{"id":777018957,"date":"2024-09-11T09:27:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018957"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:15:14","slug":"sam-hou-fai-to-run-unopposed-for-role-of-macau-ce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sam-hou-fai-to-run-unopposed-for-role-of-macau-ce","title":{"rendered":"Sam Hou Fai to run unopposed for role of Macau CE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam Hou Fai received 383 nominations from members of the Chief Executive Election Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Sam Hou Fai is to be the only candidate for the position of chief executive (CE) in Macau. The former judge, who recently stepped down as president of Macau\u2019s Court of Final Appeal, received 383 nominations from members of the Chief Executive Election Committee \u2013 95.8 per cent of the total nominations available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes it impossible for anyone else to gather enough support to become a candidate. Under the Chief Executive Election Law, those seeking to be chief executive candidates must secure a minimum of 66 nominations from the members of the Chief Executive Election Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chief Executive Election Committee will evaluate Sam’s eligibility. The election will be held on October 13, with the next CE to take office on December 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau CE candidate pledges to continue economic diversification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Announcing his intention to run for the role of chief executive in August, Sam Hou Fai emphasised the need for “moderate economic diversification.” He said diversification was essential for the city\u2019s development and said that while gaming has driven rapid development since 1999, it has led to imbalances in the economy and workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming revenue peaked at 63 per cent of Macau\u2019s economic output between 2011 and 2013. By 2019, the share had declined to 51 per cent, with gross gaming revenue (GGR) at MOP292bn. In 2023, the gaming industry made up 36.2 per cent of Macau\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last November, the government said it expected the\u00a0non-gaming sector to contribute approximately 60 per cent<\/a>\u00a0of GDP by 2028. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Macau leadership change won\u2019t affect gaming industry, analyst says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sam Hou Fai received 383 nominations from members of the Chief Executive Election Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777013862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sam Hou Fai has been confirmed as the sole candidate for Macau's Chief Executive, securing 95.8% of nominations. His platform prioritizes \"moderate economic diversification\" to reduce the region's historical reliance on gaming, which constituted 36.2% of GDP in 2023, a significant decline from 63% in 2011-2013. This signals a continued strategic pivot for Macau's economic future, with a government target for non-gaming to contribute 60% of GDP by 2028.","focusai_entities":"Sam Hou Fai, Chief Executive Election Committee, Court of Final Appeal","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Diversification Impact on GGR?","query":"What specific policy instruments or incentives is the incoming Chief Executive likely to implement to accelerate economic diversification, and how might these impact the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) trajectory and non-gaming revenue contribution of Macau's concessionaires?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"Given the stated commitment to economic diversification, what specific changes to Macau's regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are anticipated to support the growth of non-gaming verticals while maintaining oversight of the gaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777018957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018957","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=777018957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018980,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018957\/revisions\/777018980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}