Macau: Monte Carlo of the Orient

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 14 October 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In under a decade, Macau leapfrogged Las Vegas to become the world's most lucrative gambling centre. But after a decade of unparalleled growth Macau now faces both an economic downturn and a crackdown from mainland China, where gambling is banned. How will this impact on its residents?

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0:16.0	Take tith of MCT! Take tith!
0:21.0	I'm in the midst of thousands of people streaming out of a vast concrete building
0:27.0	most of them heading towards long hues for buses that are going to take them to one of
0:32.0	Macau's huge glitzy casinos.
0:35.0	On the other side of the building I can just see the tops of the tall apartment
0:40.0	and office blocks just a few hundred metres away in mainland China.
0:45.0	This is the border between the mainland and Macau, a former Portuguese colony
0:50.0	now a special zone of the people's republic.
0:53.0	And the only place in China where gambling a casinos is legal.
0:58.0	Say bye!
1:00.0	This is the first time for me to go to a casino,
1:04.0	but I've heard that Macau has the biggest casino in the world.
1:08.0	That's why I just want to come to feel about it.
1:11.0	Do you think you'll win a lot of money?
1:14.0	I feel myself lucky today.
1:16.0	Good, that's very good. What will you do if you win a lot of money?
1:20.0	I will have some enjoyment for myself and also share with my friends to have fun together.
1:29.0	Macau is made up of a short peninsula and two small islands of China's southern coast,
1:35.0	like Hong Kong about 65 kilometres away.
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