Brussels, 23/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - In its 2003 Annual Report on Macao, the European Commission welcomes the implementation of the one country, two systems idea, leading to closer links between the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Macao and mainland China. Progress by Macao in 2003 is the first fruit of its strategy to liberalise gambling and diversify its economy., notes the report.
As in the 2002 Annual Report, the Commission had identified the main problems encountered in the...