Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2022年5月 亞博匯 99 行業檔案 OG: How do you see that integration with Hengqin working? RV: It’s already happening, albeit very slowly. There are so many different aspects to it, and it is rather complicated because they have two different local governments working on it, so it's not clear cut at the moment. I think a lot of people are very anxious to see what the next step is in opening it up. We had guest speakers in the FMCC who are very knowledgeable about the future of Hengqin who tell us that very soon, meaning later this year or the next year, we will see an even greater flow of data, people, products and money across the borders of Hengqin, and that the border between Hengqin and mainland China will actually be the “real” border, while the border between Hengqin and Macau will slowly fade away in the long term. This will change the future of Macau tremendously. I think many people underestimate what the effect of Hengqin will be on Macau eventually. This will be significant. OG: Finally, when Macau opens up to the world and you can holiday again, where will be the first place you want to travel to? RV: I will probably go to Thailand and to the Netherlands, but then I’ll definitely come back to Macau afterwards. There is so much happening here! 的將來，大部分遊客將通過橫琴進入氹 仔。我認為和橫琴的深度融合，包括與 那邊的主題公園的合作，也會有效果。 橫琴將最終擁有2萬間客房，因此橫琴 及澳門的融合能夠解決大量遊客的問 題。 OG：您如何看待與橫琴的融合？ RV： 儘管緩慢，但已經在發生了。有很 多不同的方面，而且相當複雜，因為有 兩個不同的政府在管理，所以目前尚不 清楚。 我想很多人都非常渴望看到開關之 後會發生什麼事情。我們在法國商會有 十分了解橫琴的演講嘉賓，他們告訴我 們很快，可能是今年晚些時候或明年， 我們會看到數據、人員、產品和資金的 流通，橫琴和內地之間會打造一個關 口，而橫琴和澳門之間的關口會漸漸取 消，這極大地改變澳門的未來。我想很 多人都低估了橫琴對澳門的影響。這將 具有重大意義。 OG：最後，當澳門再度開放，您可以再 次度假時，你最想去的地方是哪裡？ RV： 我可能會去泰國和荷蘭，但之後我 肯定會回到澳門。這裡還有那麼多事情 值得期待！