The casino ship moored in the harbour

"The Macau Palace (the casino ship moored in the harbour) has Macao's only round-the-clock restaurant. (...)" 

in Golden Guide to South and East Asia, 1963

"Macao is a great gambling town. There are two casinos, one on a boat (the Macau Palace) much like the floating restaurants in Aberdeen, the other is the casino at the Hotel Estoril. (...)"

Myra Waldo in Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific, 1965

"The floating casino "Macao Palace" is an old converted ferry decorated with all the curlicues , golden panels, red banners and fripperies of modern Chinoiserie. (...)"

Joseph H. Bain in "Casinos: The International Casino Guide", 1995