Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2022年9月 亞博匯 48 IN FOCUS I n 1961, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macao (STDM), founded by Stanley Ho Hon San, Ip Hon, Terry Ip Tak Lei and Henry Fok, won the bidding and was granted the monopoly concession. However, in the mid-1990s, many economic experts from mainland China visited Macau frequently and made comments on the gaming industry. In addition, social opinions continued to oppose the long-standing “monopoly” of Macau’s gambling industry. Immediately after the handover of Macau on 20 December 1999, the first Macau government decided that the casino concession would be opened to bidding upon the expiry of the STDM concession. 22 BIDDING PROPOSALS On 31 October 2001, the first “Casino Concessions Committee” was established and was chaired by the thenSecretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen. The tendering process officially began on 2 November 2001 and concluded on 7 December 2001. There were a total of 22 bidding proposals received during the period, including six from Macau companies, three from Hong Kong companies, four from US companies, one from a UK company and one from Malaysia. The remaining seven bids were joint bids by companies from Macau, Hong Kong, the United States, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Philippines. 1 961年，由何鴻燊、葉漢等人成立 的澳門娛樂有限公司取得唯一的博 彩專營權。但到了90年代中，不少 中國內地的經濟專家頻繁訪澳，對 博彩業作出評論，加上社會不斷有 意見反對澳門博彩業長期「一家獨大」。 1999年12月20日澳門回歸後，第一屆 澳門政府即時宣佈博彩專營權需要重新競 投。 22份標書 2001年10月31日，首屆賭牌競投委員 會成立。時任經濟財政司司長譚伯源成為 委員會主席。11月2日，澳門政府首次公開 接受賭牌招標書，時間直至12月7日。為期 間38日。 在此期間競投委員會共收到22份標 書，其中六份標書是來自澳門企業，三份 來自香港企業、四份來自美國企業、一份 來自英國企業、一份馬來西亞企業。其餘 七份標書分別由澳門、香港、美國、馬來 西亞、紐西蘭以及菲律賓等地的企業合作 競投。