东京 -- 澳门六家赌场运营商承诺向一个投资非博彩产业的新政府基金投入超过 10 亿美元，支持根据该市最新五年计划推动经济多元化。
TOKYO -- The six casino operators in Macao have pledged to contribute over $1 billion to a new government fund that invests in nongaming industries, backing a push to diversify the economy under the city's latest five-year plan.
这六家在香港上市的博彩运营商 -- 银河娱乐集团、新濠国际发展、美高梅中国控股、金沙中国、澳博控股和永利澳门 -- 在周五收盘后分别宣布了这一举措。它们的代表出席了一个由澳门首位内地出生的行政长官岑浩辉和中央驻澳联络办主任郑新聪见证的仪式。周一早盘，六家公司股价在香港交易中低开或平开。
The Hong Kong-listed gambling operators -- Galaxy Entertainment Group, Melco International Development, MGM China Holdings, Sands China, SJM Holdings and Wynn Macau -- separately announced the move after the market closed on Friday. Their representatives had attended ag ceremony witnessed by Sam Hou-fai, Macao's first mainland-born chief executive, and Zheng Xincong, director of the liaison office, Beijing's representative in the gaming hub. All six companies' shares opened lower or flat in Hong Kong trading on Monday morning.
资金将投入由政府支持的澳门投资管理有限公司管理的“澳门特区政府引导基金二期”。这项投资承诺是 2023 年 1 月 1 日生效、有效期至 2032 年底的赌场博彩特许经营权续期条件之一。
The contributions will be made to Macao SAR Government Guidance Fund No. 2, managed by the government-backed Macao Investment and Management Company. The investment pledge is part of the conditions for renewing casino gaming concessions that came into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, and run until the end of 2032.
该基金初始规模为 200 亿澳门元（约 25 亿美元），其中澳门政府出资 110 亿澳门元，其余由赌场运营商承担。
The initial size of the fund is 20 billion patacas ($2.5 billion), with the Macao government contributing 11 billion patacas and the casino operators footing the rest.
据当地议会 10 月中旬收到的最新政府报告显示，去年政府收入约 950 亿澳门元，逾四分之三来自赌场行业。
The latest government report to the local parliament in mid-October revealed that about 95 billion patacas, or over three-quarters of the government's revenue last year, came from the casino industry.
据政府称，新基金将把投资导向“新兴产业、产业转型升级、科技成果转化和创业科技公司”。其既定目标是支持进一步融入内地的政策，例如推动横琴粤澳深度合作区（位于澳门毗邻的内地一侧）以及粤港澳大湾区建设。
The new fund will direct investments into "emerging industries, industrial transformation and upgrading, the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, and startup technology companies," according to the government. The stated aim is to support policies to further integrate the former Portuguese colony with mainland China, such as by promoting the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, the adjacent region on the mainland side, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
六家博彩企业代表于10月23日出席了与澳门特首岑浩辉举行的仪式。（澳门政府供图）澳门经济财政司司长吴伟瀚在周五的仪式上强调，该基金的启动恰逢中国“十五五”规划和澳门第三个五年规划的开启，这与北京的路线保持一致。
Representatives of six casino operators attend ag ceremony with Macao Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai on Oct. 23. (Macao government) Ng Wai-han, the Macanese economy and finance secretary, stressed at Friday'sg ceremony that the launch of the fund coincides with the start of China's 15th five-year plan and the territory's third five-year plan, which toes Beijing's line.
官方新闻稿称，特区政府“正积极对接国家发展规划，全力推行……适度经济多元策略，持续增强澳门经济韧性”。
The city government "is proactively aligning itself with the national development plan, making every effort to implement ... [an] appropriate economic diversification strategy, and continuously enhancing the resilience of Macao's economy," the official press release stated.
吴伟瀚表示，经济多元化以减少对博彩业的过度依赖——这是该地区几十年来的顽疾——是“必须做的事”，这需要政府和商界的“共同努力”。
Diversification of the economy to lessen the overreliance on casinos -- a chronic issue for the territory for decades -- is a "must-do" according to Ng, which requires "joint efforts" from the government and the business sectors.
金沙中国有限公司在博彩企业中承诺出资最多，达23亿澳门元。这家澳门博彩公司的美国子公司在向香港交易所的备案文件中强调了其对经济多元化发展的支持。
Sands China put up the largest contribution among the casino operators, pledging 2.3 billion patacas. The U.S. subsidiary of the Macao gaming company, in a filing to the Hong Kong Exchange, emphasized its support for the economic diversification drive.
另一家美国运营商永利澳门的主席谭咏麟（注：原文为Allan Zeman，但Allan Zeman并非永利澳门主席，此处按原文翻译）表示，该公司承诺出资13.7亿澳门元，其在备案文件中称，认购基金份额体现了公司对政府政策的支持。
Chairman Allan Zeman of Wynn Macau, another American operator, which pledged 1.37 billion patacas, said in its filing that the subscription demonstrates the company's support for the government's policies.
承诺出资第二多、达22.7亿澳门元的银河娱乐集团表示，其参与该基金“补充”了其支持该市长期经济发展的更广泛举措，宣称支持多元化发展以及横琴与大湾区的“协同发展”。
Galaxy Entertainment Group, which committed the second-largest amount of 2.27 billion patacas, said its participation in the fund "complements" its broader initiatives to support the city's long-term economic development, touting its support for diversification and "the coordinated development" of Hengqin and the Greater Bay Area.