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Anonymous ID: f4a159 Jan. 27, 2020, 8:35 p.m. No.7937313   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Macau arrivals from China plunge 80% in blow for casinos

 

China’s deadly virus outbreak is threatening the outlook for casino operators in the world’s largest gambling hub. The number of mainland Chinese visitors to Macau fell 80 percent on Sunday, the third day of the holiday, compared with the equivalent day during last year’s Lunar New Year break, according to the city’s tourism office.

 

For the first three days of the holiday, arrivals were down 66 percent. That is a blow for an economy which is reliant on the gambling industry, and comes after casinos suffered their worst year since 2015. The outlook is unlikely to get any better as China limits travel for its citizens, including overseas tour bans, amid the growing death toll caused by the novel coronavirus.

 

Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng (賀一誠) said on Thursday he could not rule out closing all casinos in the city due to the disease outbreak, according to a Radio Television Hong Kong report.

 

Wynn Resorts Ltd shares plunged 11 percent in US trading last week, while Wynn Macau Ltd shares sank 13 percent in Hong Kong. Shares in Sands China Ltd (金沙中國) dropped more than 8 percent. Hong Kong’s markets are closed for holidays until tomorrow.

 

In China, box office sales plunged to about 6.1 million yuan (US$883,000) over the first three days of the holiday, compared with 2.3 billion yuan in the year-earlier period, according to Maoyan Movie (貓眼電影) data. Cinema operators including Dadi Cinema Group (大地影院), Jinyi Cinemas (金逸電影) and the local affiliate of CJ CGV Co (星聚匯) announced last week they were halting operations from Friday last week through yesterday.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2020/01/28/2003729934

Anonymous ID: f4a159 Jan. 27, 2020, 8:53 p.m. No.7937484   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7760

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from January 17th….

 

Somber scenes as Kobe marks 25th anniversary of great quake

 

KOBE–Thousands of people gathered here under gray skies early Jan. 17 to pray for the repose of the 6,434 victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck 25 years ago.

 

Bereaved families and others marked the somber anniversary at a memorial service in Kobe East Park in the city's Chuo Ward.

 

After offering silent prayers, the mourners lit 5,000 or so bamboo lanterns. They were arranged to form the letters “Kizamu" that reflects the survivors’ determination to never forget what happened, and the figures "1.17,” the date of the disaster.

 

The lanterns were made by volunteer groups and others around the nation. Residents of the Mabi district in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, where dozens of residents died in torrential rains and flooding in summer 2018, delivered 117 lanterns to demonstrate support for Kobe.

 

The gathering in Kobe East Park observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the earthquake struck.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ202001170024.html