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.”

“I am greatly encouraged and moved by our employees’ support for the Group’s fund raising initiatives. We will continue offering support for the relief efforts and have complete confidence in the Central People’s Government’s rescue operations,” said Ho.

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About Melco Crown Entertainment Limited
Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (the "Company"), is a developer, owner and through a Macau subsidiary which holds a gaming sub-concession, an operator of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities. The Company currently operates Altira Macau (www.altiramacau.com) (formerly Crown Macau), a casino hotel located at Taipa, Macau and City of Dreams (www.cityofdreamsmacau.com), an integrated urban casino resort located in Cotai, Macau. The Company's business also includes the Mocha Clubs (www.mochaclubs.com), which feature a total of approximately 1,500 gaming machines in eight locations and comprise the largest non-casino based operations of electronic gaming machines in Macau. For more information about the Company, please visit www.melco-crown.com.
The Company has strong support from both of its major shareholders, Melco International Development Limited ("Melco") and Crown Limited ("Crown"). Melco is a listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is substantially owned and led by Mr. Lawrence Ho, who is Co-Chairman, a Director and the CEO of the Company. Crown is a top-100 company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and led by Executive Chairman Mr. James Packer, who is also Co-Chairman and a Director of the Company.

For additional information, please contact:

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited

Maggie Ma
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: (852) 3151 3767
Email: maggiema@melco-crown.com

Strategic Financial Relations Limited

Mandy Go Tel: (852) 2864 4812 Email: mandy.go@sprg.com.hk
Cindy Lung Tel: (852) 2864 4867 Email: cindy.lung@sprg.com.hk
Angela Ng Tel: (852) 2864 4855 Email: angela.ng@sprg.com.hk
Fax: (852) 2804 2789