Altira Macau , formerly known as Crown Macau, is a resort and casino located at Taipa, Macau, China, it was built and is operated by Melco Crown Entertainment, a joint venture by Hong Kong-based Melco International Development, with the Australian gaming company Crown Limited to establish which company, publicly known as Melco Crown?
Melco PBL Holdings In 2004, Melco International Development entered a joint venture with the Australian gaming company Crown Limited to establish Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (Melco Crown).
Prostitution in Macau Prostitution is legal in Macau unlike in mainland China, because the city is a special administrative region of the country. However, operating a brothel and procuring are both illegal in Macau, with the latter punishable by a maximum jail sentence of 8 years. The city has a large sex trade despite there being no official red-light district. The trade is said to be controlled by Chinese organized crime groups, which has occasionally led to violent clashes. Street prostitution takes place in Macau and prostitutes also work in low-rent buildings, massage parlours and illegal brothels, and the casinos, nightclubs, saunas and some of the larger hotels. Most hotels, however, have suspected prostitutes removed from the premises. Many of the city's sidewalks and underpasses are littered with prostitutes' calling cards.