Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2019年7月 亞博匯 70 In Macau, where the licenses of all six concessionaires – including the SAR’s three US-based companies MGM, Sands and Wynn – are set to expire in 2022, Miller will offer similar support. “There are a lot of challenging issues between the US and China today but the companies that have made investments in Macau, they are long-standing investments,” he says. “Those companies have been great partners with the Macanese government and therefore by extension with the Chinese government, so I think our interest is to ensure that despite whatever voices are being cast about fromWashington and Beijing, Macau remains this well-respected partnership on both sides. I think Macau is a great success story because of the partnership between the commercial operators – be they American or other – and the Macanese government. “So my view is that the American operators that have invested in Macau are very, very important players in the economy here and I think that should continue.” Miller has already met with officials in Japan where he is representing the interests of US gaming operators in their pursuit of IR licenses. Miller已經在日本代表美國運營商在日本會見當地官員，為他們爭取IR牌照之利。 益的協會，顯然我們要重視日本這件事。如果你是 AGA的負責人，就必須確保我們的運營商能夠得到 最佳的機會來競爭這項業務。日本的這個機會必須 是優先事項。」 在澳門，包括三家美資背景的美高梅、金沙和 永利在內的六家獲政府專營批給的博企，他們的牌 照都將在2022年到期。Miller稱將提供類似的支持。 他表示，「雖然現在中美之間存在著許多具有 挑戰性的問題，但在澳門進行投資的公司，都是長 期投資。」 「這些公司一直是澳門政府的重要合作夥伴， 因此與中國政府也保持著良好的關係。所以我認 為，我們的利益是確保無論華盛頓和北京之間發出 何種聲音，澳門始終與雙方都保持交好。澳門其實 是個十分成功的範例，因為無論是美國或本地的運 營商之間，」還是他們與澳門政府之間，都是合作 夥伴關係。 「所以我認為，在澳門投資的美國運營商都是 當地經濟的重要參與者。這種情況應當持續下去。 」 IN FOCUS