Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 139 業界盛事 issuing multiple franchise licenses and giving them legal status so as to stabilize the social environment of Macau and promote the diversified development of the gaming industry. IAG: As head of the MGEMA, what role can gaming equipment suppliers play in fostering Macau’s long-term prosperity? Jay Chun: The MGEMA hopes to join hands with colleagues in the entertainment equipment industry in Macau to actively advise on this legislative revision. Macau’s entertainment equipment is currentlymostly produced by foreign companies and the development of the local entertainment equipment manufacturing industry is extremely disproportionate to Macau’s leading position in the global gaming industry. With the rapid development of science and technology today, the technological content of entertainment equipment continues to improve, including in the fields of IT, animation, game design, big data analysis, high-end manufacturing and more. Likewise, technology in the field of entertainment equipment manufacturing can be extended to a variety of industries, including Internet social games, mobile games, computer games, artificial intelligence, financial technology and other industries, with unlimited application prospects. The current entertainment equipment manufacturing industry has actually become a veritable high-tech industry and can be classified as an advanced equipment manufacturing industry. If the government can support the industry in terms of policies, such as requiring a certain percentage of casino gaming equipment to be produced locally, then just like croupier’s having to be local, it is very helpful to this industry. 亞博匯：擬議的修訂文本未有提及澳門的衛星賭場。您對如何解 決這個問題有何看法？或者您希望澳門維持現有的衛星賭場形式 嗎？ 陳捷： 衛星賭場宜賦予法定地位。衛星娛樂場是歷史遺留下來的 問題，也是澳門博彩業發展過程中一種獨特的模式。根據不完全 的統計，目前18間衛星賭場的資產超過500億澳門元，近20年來 對澳門的經濟發展，創造就業作出重大的貢獻。衛星賭場的總體 規模絕不亞於目前任何一個賭牌(三個正牌和三個副牌)，衛星賭 場僱用的本地員工數量約佔本地博彩從業員的15%，同時也培育 了周邊餐飲、零售業的發展。 衛星賭場是現存事實，政府不能「視而不見，見而不理」， 必須讓其有生存和發展的空間。建議可增發多個特許經營準照 （其經營期限和條件或可有別於正式承批者—），並賦予其法定 地位，從而穩定澳門社會環境，對博彩業多元化發展都有促進作 用。 亞博匯：作為澳門娛樂設備廠商會負責任，該協會在促進澳門長 期繁榮方面可以發揮何種作用？ 陳捷： 澳門娛樂設備廠商會期望攜手澳門娛樂設備產業同行們為 此次法例修訂積極建言獻策。澳門的娛樂設備現多為外國企業生 產，本地的娛樂設備製造業發展與澳門在全球博彩業的領先地位 極不相稱。 在科技發展日新月異的今天，娛樂設備的科技含量不斷增 加，涉及的技術領域包括IT、文創(動漫)、遊戲設計、大數據分 析、高端製造等。娛樂設備製造領域的技術可延伸到多種行業, 包括互聯網社交遊戲、手機遊戲、電腦遊戲、人工智能、金融科 技等行業，應用前景無限。 目前的娛樂設備製造業實際上已成為名副其實的高科技產 業，可以歸類為先進裝備製造業。 如果將娛樂設備製造業納入法例修訂的考量範圍，制定相關 的法例來保護本土製造業的競爭力，比如就，就像荷官必須是本 地人一樣，對這個行業就非常有幫助。