Macau’s Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, has been appointed to the city’s Gaming Commission. He joins a three other governmental secretaries on the commission, which drafts gaming policy, and monitors the industry for compliance. The only secretary not on the body is the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam Chon Weng, reports GGRAsia.
According to official data cited by the publication, cased of gaming-related crime in Macau increased by 38 percent in 2015—a figure that coincides with a major crackdown on graft, money laundering and other criminal activity first implemented in mid-2014.
The commission, which was first developed in 2000, has eight members in all. It is now in the midst of the gaming industry’s mid-term review, which will decide which of six major casino concessionaires can continue operating beyond 2020 through 2022, when the current contracts expire.
According to Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac, the review process, which began last May, has been “slower than expected.”
