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IAG JUL 2022年7月 亞博匯 40 Sumlodol Hengqin Camping Town 星樂度· 露營小鎮 COVER STORY “We continue to pursue our project in Hengqin and are expanding our focus beyond Hengqin and Macau to potentially include opportunities within greater China including the rapidly developing Greater Bay Area,” GEG said in its FY21 earnings announcement. Sands China was the first to open a large back office in Hengqin, while two more concessionaires are also setting up back offices there. “For political reasons it's a very astute thing for them to be looking at right now,” says Ossolinski, a reference to the upcoming re-tendering for Macau gaming licenses. “The biggest action a concessionaire can take to diversify Macau’s economy is to invest in a project in Hengqin, and multiple concessionaires are eying new projects there. However, concessionaire projects will likely only be publicly announced after receiving the green light from Macau’s Chief Executive.” Ossolinksi prophesies that the concessionaire projects will most likely comprise hotel-resort style complexes with family entertainment included. On a smaller scale, Artyzen Hospitality Group – the subsidiary of Pansy Ho’s Shun Tak Holdings that operates Artyzen Grand Lapa and Coloane Resort in Macau – is already developing a 230-room hotel named Artyzen Habitat Hengqin Zhuhai, due to open next year just a short distance from the Hengqin border checkpoint. Meanwhile, Hengqin continues to build out major tourism and infrastructure projects at lightning pace,