MACAU: Over 543,000 receive unconditional cash grants under 2017 Wealth Partaking Scheme

MACAU: Over 543,000 receive unconditional cash grants under 2017 Wealth Partaking Scheme

The Government of Macau has completed the most recent distribution of its annual wealth dividend, providing most residents of the city with an unconditional cash grant of about US$1,200.

The Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), an autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China, is a resort city with lucrative tourism and gambling industries ( described by Lonely Planet as the “Vegas of China” as a “mecca of gambling and glitz”). The city’s lottery industry has helped to finance its Wealth Partaking Scheme (WPS). Initiated in 2008 and renewed each successive year, the WPS provides a cash dividend to […]

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