Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2022年2月 亞博匯 32 COVER STORY Ryan Ho, Lecturer at the Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies of the Macao Polytechnic Institute, is one who is content with a shorter 10-year term, telling IAG , “Twenty years is definitely a long time. Macau was once the only major casino provider in Asia and now we have lots of competition in the region. “I reckon 10 years might be a reasonable period of time for the government to adjust and respond to any industry changes and for operators committing to invest in casino products here with a long-term focus.” Not sold on the shorter license period, however, is David Green – a consultant to the Macau government when it originally drew up Gaming Law 16/2001 some 20 years ago. “The concessions really should run for as long as possible,” Green opines. “If it was possible to extend them out to 2049 (when the 50-year “One Country, Two Systems” arrangement between Macau and mainland China officially 期限也會隨之改變。政府將目前的20年 賭牌期限減半至10年，並表示，在例外 情況下可延長最多3年。 同樣地，有關縮短賭牌期限利弊存 有爭議。在政府公佈的公開諮詢總結報 告中總結，有關該點的意見共171條，其 中有72條或42.1%意見同意將批給期限 定為少於20年。另有56條或32.8%的意 見建議維持20年期限，而有17條或9.9% 的意見認為期限應該多於20年。 澳門理工學院博彩旅遊教學及研究 中心講師何雄威支持政府將期限縮短為 10年，他向《亞博匯》表示：「20年太 長。澳門曾經是亞洲的唯一博彩娛樂提 供地，但現在我們面臨著很多的區域競 爭。」