David Chow knows how to time his reappearances in public. The boss of the Landmark and Fisherman’s Wharf, plus the Legendale Hotel in Beijing, has been low-key for some time. But yesterday, just as the Land Secretary was making his point in the Legislative Assembly chamber (where Chow should have been), an interview with him appeared in the Oumun Yatbo (Macao Daily), in which he announced that his own redevelopment plan, for Fisherman’s Wharf, had been approved. Not a peep was made about the casino, of course. It was all about how he’s going to build new hotels, one four-star and one six-star.

Because there will be no new hotel projects in 2012 on the Cotai strip, besides the three on Lot 5&6, Chow said, he would be willing to speed up construction of his project to get it completed by the end of next year. How gracious of him, we thought. But that’s not all. He’s going to have a “dinosaur pavilion” which will display artifacts from the mainland worth, get this, 3 billion yuan. And Nam Kwong, the first state-owned enterprise ever established outside China by the Party, will hold a “yacht exhibition” at his wharf this October.

Now there’s someone who gets the message loud and clear from up north. Used with permission & copyright IntelMacau.com