{"id":777005279,"date":"2023-05-16T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005279"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:57:37","slug":"sands-china-launches-new-performing-arts-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-launches-new-performing-arts-programme","title":{"rendered":"Sands China launches new performing arts programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The programme will promote Macau&#8217;s cultural scene, showcasing music, dance and Cantonese opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-&nbsp;Sands China&nbsp;has launched <strong>the Sands Performing Arts Program<\/strong> to promote performing arts in Macau. It says the programme will encompass<strong>&nbsp;an array of performances<\/strong> in music, dance and Cantonese opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s programme includes<strong>&nbsp;The Peony Pavilion<\/strong>, which will compete for the prestigious China Theatre Plum Blossom Award, the Floral Princess 65th Anniversary Macao 2023 and<strong>&nbsp;the Janoska Ensemble,<\/strong>&nbsp;a Vienna-based quartet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau\u2019s gaming industry, which&nbsp;<strong>accounts for over 80 per cent of the territory&#8217;s revenue<\/strong>, was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the government aims to reduce its reliance on gaming revenue. Under their new concessions, the city\u2019s six gaming operators have pledged to invest&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-to-submit-2023-investment-plans-this-month\" target=\"_blank\">a total of US$15.2bn in non-gaming projects<\/a>, including cultural and entertainment facilities, over the next few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The programme will promote Macau&#8217;s cultural scene, showcasing music, dance and Cantonese opera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sands China has launched a performing arts program in Macau, aligning with the government's strategy to diversify the territory's economy away from gaming. This initiative contributes to the US$15.2bn non-gaming investment pledged by Macau's six gaming operators under their new concessions, aimed at reducing reliance on gaming revenue.","focusai_entities":"Sands China, Janoska Ensemble","focusai_location":"Macau, Vienna, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming ROI?","query":"What is the projected return on investment for Sands China's non-gaming capital expenditures, specifically for cultural programs, and how does this align with broader concessionaire diversification targets?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance?","query":"How will Macau's regulatory bodies assess and verify the fulfillment of non-gaming investment commitments by concessionaires, particularly regarding the qualitative impact of cultural initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[21680],"class_list":["post-777005279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-sands-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005279","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=777005279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005296,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005279\/revisions\/777005296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}