Authorities in Macau have announced the appointment of 14 new staff to increase the number of management personnel for the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.-\u00a0The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)\u00a0<\/strong>has started its restructuring process by hiring new officials.\u00a0The current DICJ director,\u00a0Adriano Marques Ho<\/a>, said the appointees will help the organisation in “strengthening its inspection capacity and in enhancing gaming-related legislation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\u00a0newly-arrived departmental and divisional chiefs\u00a0<\/strong>will be responsible for capacities including legal matters and authorising the general guidelines for the city’s gaming concessionaires, junkets, and gaming innovation, including any examinations that may be required.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In June,\u00a0Macau\u2019s Executive Council<\/a>\u00a0drew up a draft proposal to restructure the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) to\u00a0increase the number of gaming inspectors from 192 to 459<\/strong>. The amendment also proposed adding an extra\u00a0director of the DICJ<\/strong>\u00a0to better develop tasks related to the coordination of the divisions within the bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marques Ho was appointed in May to replace\u00a0Paulo Martins Chan<\/a>\u00a0after he resigned from the position<\/strong>. He started his term on June 10 and will remain DICJ director for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of his main tasks is to analyse\u00a0Macau\u2019s gaming licence criteria<\/a>\u00a0and gaming laws as\u00a0Macau\u2019s current casino licences are due to expire in June 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wynn Macau says it\u2019s confident that authorities will eventually extend its gaming licence<\/strong> beyond the current expiration date of June 26, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Macau\u2019s legislative elections will be held on September 12<\/strong>, and relevant public consultation<\/a> and legal amendments to the gaming law still yet to come, it appears there will be no time to prepare for a re-tendering in time for when licences expire next year. As a result, operators believe extensions are the only option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawrence Ho<\/strong>, Melco\u2019s chairman and CEO, has also said he expects licences to be renewed, while Sands China CEO<\/a> Wilfred Wong Ying Wai<\/strong>, has said it \u201cis the only alternative at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nWynn Macau expects casino licence renewal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n