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Red Flag Is Green Light For Formula One

Tuesday November 23, 2004
There were the usual desperate moves, silliness, crashes, safety-car periods and even a red flag, which ended the race prematurely, and out of the chaos emerged France's Alexandre Premat, who triumphed in an incident-filled 51st running of the Macau Grand Prix.

Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemies Closer: Packers Make A Cunning Play In Macau

Wednesday November 17, 2004
As Macau becomes the Las Vegas of the East, the Packers are dealing themselves in.

Macau Empire Needs A Helping Hand

Wednesday November 17, 2004
By linking with Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho in a $422 million joint venture, Kerry Packer is joining forces with one of Asia's most colourful and enigmatic businessmen.

Talk Of Pbl Seeking Macau Sub-licence

Tuesday November 16, 2004
It would make perfect sense for a casino owner to have a few outlets in China.

Air Macau Weighs Up Virgin

Thursday November 4, 2004
Speculation is again rife that Virgin Blue will make its first foray into Asia, after Air Macau's key shareholders met yesterday to discuss a possible joint venture with the Australian airline. While details are unclear, Virgin has been in talks about setting up an airline in the former Portuguese enclave.

Sons Of Guns Line Up For Macau Showdown

Tuesday November 2, 2004
Piquet v Jones v Rosberg. It sounds like a scene from formula one a quarter of a century ago. But in the Macau Grand Prix on November 21, the sons of three consecutive world F1 champs will go head-to-head, as the classic race runs for the 51st time. Nelson Piquet jnr, Christian Jones and Nico Rosberg are part of an entry bringing together champions from all three major formula three championships in an unofficial world championship on the mean streets of Macau. Piquet recently clinched the ...