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Macau know-how helps Hovione grow in China

At the foot of Taipa Grande hill there is a small factory almost hidden between a wall and surrounding trees. Hovione Macau is actually one

MSAR, first step into the world

The Hovione group was founded in Portugal in 1959 by Ivan Villax, a Hungarian chemical engineer whose family had moved to Lisbon to get away ...

‘No serious accident’ in 24 years

“We’ve never had a serious accident,” the Hovione Macau general manager said. In 24 years of operation, “most of the accidents” recorded in the local ...

Meteorological Bureau: The weather never sleeps

The day dawned sunny, but it lasted only for a few hours. Before lunchtime, the rain was beating furiously on the glass windows and the ...

‘El Niño’ brings rain, but no typhoon

Experts are predicting rain to increase by 20 to 30 percent this summer, as the typhoon season starts and finishes later than usual, deputy director ...

Singapore: A challenging masterpiece

Moshe Safdie, the Israeli architect responsible for the structural concept for the Marina Bay Sands (MBS), summed up his vision for the Las Vegas Sands ...

Marina Bay Sands to become a benchmark

With a collection of celebrity chefs, leading fashion, nightlife, and luxury spa operators, Marina Bay Sands (MBS), the unit of Las Vegas Sands Corp. in ...

Macau not to suffer

Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands “is the biggest individual single investment” that Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) has, but Macau will not suffer with the competition. ...

Europe can be the next step

Las Vegas Sands Corp. entered Asia hungry for business. They invested strongly in Macau and soon after they started building in Singapore. But the company, ...