The survey shows how new work evolved from early pieces, Mr. Othoniel said as the exhibition was installed at the Brooklyn Museum after stops in Macao, Japan and Korea.

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Macao in China is the cheapest, costing 0.3% of the average monthly income.

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I. agent, headed security for the Sands Macao in its early years.

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Until now, DFS stores have been centered in the Pacific, in such destinations as Macao, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Louis Vuitton, Omega and some other luxury brands now cost less in Europe than in Hong Kong or Macao, two other popular Chinese destinations for shopping trips, Li said.

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Las Vegas Sands built its Venetian Macao casino-resort in Cotai and Wynn Resorts has received approval to break ground there, too.

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In 2000, more Chinese tourists visited tiny Macao than visited all the countries of Europe combined.

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Here are just a few examples of the many successes of the World Heritage Convention: interventions have prevented unsightly constructions in historic cities such as London, Vienna, Macao and St Petersburg.

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