{"id":30218,"date":"2022-05-27T06:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T09:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30218"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:19:53","slug":"macau-should-monitor-satellite-casino-employees-status-legislator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-should-monitor-satellite-casino-employees-status-legislator-says","title":{"rendered":"Macau should monitor satellite casino employees&#8217; status, legislator says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to Ella Lei Cheng I, the government should closely monitor what happens to the employees of satellite casinos during the transition to Macau&#8217;s new gaming law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The future of the satellite casinos and their employees continues to raise concerns despite assurances from the government and concessionaires. <strong>Legislator Ella Lei Cheng I<\/strong> has called on the government to ensure employees keep their jobs in the transition to new legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest draft of Macau&#8217;s proposed new gambling legislation was changed to allow satellite casinos to continue operating in the city even if the property on which they are located is not wholly-owned by the gambling franchisee. The change arose due to concerns <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-labour-groups-express-concerns-about-satellite-casinos\" target=\"_blank\">some satellite casino owners could withdraw from the market<\/a>, leading to job losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Ella Lei Cheng I warned that it is necessary to wait for the new law to be promulgated to know what its real impact will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-to-absorb-workers-left-unemployed-by-satellite-casino-closures\" target=\"_blank\">SJM Holdings\u2019 executive director<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Angela Leong On Kei\u00a0<\/strong>said the casino operator would take care of employees who may be affected by the closure of satellite casinos linked to the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Ella Lei Cheng I, the government should closely monitor what happens to the employees of satellite casinos during the transition to Macau&#8217;s new gaming law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Concerns persist regarding the employment stability of satellite casino staff in Macau amidst the transition to new gaming legislation. Legislator Ella Lei Cheng I advocates for government oversight to ensure job retention, despite recent legislative amendments allowing satellite casinos to operate without full franchisee ownership and assurances from major operators like SJM Holdings.","focusai_entities":"Ella Lei Cheng I, SJM Holdings, Angela Leong On Kei","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Governance Frameworks for Employees?","query":"What specific governance frameworks will be implemented to ensure employee protection and mitigate labor market disruption during the satellite casino transition under the new gaming law?"},{"label":"Satellite Casino Operational Viability?","query":"How will the revised B2B\/B2C licensing structure for satellite casinos impact their long-term operational viability, potential for M&A activity, and overall market share within Macau's gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-30218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30218","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=30218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30222,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30218\/revisions\/30222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}