Events from the year 2008 in

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Incumbents

* Chief Executive - Edmund Ho * President of the Legislative Assembly -

Susana Chou Susana Chou Vaz da Luz (born 2 December 1941), also known as Chou Kei-jan and Cao Qizhen, is a Macau politician who served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau from 1999 to 2009. Biography Chou's ancestral hometown is the curr ...

Events

February

* 1 February - The opening of

Ponte 16 Ponte 16 Resort Macau () is located in Santo António, Macau, is a hotel and casino resort co-developed by SJM Investment Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (in turn, a subsidiary of Sociedade de Turismo e Diver ...

Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Regio ...

. * 14 February - The ''habeas corpus'' case 3/2008 was heard before the Tribunal of Ultimate Instance.

June

* 15 June -

2008 Hong Kong–Macau Interport The 64th Hong Kong–Macau Interport was held in Macau on 15 June 2008. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning 1–0. Squads Hong Kong * Director: Lee Fai Lap * Administrative Secretary: Joseph Ko * Head coach: Goran Paulić * Assistant co ...

Macau Olympic Complex Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a popu ...

August

* 1 August - The opening of

Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16 The Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16 () is a hotel in Santo António, Macau, Italy. It is part of Sofitel Luxury Hotels. Over the past few years since opening its doors in 2008, Sofitel Macau and the management have been credited a number of tourism aw ...

. * 28 August - The premier of ''

Zaia ''Zaia'' was a Cirque du Soleil stage production based at The Venetian Macao on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 90-minute show opened in August 2008, bringing together 75 high-calibre artists from around the world. ''Zaia'' was Cirque du Soleil's ...

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The Venetian Macao The Venetian Macao () is a hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The 39-story structure on Macau's Cotai Strip has of floor space, and is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas. It ...

November

* 8 November -

Miss International 2008 Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant, was held on November 8, 2008 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, the presenters are Eric Tsang, Dodo Cheng, Astrid Chan. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, mar ...

Venetian Arena The Cotai Arena is an indoor arena located on the premises of The Venetian Macao, on the Cotai Strip, in Macau, China. It opened in 2007 with a seating capacity of 15,000. The arena was known as Venetian Arena from 2007 to 2010, when it was renam ...

References

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