{"id":17571,"date":"2021-05-05T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17571"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:48:01","slug":"macau-adriano-ho-to-continue-as-dicj-director-until-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-adriano-ho-to-continue-as-dicj-director-until-2023","title":{"rendered":"Macau: Adriano Ho to continue as DICJ director until 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Macau government has confirmed that Adriano Marques Ho will continue as DICJ director for two more years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/adriano-ho-dicj\">Adriano Marques Ho<\/a>\u00a0will continue as <strong>director of Macau\u2019s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong> until 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current DICJ director was appointed last May to replace\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-inspection-director\">Paulo Martins Chan<\/a>\u00a0<strong>after he resigned from the position<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will <strong>start a new term on June 10<\/strong>. The Office of the Secretary for Economy praised Ho&#8217;s skills and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ho was previously an\u00a0<strong>advisor to the Secretary for Security<\/strong>\u00a0and worked in the Macao Sub-Bureau of INTERPOL\u2019s China National Central Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main tasks Ho will have in the next two years is an analysis of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-to-reconsider-citys-gaming-licence-criteria\">Macau\u2019s gaming licence criteria<\/a>\u00a0and gaming laws as\u00a0<strong>Macau\u2019s current casino licences are due to expire in June 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/consultation-on-macau-gaming-law-delayed-until-september\">Public consultation<\/a>\u00a0on an <strong>amendment of Macau\u2019s gaming law\u00a0<\/strong>will be held after legislative elections on September 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macau government has confirmed that Adriano Marques Ho will continue as DICJ director for two more years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Adriano Marques Ho has been reappointed as the Director of Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) for a two-year term, effective June 10. His primary mandate includes a comprehensive analysis of Macau's gaming license criteria and existing gaming laws, critical given the impending expiration of current casino licenses in June 2022. A public consultation on gaming law amendments is scheduled post-September 12 legislative elections.","focusai_entities":"Adriano Marques Ho, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Paulo Martins Chan, Office of the Secretary for Economy, Secretary for Security, Macao Sub-Bureau of INTERPOL\u2019s China National Central Bureau, INTERPOL","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"DICJ Director's Mandate","query":"What specific policy shifts or regulatory enhancements are anticipated from the DICJ's review of Macau's gaming license criteria and laws, particularly concerning concessionaire obligations and market structure?"},{"label":"License Renewal Implications","query":"How might the proposed amendments to Macau's gaming law impact the terms, duration, and potential re-tender process for the existing casino licenses expiring in June 2022?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,16338,167,156],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-17571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-news-region","category-regulation-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17601,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17571\/revisions\/17601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}