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§ III · The footnotes

Things you won’t find on the brochure.

01

Macao’s casinos generate more gaming revenue in a month than Las Vegas does in a year.

02

There are 17 official languages of instruction in Macao schools, but Cantonese remains the lingua franca.

03

The egg tart was invented here in 1989 — by an Englishman, in a bakery in Coloane.

04

Coloane has a black-sand beach. Yes, in Macao. Yes, you can swim. No, almost no one does.

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