Curiosamente, este senhor José Cheong Vai Chi, que surge na peça como presidente da entidade responsável pelo projecto, é o mesmo promotor imobiliário que processou a Las Vegas Sands por, alegadamente, a ter ajudado a obter uma das subconcessões de jogo em Macau e esta não lhe ter pago a prometida comissão. Certo é que acaba de receber, juntamente com os consultores de jogo Clive Jones e Darryl Turok, 42,5 milhões de dólares americanos das mãos de Sheldon Adelson para o caso não continuar em tribunal.
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«Ocean Park faces rival in Macau
Jungle river rides, lasers shining off giant waterfalls, a waxworks museum and a mini-golf course are planned to attract another 1.5 million people a year to Macau, it was announced yesterday.
Hong Kong people will be targeted as visitors for the 1.2 billion pataca Macau Marine Park development on reclaimed land off Taipa Island.More than 40 attractions are being built.
An artificial beach with palm trees and a shopping arcade will be set up next to the park.
Jose Cheong Vai-chi, president of Macau's Chong Va Entertainment said admission fees had not been fixed, but 'it will not be higher than Ocean Park in Hong Kong'. He said the 16-hectare park would attract an extra 1.5 million visitors to Macau each year, boosting the annual total to 10 million when it was completed in 1999.Mr Cheong said the project aimed to change the image of Macau's tourism industry.
It is expected more than 70 per cent of visitors to the park will come from the mainland, with the rest from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of Southeast Asia.
'Hong Kong is one of our major targets,' said Mr Cheong. More than five million current visitors were from the territory, he added.
The park will create 2,500 jobs and is expected to break even in 2006. Construction begins in June.»
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