Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2021年9月 亞博匯 23 封面故事 S ince the liberalization of Macau’s casino industry in 2002, the six gaming concessionaires have contributed over US$165 billion in tax dollars to the city’s bulging coffers, a stupendous amount of money which without question has changed the fortunes of the people of Macau. In 2019 alone, before the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to bring the industry to its knees, the Macau SAR Government collected taxes of MOP$112.7 billion (US$14.1 billion), some of which was used to prop up the economy when borders slammed shut just a few months later. Even so, the monetary authority reported in February 2021 that Macau’s fiscal reserves remained at a very healthy MOP$663.6 billion (US$83 billion) with around 85% of the annual tax take coming directly from gaming. But helping Macau become the second richest place on earth (behind only Qatar in per capita GDP in 2019) isn’t the only contribution its gaming concessionaires have made. They are also the driving force behind the city’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, pouring massive amounts of time and resources each year into improving the lives of those in society in all manner of ways. 自 2002年澳門博彩業開放以來，六大博企已經 為這座城市的庫房貢獻了逾1,650億美元的 稅收，這筆巨額財富無疑改變了澳門人的命 運。 僅在博彩業尚未受到疫情嚴重衝擊的2019 年，澳門特區政府就錄得徵收稅款1,127億澳門元（141億美元） ，其中部分資金在數月後出入境政策收緊之時被用於支撐經 濟。即便如此，澳門的金融管理機構在2021年2月公佈的報告 中披露，澳門的財儲仍十分穩健，為6,636億澳門元（830億美 元），其中約有八成五的年度稅收直接來自於博彩業。 但是幫助澳門成為全球第二富裕的地方（2019年人均 GDP僅次於卡塔爾）並非博企的唯一貢獻。他們同時也是該市 企業社會責任 (CSR) 各項目背後的驅動力，每年投入大量的時 間資源以多種方式改善人們的生活。 六大博企—— 銀河娛樂集團 、 新濠博亞娛樂 、 美高梅中國 、 金沙中國 、 澳娛綜合 及 永利澳門 ——代表著澳門最大的私營企