Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2023年7月 亞博匯 63 to promote tourism, offer what the tourist wants. This has been challenging because as you mentioned before, there was previously a 50-50 split between VIP and mass. Fortunately, we stopped basically all VIP businesses in 2019, before COVID, so we have chosen the right direction since then. But it was still a challenge because at that time the market still believed that VIP was a very important segment. That was another challenge we had to deal with. AWS: You mentioned the third phase and you had announced to the market in 2019 that you were planning to expand this property. What’s the status of that expansion at the moment? Are you planning to revisit that and what are the key considerations given the Macau government’s push for diversification and non-gaming attractions? Dr Ma: We have planned for a shopping arcade, which is a bit more like a contained area where the new design 方便步行，為我們帶來好處。所有這些 （因素）加在一起，便創造了我們這個 項目，而我認為我們吸納到一個獨特的 客戶群。 AWS：您提到這個地區的一些優勢，而 這個地區是一個有趣的歷史地區。那麼 無論是在這個地區，或是目前在澳門經 營方面，有哪些挑戰？ 馬博士： 這一直是一個挑戰，因為項目 第三期工程還未建成，儘管幾乎已經與 政府達到共識。我們最初計劃的項目內 容已經全然不同。我們與澳門一起成 長，經歷了不同的階段，澳門現在真正 需要的是推廣旅遊，提供旅客想要的產 品服務。 焦點關注