Macau, April 27, 2010 Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MPEL), a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market ( Melco Crown Entertainment ), today announced that its Co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lawrence Ho, has joined hands with Melco International Development Limited ( Melco or the Group , HKEx Code: 200) and Melco Crown Entertainment, to donate HK$5,000,000 in support of relief efforts in Qinghai Province, which was struck by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale on April 14.
Melco rallied support from staff members in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China and previously launched a “Qinghai Earthquake Relief Matching Fund” to collect donations. Staff donations were matched dollar for dollar by Melco and its group companies. Lending full support to the relief efforts, Mr Ho, together with Melco and Melco Crown Entertainment, today donated HK$5,000,000 to the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR to help those victims affected in the earthquake.
We are deeply saddened by the tragic disaster and our hearts go to the victims and their families, Mr Ho said. We hope our donations would find its way quickly to the victims, especially children who have lost their families in the disaster.
