(20 Dec 2024)
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Macao – 20 December 2024
1. Wide of officials seated at ceremony
2. Chief Executive-elect of Macau, Sam Hou Fai, and Secretary for Security of Macau Wong Sio Chak arriving for ceremony
3. Various of Sam and Wong standing
4. Wide of Sam greeting officials
5. Various of military personnel marching
6. Chinese and Macao flags being raised
7. Wide of Sam and other officials watching ceremony
8. Wide of ceremony, pan to raised flags
STORYLINE:
Crowds of guests and officials gathered in Macao on Friday for a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule.
Chief Executive-elect of Macau, Sam Hou Fai, attended the festivities and watched on as city’s flag was raised high alongside the Chinese flag during the ceremony.
Since 1999, the city of 687,000 has transformed from a monopoly-driven gambling enclave into the world’s biggest gaming hub, packed with mainland Chinese tourists.
Its GDP per person has more than quadrupled to $68,000, roughly on a par with Denmark and Australia and surpassing Hong Kong’s of about $50,000.
China rules Macao under a “one country, two systems” arrangement similar to its governance of Hong Kong, a former British colony.
Macao is the only Chinese city where casino gambling is legal and it has resorts run by affiliates of the American gaming giants MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts.
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