{"id":3279,"date":"2020-02-10T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T10:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:04:22","slug":"macau-donation-coronavirus-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-donation-coronavirus-casino","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming sector donates over US$22.5 million to fight Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Operators and junkets have given generously in order to help stop the deadly virus from spreading further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Since the first reported case of Coronavirus, casino and junked operators have donated more U$S22.5 million (MOP$180 million) to help the authorities in their fight against the deadly virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donations were revealed in data published by the Liaison Office of the Central People\u2019s Government in the Macau SAR and showed the generosity of operators in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suncity Group tops the list with total donations of U$S 5 million (MOP$41.5 million), including money donated by Suncity Group CEO Alvin Chau to his hometown, Zhaoqing City, in Guangdong Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galaxy Entertainment Group, MGM China<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, SJM<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and Wynn Macau donated MOP$20 million each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sands China also donated US$ 2.5 million<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (MOP$20 million) for the purchase of medical and preventive supplies, as well as emergency materials and equipment plus another MOP$5 million to support the local Macau community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melco\u2019s donation, also of US$2.5 million will go to the Red Cross Society in Hubei Province, where the virus originated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\u2019s junket operators have also made donations. Tak Chun Group announced over the weekend a HK$20 million donation to go with 100,000 face masks for Hubei Province, while the Meg-Star Group has given MOP$10 million to accelerate anti-epidemic measures in Wuhan and Hubei Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guangdong Group also donated HK$10 million through the Liaison Office.
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Operators and junkets have given generously in order to help stop the deadly virus from spreading further. Macau.- Since the first reported case of Coronavirus, casino and junked operators have donated more U$S22.5 million (MOP$180 million) to help the authorities in their fight against the deadly virus.\u00a0 The donations were revealed in data published by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3011,"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 leading casino and junket operators have collectively donated over US$22.5 million (MOP$180 million) to support anti-Coronavirus efforts in Macau and mainland China. This significant corporate social responsibility initiative, led by entities such as Suncity Group, Galaxy Entertainment, MGM China, SJM, Wynn Macau, Sands China, and Melco, aims to assist authorities in combating the virus spread and procuring essential medical supplies.","focusai_entities":"Suncity Group, Alvin Chau, Galaxy Entertainment Group, MGM China, SJM, Wynn Macau, Sands China, Melco, Tak Chun Group, Meg-Star Group, Guangdong Group, Liaison Office of the Central People\u2019s Government in the Macau SAR, Red Cross Society","focusai_location":"Macau, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, Hubei Province, Wuhan, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CSR Impact on Governance?","query":"What is the long-term impact of these significant CSR contributions on operator-government relations and future licensing considerations in Macau?"},{"label":"ESG Profile Enhancement?","query":"How do these substantial donations factor into the ESG profiles and investor sentiment for publicly traded Macau gaming entities amidst regional economic uncertainties?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[29,7299,257],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}