{"id":23807,"date":"2021-10-22T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23807"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:32:10","slug":"macau-gaming-law-consultation-sessions-resume-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-law-consultation-sessions-resume-today","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming law consultation sessions resume today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in Macau have finally resumed the public consultation sessions on gaming laws with the presence of representatives from at least three of the city\u2019s six gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- A new public consultation session<\/strong> on the revision of the city\u2019s gaming law was held today after cancellations<\/a> due to local Covid-19 cases<\/a> and Typhoon Kompasu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\u2019s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong> said the meeting lasted less than an hour and it was attended by representatives from the government and representatives from Macau\u2019s six gaming operators, although none of the industry representatives spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a previous session, Macau\u2019s six casino operators<\/a> asked for more information on the government\u2019s proposed changes to the current city\u2019s gaming laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Macau Business, this time, one of the speakers was Sariputra Tong Ho Laam, a director at the People’s Youth Association linked to the prominent local Fujian community<\/strong>. She called on casino operators to take up more social responsibilities for the diversification of Macau’s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also suggested operators could invest in the establishment of three public funds to develop the city’s leisure and entertainment products, projects to accelerate the development of Macau’s smart city and support for local start-ups and young entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U Sio Chao, secretary-general of the Macau Gaming Industry Young Employees Association<\/strong>, revealed that in an internal survey of members, 90 per cent said they would like authorities to have regulations about management-level executives at gaming operators in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that members of the association also want the gaming industry to take on more social responsibilities, and to promise local employment security, the promotion of local employees and assistance to local small and medium-sized enterprises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary-General added that he agreed with the government\u2019s proposal<\/a> of electing \u201cdelegates\u201d to Macau\u2019s gaming concessions <\/strong>to have a \u201cgreater checking\u201d limit on the activity of gaming firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Macau\u2019s gaming law revision is finished, 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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Macau have finally resumed the public consultation sessions on gaming laws with the presence of representatives from at least three of the city\u2019s six gaming operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 has resumed public consultation sessions on its gaming law revision, with government and operator representatives present. Discussions focused on increasing casino operators' social responsibilities, including investments in economic diversification and local start-ups, alongside proposals for regulating management-level executives and appointing 'delegates' to gaming concessions for enhanced oversight. This signals significant potential changes to Macau's regulatory and operational landscape.","focusai_entities":"Macau\u2019s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), People\u2019s Youth Association, Macau Gaming Industry Young Employees Association, Sariputra Tong Ho Laam, U Sio Chao, Macau\u2019s six gaming operators, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","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":"Financial Commitments?","query":"What specific financial commitments will Macau's gaming operators be required to make towards economic diversification and public funds under the revised gaming law?"},{"label":"Governance Impact?","query":"How will the proposed 'delegates' to gaming concessions alter the corporate governance frameworks and operational autonomy of Macau's concessionaires?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156,158],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-23807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23807","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=23807"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23834,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23807\/revisions\/23834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}