{"id":23615,"date":"2021-10-18T08:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T11:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23615"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:44:02","slug":"macau-gaming-law-consultation-sessions-rescheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-law-consultation-sessions-rescheduled","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming law consultation sessions rescheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau\u2019s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has said that four cancelled meetings for the public consultation on gaming laws will be rescheduled between October 22 to 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-<strong>\u00a0Authorities in Macau<\/strong>\u00a0have finally rescheduled the public consultation sessions on gaming laws that were cancelled due to the outbreak of <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-law-consultation-session-cancelled-again\">local Covid-19 cases<\/a> and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-cancels-third-gaming-law-consultation-session\">Typhoon Kompasu<\/a>. The\u00a0<strong>public sessions will now be held between October 22 to 25\u00a0<\/strong>in morning and evening sessions to comply with social distancing regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-gaming-law-consultation-sessions-to-continue-as-scheduled\">Lei Wai Nong<\/a>, secretary for economy and finance, has said that\u00a0<strong>the schedule for the consultation would continue for the planned 45 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Macau&#8217;s gaming law revision is finished,\u00a0<strong>there will be 180 days to write the final report<\/strong>, after which a draft will be submitted to the Legislative Assembly for additional conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macau casinos require employees to vaccinate against Covid-19<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Casino operators have said employees must either get vaccinated<\/strong>\u00a0or show negative Covid-19 tests to be able to work. The measure was taken after Macau\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-more-inspections-of-casino-covid-19-measures\">intensified its inspections at casinos<\/a>\u00a0to ensure Covid-19 countermeasures are being followed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees will have to pay for the tests if they don\u2019t get vaccinated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau\u2019s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has said that four cancelled meetings for the public consultation on gaming laws will be rescheduled between October 22 to 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has rescheduled public consultation sessions on gaming law revisions for October 22-25, following delays due to COVID-19 and Typhoon Kompasu. Concurrently, casino operators are implementing mandatory employee vaccination or regular COVID-19 testing, a measure intensified by DICJ inspections to ensure compliance with health countermeasures.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Lei Wai Nong, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Law Revision Timeline","query":"What specific aspects of the current gaming law are under review, and how might the proposed revisions impact the concession renewal process and future market structure for Macau's integrated resorts?"},{"label":"Operational Impact of Mandates","query":"Beyond direct testing costs, what are the projected operational and human resources implications for Macau casino operators in enforcing mandatory employee vaccination or regular COVID-19 testing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-23615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23615","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=23615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23626,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23615\/revisions\/23626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}