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	Macau,Macau China,Macau Travel,Macau Travel Guide,Macau Vacations,Macau Tourism,Macau Tour,Macau City, Macau City ...
		The land of the Goddess A-Ma who protects the sailors, the island of Macau in China entices you to come and enjoy a laidback and rejuvenating holiday in the midst of architectural grandeur, astrologers, street vendors selling caged birds, titbits, with pipe smokers lazing on street sides.
		Macau is located near the China mainland across the Pearl River delta on the South China Sea.
		Guangdong is the capital of Macau and is located on the Chinese mainland.
	www.holidayschina.com /china-provinces-holidays/macau.html (406 words)

	Macau, China
		Macau prospered as a port and was a subject of repeated attempts by the Dutch to conquer it in the 17th century.
		It refers to the northern part of the Macau peninsula, and the northern part of the Macau peninsula is situated near the border of China.
		Macau consists of a peninsula, and the islands of Taipa and Coloane.
	www.creekin.net /c2763-n40-macau-china.html (1724 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| Visions of China: Macau \| 9/27/99
		And Macau's status as the oldest--and only--European colony left in Asia means Beijing will embrace something equally novel: a testament to multiplicity, as well as a history of cultural exchange that belies the sameness and insularity that often marks modern China.
		By 1513 they had reached the shores of China, and when after nearly 50 years of sporadic tolerance Beijing finally approved their presence on the remote peninsula of Ah-Ma-Kao, the foreigners found the richest trade to be that within the region itself.
		In Macau they also immersed themselves in Chinese language and culture, so that influences were traded, not merely imposed, and a tolerance established that would be lacking in later colonial encounters.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/99/0927/macau.html (1247 words)

	Macau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Macau's population is 95% Chinese, primarily Cantonese, Fujianese as well as some Hakka, Shanghainese and overseas Chinese immigrants from Southeast Asia and elsewhere.
		The growth of population in Macau is mainly relying on Chinese immigrants from mainland China and the influx of overseas workers.
		The Catholic Diocese of Macau was established on 23rd January, 1576.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macau (4338 words)

	Travel in Macau - China - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Macau is the oldest European enclave in Asia, predating Hong Kong by 300 years.
		Macau, which hangs off the south coast of China, is divided into three main sections - the Macau Peninsula, which is attached to China at the northern tip, and the two islands of Taipa and Coloane.
		Macau has a major public holiday in June for the Dragon Boat Festival, when boats are raced off the tip of the Macau Peninsula.
	www.asiatravelling.net /china/macau/macau_culture.htm (576 words)

	Macau (03/07)
		Macau has ten higher education institutions, including the University of Macau; 80.7% of the University of Macau's 5,562 students are local and 19.3% from overseas.
		The city of Macau and the islands of Taipa and Coloane each had a municipal council until January 1, 2002, when the Civic and Municipal Bureau was formally established to replace the two municipal councils.
		Macau's foreign relations and defense are the responsibility of China.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7066.htm (2249 words)

	Macau Travel Guide: Macau Tour, Macau Hotel, City Map, Climate, China Trip Macau: Travel China Guide.com
		Macau Jockey Club's horse racing attracts numerous gamblers from the nearby areas and Hac Sa Bay and Bamboo Bay are two breathtaking natural scenic areas with the best seaside bathing places in Macau.
		Macau is the paradise for gourmands with a wide range of delicious cuisines from all over the world including unparalleled Macau-style Portuguese cuisine, traditional Cantonese cuisine, exotic food from Italy, France, Brazil, India, Japan, and Korea...
		Macau, a famous destination with prosperity and peace, fashion and history, oriental and western cultures, is deserving of a visit and a stay here is sure to revitalize the weary traveler.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/macau (1168 words)

	Vacation in Macau China with Asian Vacations, Inc.
		On arrival in Macau she vanished, to reappear as a goddess, on the spot where the fishermen built her temple to pay homage.
		The Macau Grand Prix started in 1954 due to the enthusiasm of a group of Macau residents and the support of the authorities.
		In 1998, Macau Museum was installed into the fort with exhibits illustrating the rising and falling fortunes as well the present achievement of Macau.
	www.vacationsinchina.com /Macau_attractions.html (2973 words)

	Macau travel guide - Wikitravel
		Macau (also spelt: Macao) (澳門, Ou3mun4 in Cantonese, Àomén in Mandarin; [1]) is a territory located in southeast China, and was until 1999 administered by Portugal as an overseas province.
		At the Macau Tower, a 338.8m tall structure (3 and 8 are Cantonese lucky numbers!) with a revolving restaurant at its top and a convention and shopping centre at its base, the visitor to Macau can savour a different kind of excitement: New Zealander AJ Hackett's company [7] offers a set of adventure activities.
		Established after the 1999 handover of Macau to China, courses are mainly taught in Chinese (Mandarin) by professors from the mainland, and a significant portion of its student population draws from the mainland too.
	wikitravel.org /en/Macau (5223 words)

	Macau - Aomen
		Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East.
		Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999.
		China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/macau.htm (247 words)

	Macau International Airport - China Military Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Macau is located in the southeast of China, on the western edge of the Pearl River (Zhujiang), bordering the Chinese province of Guangdong.
		Macau covers a total area of 23.6 square kilometers which includes the Macau peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Coloane.
		Macau is connected to mainland China by a narrow isthmus.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/china/facility/macau.htm (262 words)

	Macau, Macau China, Macau Casino, Macau Tourism
		Macau is often mentioned in the same breath as Hong Kong – both are assimilated trading posts from a bygone age.
		The Macau Museum of Art is one of the finest in China, while the Macau Wine Museum attempts to educate the uninitiated with tastings and lessons in differentiating between famous wines.
		Possibly the most unfairly overlooked area of Macau China is Taipa City, connected to the mainland by two bridges and a causeway.
	www.destination360.com /asia/china/macau.php (692 words)

	Macau : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		What's more, although prices have risen over the years, Macau's hotels are still cheaper than their counterparts in Hong Kong -- you can bask in luxury in Macau for a fraction of what you'd pay in the former British colony; and as a duty-free port, Macau has also become something of a shopping mecca.
		Macau today is experiencing something of a revival with the lure of its resort hotels, spanking-new boutiques and restaurants, top-class casinos, and increased transportation service both local and international.
		Although Portuguese was the only official language until as late as 1991, 96% of Macau's 455,000 residents are Chinese (half of whom were born in China), which means that you hardly ever hear Portuguese spoken.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/macau/1491010001.html (766 words)

	Political Map of China, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macau - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is bound by Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan to the north, North Korea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea to the east, the South China Sea, the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal to the south as well as India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to the west....
		It is bound by the Guangdong province of China to the north and the South China Sea to the south....
		It is bound by Russia to the north and China to the east, south and west....
	www.atlapedia.com /online/maps/political/China_etc.htm (202 words)

	Macau Hotels by SmartStays: Bargains for all Hotels in Macau
		Macau is a completely new kind of cultural concoction.
		Macau is famous for glitzy casinos and provides a friendly kind of excitement in its downtown core.
		Taipa, connected to the rest of Macau by three bridges, is an island where old and new mingle in a lush natural setting.
	www.asia-hotel.net /macau (319 words)

	China Macau hotels and travel guide
		As in its larger neighbour, Hong Kong, the majority of Macau's population are Cantonese-speaking Chinese.
		With a colonial past predating that of Hong Kong by nearly three hundred years, Macau's historic buildings - from old fortresses, to Baroque churches, to faded mansion houses - are still plentiful, while the crumbling backstreets around the port are reminiscent of Hong Kong as it might have been fifty years ago.
		The Macau currency is the pataca (abbreviated as "ptca" in this book; also sometimes seen as "M$"), which is worth fractionally less than the HK dollar, and is very nearly equivalent to the Chinese yuan.
	www.chinastage.com /travel-guide/Macau.html (499 words)

	macau map and map of macau information page
		Macau (or Macao), about 60 km directly west of Hong Kong, consists of the Macau Peninsula (attached to mainland China) and the small islands of Taipa and Coloane; all connected by bridge or causeway.
		Once a simple fishing village on the southeastern China coastline, it was colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, and became the first European settlement in the Far East.
		In the exchange, China agreed that until 2037, Macau (as is), will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters, except foreign and defense.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/mo.htm (701 words)

	Politics of Macau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In accordance with Article 31 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, Macau has Special Administrative Region status, which provides constitutional guarantees for implementing the policy of "one country, two systems" and the constitutional basis for enacting the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region.
		Macau's seven deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) are selected by an electoral conference; they attended their first session of the NPC in Beijing in March 2000.
		The Chief Executive of Macau is appointed by the People's Republic of China's central government after selection by an election committee, whose members are nominated by corporate bodies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Macau (1269 words)

	Macau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		With the reversion of Macau to China in 1999, a new heading was created (Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)) and the heading for the former Portuguese territory (Macao) was revised to Macau.
		The heading Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) is now used for that place in all time periods.
		The MARC country code for Macau (mh) is no longer valid and will be deleted from the code list.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/cpso/macau.html (287 words)

	Macau Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Macau is a city with two faces: the fortresses, churches and food of former colonial masters Portugal speak to a uniquely Mediterranean style on the China coast.
		Sub-tropical Macau shimmers in a humid hot haze from June to September, with monsoonal thundery downpours and the chance of being caught in a tropical typhoon.
		Macau turns over more money in gambling than Las Vegas and each gambling table is roughly ten times more profitable than its Las Vegas equivalent.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/china/macau (362 words)

	Macau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Macau, a 13 square mile enclave on the south China coast, reverted from Portuguese to Chinese administration on December 20, 1999 (the handover).
		The Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law (the SAR's mini-constitution promulgated by China's National People's Congress (NPC) in March 1993) specify that Macau is to continue to enjoy substantial autonomy and that its economy and way of life are to remain unchanged for the first 50 years under PRC sovereignty.
		In 1997 the U.N. Human Rights Committee recommended that Macau do more to ensure the economic and social rights of the disabled, and that year, the authorities formed a working group to define the fundamental rights of the disabled and to determine the role of social service organizations in assisting them.
	www.freeserbia.net /Documents/Macau.html (4988 words)

	About JC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		LOM of Macau Junior Chamber), Macau Junior Chamber was successfully adopted by JCI as a NOM in 1988.
		His Excellency, the Governor of Macau, Admiral Vasco de Almeida e Costa was invited as the Guest of Honor of the Charter Night.
		National Convention of JCI Macau, China hosted by Pan Mac Junior Chamber was held on Oct 24 at Tourists Activities Centre.
	www.macaujc.com.mo /nom_history.htm (5977 words)

	Latest information of Macao - macauhere.com » About Macau
		Macau was a colony of Portugal for 442 years and today retains many cultural, architectural and culinary influences from the Portuguese rule.
		An estimated 490,000 people reside in Macau today and the population is 95% ethnic Chinese with the majority of the remaining 5% being Portuguese.
		All that remains of the greatest of Macau’s chruches is its magnificent stone faÃÂ§ade and grand staircase.
	macauhere.com (497 words)

	Macau Kiosk - Your Guide to Macau, China
		Most people agree that Macau’s location is suited to both tourism and living.
		For the most breathtaking view of Macau head up to the Macau Tower.
		Once a sleepy little town on a narrow peninsula, Macau has become a vacationer’s delight where you can find a variety of both colonial Oriental and Western cultural attractons.
	www.macaukiosk.com (254 words)

	Macau Business - Monthly business magazine
		Officials from Macau and Brazil said they are studying business opportunities presented by the Latin American nation's annual ethanol fuel production of about 13 billion liters.
		Officials from Macau's IPIM trade and investment promotion institute and Brazil's APEX export promotion agency met in Brasilia during the official Brazil visit of Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho.
		In 2003, China declared Macau as its privileged "platform" for trade and investment relations with the eight-nation Lusophone CPLP bloc that includes Brazil, Portugal and Angola.
	www.macaubusiness.com /index.php?id=64 (483 words)

	Macau, China - June 2004
		Pastor Rusty Birkeland is the pastor of Horizon Christian Fellowship of Macau.
		Macau is known as the Los Vegas of
		As the majority of “Christian” influence in Macau is from the Jesuits and the Roman Catholic Church, and many evangelical leaders in
	www.understandthetimes.org /chinaupdate.shtml (985 words)

	Macau Hotels - Best Asia Hotel - Special rates hotels in Macau
		The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, and it is now one of two special administrative regions of the PRC, together with Hong Kong.Besides historical Chinese and Portuguese world-heritage relics, Macau's biggest attraction is its gambling industry and casinos.
		Kingsway Macau is conveniently located in the heart of Macau's newly developed commercial district of Porto Exterior.
		The Hotel Lisboa Macau has become a well-known symbol of Macau and has evolved during the past decade to cater for today's travellers.
	www.besthotelasia.com /macau (270 words)

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