Macau Business Magazine - December 2018

In this issue

[Cover Story] LOVE ME TENDER - Public tender rules - legislated by law - are often side-stepped. Breeding suspicious and doubt. Public pressure has forced the government to float a new bill amending the procurement regime. But it is not without controversy | FAST TRACK FINANCE - Acquiring a banking licence in Macau was once deemed impossible. Now, several banks are queuing to enter the SAR market. Chinese banks. Two Angolan banks, however, seem hobbled by bureaucracy | START-UP CENTRAL - Local start-ups face a variety of challenges. But the Macau Young Entrepreneur Incubation Centre wants to change all that. By encouraging - and monitoring - a raft of new projects | TURBULENT TIDES - Free yacht travel scheme slowly sinking | SPECIAL REPORT - 30 doubts for 2019