Friday, September 16, 2005

Macau no New York Times

Eis uma visão sobre Macau:

In Macao, Giant Pleasure Domes Are Decreed
By DAVID BARBOZA

"IT is 3 a.m. on a humid Sunday in Macao in late July, and hundreds of people, most of them Chinese, are still filing into the gigantic new Sands Macao hotel and casino, making their way up the escalator to the building's main gallery.
Under a 100,000-pound chandelier, on a carpeted floor nearly three times the size of a football field, people stand shoulder to shoulder around the baccarat tables, gambling the hours away.
Across the Avenida de Amizade, a sprawling theme park called Fisherman's Wharf is going up; the neon lights from the Sands illuminate such park features as an artificial 130-foot volcano that rises above a replica of the Roman Colosseum. (...)
No New York Times, 11-09-2005 (a subscrição é gratuíta)

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