Macau
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About Macau
Macau is a former Portuguese colony located an hour by boat with fast boats from Hong Kong. Macau is a part of China and associated natural and bridges to the mainland southeast of Canton. After the transfer of the Portuguese colony to China on 20 December 1999 is the implementation of “One Country – Two Systems” is satisfactory. Macao is still a free and open society with the status of Special Administrative Region (SAR). Macau has a high degree of autonomy, with China alone responsible for defense policy and foreign policy. Macau has its own constitution or mini-constitution, the Basic Law of Macau SAR, as Chinese special law is the basis for the relationship with central government in Beijing and the local political structure, civil rights, public finance and other economic conditions in the first fifty years after handover to China, ie. until the 2049th Situation of human rights may generally be said that by Western standards, except in the limited popular participation in the election of Macao’s governing bodies. 14 members of the 29-strong legislative assembly elected in elections, while the remainder appointed.
Macao’s economy is dominated by games industry, tourism and small-scale production of textiles and fireworks. Tourism is about. 25% of GNP, while the textile industry, adding about ¾ of the total export revenue. Gaming and casino industry is about. 40% of GNP. In 2005 visited over 18.7 million tourists Macau. Although the number of visitors from Hong Kong has increased in recent years, the majority of tourists are now citizens of the People’s Republic. Casino industry, the backbone of the economy, was for 39 years controlled by the Sociedada Turismo e Diversoes the Macau monopoly. This changed in 2001 when licenses to operate casinos were offered to other actors. 4 new players have now joined the market in Macao, Las Vegas Sands, Galaxy, Wynn Macau and MGM, which all have opened casinos and hotels in Macao. Macau depends on China for its imports of food, commodities and energy, but also Japan and Hong Kong are among the main suppliers.
Macao’s cuisine is a Portuguese, Indian or Malaysian and Cantonese mixture. Famous dishes are, for example. Portuguese Bacalhau (cod dumpling), Curry Crab, Portuguese Galinhas à Africana (chicken), Portuguese Caldo Verde (green soup), Portuguese egg tart, Cantonese dim sum, Chengpi duck.
Transport is easy. There are ferries and buses to Guangzhou every day. There is also a hydrofoil, and helicopter flights to Hong Kong. An international airport opened in 1995. There are flight connections to 30 cities in the world.
As an example of an attraction is the A-Ma Temple.
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