Genting Malaysia Bhd has announced the reopening of its Resorts World Kijal in Terengganu and Resorts World Langkawi in Kedah on Thursday, June 18.
However, Resorts World Genting and Resorts World Awana will remain closed until further notice, said the operator in a message on its website.
Genting Malaysia’s properties have been closed as part of Malaysia’s efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
The country had reopened nearly all economic and social activities as of June 10 after a three-month lockdown, which will allow Malaysians to travel for domestic holidays, go to street markets and get their haircuts.
However, international borders will remain closed, as well as nightclubs and theme parks. Schools are set to reopen on June 24.
The Russian government is beginning to oblige owners of online social networks and other platforms to monitor their services and exclude illegal online gambling advertisements. Sites that do not comply may be blocked.
Macau has officially started the construction of the Taipa Light Rapid Transit line extension to Hengqin today, with the project expected to be completed in four years.
In this April edition of Asia Gaming Briefings we take the pulse of how the North Asia jurisdictions of Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East have fared.
The world is bouncing back, or at least coming to grips with the fact that going forward not much will be the same as before. Commendably, this industry quickly understood the need to adapt to a new normal, and that the days of targeting the low hanging fruit of the VIP sector are gone.
Over the years, many of the answers have been remarkably prescient in their forecasts for the near-term direction of Asia’s gaming industry. However, we can safely say that no one came anywhere close to guessing what 2020 may have had in store.
