Inside Asian Gaming

inside asian gaming June 2016 8 Cover Story upgraded. So what I did was put together a video of what the future park could look like because I needed to get money and approval. So at the end of the day, by putting that together, I was able to convince the government, “Let me have the money, let me do this.” And I wasn’t wrong. I agree with you that the Macau government perhaps doesn’t have a vision, perhaps they come from a different generation. And it’s not just in Macau – traditional people everywhere hate change. It’s different today. Millennials love change. There is a divide between the older generation and the younger generation. The older generation criticizes the young generation for being lazy but they’re not. I love young people. They’re very, very energetic – they just have a different mentality. It’s a sharing economy, it’s Uber … it’s a totally different world that the parents don’t understand. IAG: And it’s a competitive world out there. AZ: It’s a very, very competitive world so you have to be world class. You have to think, “How can I be different and how can I change?” because otherwise Macau will just sit as it is. IAG: So how do you then get the government to welcome change? AZ: Hopefully you get more good young people into government. Slowly, that will change. I talk at the Macau University and there are a lot of creative young people in Macau – very different to the old Macau where it was a sleepy place. It was very nice, Portuguese, everything was lovely, you had a nice life and you relaxed. It was fun. Dr Zeman reinvigorated Hong Kong’s Ocean Park