August 3, 2006 (Thursday)

• Booming Macau will leap-frog the world famous Las Vegas Strip as the world's strongest casino market this year, analysts said, predicting its gaming halls will generate 8 billion dollars by 2007. 2

August 18, 2006 (Friday)

• China Unicom, the smaller of the two cellular operators on the Chinese mainland, has been awarded a licence to build a mobile network in Macao based on third-generation (3G) technology. 3

August 30, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has warned Stanley Ho and other gaming operators in Macao that competition in the world's second-largest casino market has only just begun and would intensify. 4

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