the position of chief executive (CE) in Macau<\/a>, shared his policy agenda in front of the city\u2019s Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC). He said the regulation of the gaming industry will be one of his priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDuring a speech, Hou Fai said: \u201cWe will strictly implement a new gaming law to regulate the industry and ensure its healthy, orderly development.\u201d He emphasised the vital role the casino industry plays in the city\u2019s economy, public finances, and employment. However, he warned about the potential risks associated with uncontrolled growth and stated he also wants to prevent and combat illegal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The candidate clarified that this did not mean that there would be any downsizing of the gaming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former judge is also looking to expand Macau\u2019s tourist appeal to international visitors, especially those from Southeast Asia and South America. To achieve this, he suggested that Macau\u2019s gaming operators should open tourism promotion offices <\/strong>in key markets including Brazil and other Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city was awarded for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24846,"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 SAR has been recognized as the Best BT-MICE City for the second consecutive year, demonstrating its consolidated exhibition strength and international platform advantages, with MICE event numbers nearing pre-pandemic levels. Concurrently, incoming Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has prioritized strict implementation of new gaming laws to ensure healthy industry development while also advocating for expanded international tourism appeal and non-gaming diversification, including a directive for operators to establish overseas promotion offices.","focusai_entities":"Macau Special Administrative Region, TTG Travel Awards, Sam Hou Fai, Electoral Affairs Commission, MGM China, PATA","focusai_location":"Macau, Bangkok, Brazil, Southeast Asia, South America","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Gaming Law Enforcement","query":"What specific amendments or enforcement mechanisms within the new gaming law will be prioritized to ensure \"healthy, orderly development\" and combat illegal activities, and what is the projected timeline for their full implementation?"},{"label":"MICE & Tourism Strategy","query":"How will the proposed expansion of international tourism appeal, particularly to Southeast Asia and South America, be integrated with Macau's MICE strategy, and what specific KPIs will measure the effectiveness of gaming operators' new overseas promotion offices?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777019574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019574","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=777019574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019584,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019574\/revisions\/777019584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}