So, far from Macao expanding its resources to. cater for" Increased patronage, it is contracting them by Closing many of the bigger gaming establishments but as Macao has survived for more than three cen= turies as a Portuguese colony not likely to succumb because of this new competition to-day, though it might be compelled to turn to more arduous and more prosaic ways of securing its revenue. Moreover it''s improbable that Macao will lose ite reputation or its notoriety in the Far East, for the Chinese will not succeed reaching the standards set even bY macao, which has had so many years of experience in these matters. and again the constant pressure in China for more and more commission the profits will lower the quality of the attractions offered until finally sink to an impossibly low level, "My Friend and When my friend and I returned by the night boat from Macao, he cross ed the harbour to Knowloon where he engaged a tax! to take him home Dut before setting out he heard his chauffeur shout to his friend in Chinese, with @ grin "and a nod, "He's been having a night in Macao." and so when I met a lady who had been to early service at the Cathedral and informed her that I was rather tired having just got in. from Macao, she recoiled a little as though slightly stunned because another illus ion had been shattered. The conversation only became less strained when T convinced her that my. delay in efting back from Macao was due to the fact that I had gone 30 mites beyond it to visit a distinguished Chinese magistrate,
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