Macao faces new blow as transport links with Hong Kong severed

Casinos reopened in March, but loss of gamblers from neighboring city will hurt

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Gondolas inside the shopping mall of the Venetian Macao hotel and casino. The city's gaming industry relies heavily on visitors from Hong Kong. © Reuters

TAKESHI KIHARA, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- The last remaining public transportation link between Macao and Hong Kong has been cut as coronavirus infections resurge, a development sure to inflict additional damage on Macao's $33 billion gaming industry.

The Golden Bus shuttle service on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was suspended Monday. Ridership had plunged amid the pandemic, and ferry rides and helicopter trips between the two cities had already been halted.

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