1.   Critics worry that inviting other companies to build casinos here could rekindle the triad wars.

2.   Macau officials have sought to play down the triad wars, of late blaming the press for blowing the violence out of proportion.

3.   A bloody triad war has transformed the Portuguese enclave into a ghost-town and bitten into the multi-billion dollar economy.

4.   Authorities in the Portuguese enclave of Macau have invited police experts on organised crime from Lisbon to help stem a bloody triad war, sources said Tuesday.