{"id":5547,"date":"2020-04-13T22:19:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T22:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:10:30","slug":"galaxy-coronavirus-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-coronavirus-donation","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy donates another US$9.4m to Coronavirus fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaming giant makes another multi-million donation to the Chinese government as part of wider efforts to combat Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- <strong><em>Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG)<\/em><\/strong> has donated close to US$10million (MOP$75million) to mainland China to help with its fight against Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The donation was made by the Galaxy Entertainment Group Foundation branch, with the money going directly to the Liaison Office of the Central People\u2019s Government in the Macau SAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim of the new donation is to provide care for healthcare workers, helping with public health promotion and supporting the medical and scientific research related to Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Galaxy Chairman, Lui Che Woo, said: &#8220;As a Chinese enterprise, GEG endeavours to support our country in its related efforts against the epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;With the virus being effectively controlled in mainland China by its implementation of various prevention measures, their successful experience serves as a valuable lesson for other countries battling with Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We hope to further contribute to this fight against the epidemic by subsidising related institutions and specialists in mainland China to carry out the relevant scientific and medical research.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sizeable donation follows previous multi-million contributions from GEG to other causes in the fight against Coronavirus, including one million masks to the Macau SAR, Zhuhai City and Hengqin New Area governments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The casino and hotel operator also has been <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-sanitization-services-macau-casinos\"><strong><em>assisting staff at its own venues with sanitisation measures<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaming giant makes another multi-million donation to the Chinese government as part of wider efforts to combat Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":"Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) has made a US$10 million donation to mainland China through its foundation, targeting support for healthcare workers, public health promotion, and COVID-19 medical research. This initiative, part of GEG's broader corporate social responsibility efforts, aims to strengthen government relations and contribute to public welfare in a critical operating region. The donation underscores the importance of corporate citizenship for major gaming operators in maintaining market stability and reputation.","focusai_entities":"Galaxy Entertainment Group, Galaxy Entertainment Group Foundation, Liaison Office of the Central People\u2019s Government in the Macau SAR, Lui Che Woo","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Zhuhai City, Hengqin New Area","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CSR Impact on Licensing","query":"How might GEG's sustained corporate social responsibility initiatives influence future B2B\/B2C licensing renewals or regulatory compliance frameworks in Macau?"},{"label":"Investor Sentiment Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of GEG's significant CSR investments on its long-term valuation and investor sentiment, particularly concerning its operational stability in the Macau SAR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,161,16338],"tags":[7299,7986,1263],"class_list":["post-5547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-donation","tag-galaxy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547","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=5547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009765,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547\/revisions\/777009765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}