{"id":2676,"date":"2024-10-14T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:25:10","slug":"macau-votes-in-its-new-ceo-following-one-horse-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/macau-votes-in-its-new-ceo-following-one-horse-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Macau Votes in Its New CEO Following One-Horse Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Asian gambling hub Macau has a new Chief Executive. Former judge Sam Hou Fai received 394 out of 398 votes from the election committee in a one-horse race. He is the first-ever chief executive for the special administrative region to be born on mainland China, with the role usually going to somebody from the island.<\/p>\n

Backers of Sam expressed the need for someone with a legal background to take control of the gambling hub. Previous chief executives have often had links to business people in the region, leading to questions of potential collusion.<\/p>\n

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the \u201chighest honor\u201d of his life<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The 62-year-old said the appointment is the \u201chighest honor\u201d of his life, and he vowed to help diversify the region\u2019s economy, maintain national sovereignty, and continue developing the region.<\/p>\n

He will officially take over in December during the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of Macau moving away from being a Portuguese colony. Sam was the top judge for almost this entire period, only stepping away in August when he threw his name in the hat for the chief executive position.<\/p>\n

He has expressed some strong views about gambling in Macau, calling the sector\u2019s expansion \u201cbarbaric\u201d when he announced his candidacy<\/a>. He subsequently clarified his comments and said he would not be looking to shrink or shut down the industry if he took over.<\/p>\n

The post Macau Votes in Its New CEO Following One-Horse Race<\/a> appeared first on Vegas Slots Online News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Asian gambling hub Macau has a new Chief Executive. Former judge Sam Hou Fai received 394 out of 398 votes from the election committee in a one-horse race. He is the first-ever chief executive for the special administrative region to be born on mainland China, with the role usually going to somebody from the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2677,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions\/2677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}