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Edition 3542 12 YEARS A-CHANGIN’ Double Down! ADVERTISING HERE Kowie Geldenhuys Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo +853 287 160 81 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WEDNESDAY T. 25º/ 31º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3542 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 27 May 2020 HKD 10.00 SEVERAL FORMER EMPLOYEES OF GAMING GAMING: BERNSTEIN TRAVEL BUBBLES ARE LAST HOPE OPERATORS ARE DISTRESSED AT NOT FOR A SUMMERTIME TOURISM BEING ABLE TO RETURN TO THE CITY TO FORECASTS AVERAGE DAILY RECOVERY AT A TIME WHEN MOST RETRIEVE THEIR BELONGINGS REVENUE DOWN 103% BORDERS WORLDWIDE ARE SEALED P5 P5 P6 China reported seven new virus cases, all tied to Chinese returning from AP PHOTO abroad. Just 81 patients remain hospitalized in the country with Covid-19, and another 408 are in isolation and being monitored for being either suspected cases or having tested positive for the virus without showing any symptoms. AP PHOTO Philippines As about 24,000 Filipinos who lost their jobs abroad are being transported by land, sea or air to their provincial homes, the president warned local officials not to refuse them entry out of coronavirus fears. The workers returned to the country in recent months as jobs dried up worldwide due to the pandemic. India For a seventh consecutive day India reported a record single-day jump in new virus cases. The health ministry counted a total of 145,380 cases, a one- day gain of 6,535, and said 4,167 people had died. Most of the cases are concentrated in two neighboring states in central India, Maharashtra, home to financial hub Mumbai, and Gujarat, PM Modi’s home state. AP PHOTO Thailand’s Cabinet has agreed to extend until the end of June a nationwide state of emergency that was imposed to combat the spread of the virus. The extension was approved amid mounting criticism that its real purpose is to curb political activity. Political and human rights activists have been warning that the broad powers HO STANLEY authorized under the emergency decree, such as limitations on speech and gatherings, could be used to silence critics. 1921-2020 P2-3 More on backpage page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 27.05.2020 wed MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER editorial Paulo Coutinho Larger than life; the passing of a legend Uncle Stanley RENATO MARQUES, ANTHONY LAM TANLEY Ho has been a household name in Macau and T 98-years, Stanley Ho SEast Asia for seven decades. His trade: gambling, although, passed away in Hong as the legend goes, he never gambled himself and would always Kong yesterday, not li- advise those around him not to gamble. I heard that directly ving long enough to see from him after one press conference in the 80s. theA opening of the last property of As any other gambling magnate, he knew the rule of thumb the empire he helped to build, the in games of fortune and hazard: the house always wins. Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai. A fa- Stanley was the house, holding a gambling monopoly in Ma- mily statement said he died peace- cau for over four decades, most of that time through his busi- fully in his sleep, but did not give a ness conglomerate STDM. And in that capacity, he played his cause of death. odds well. Tall, handsome and of mixed He courted the Portuguese governors, one after the other, tra- Chinese and European heritage, Ho ding favors beneficial to both parties in which he would always fathered 17 children with four wo- hold the upper hand. What is good for STDM is good for Ma- cau, so the legend was born. men, an extended family that enga- And during the entire remaining Portuguese administration ged in high-profile squabbles over from the 70s onwards that was pretty much the case. his legacy during his later years. Ho was influential in several business initiatives involving Por- A nephew of one of Macau’s as tuguese and Chinese interests, mostly his own, of which pro- well as Hong Kong’s most influen- bably the most emblematic is the closure of the Baia da Praia tial people in both business and Grande or Nam Van – an ambitious urban engineering project philanthropy – Sir Robert Ho Tung that would transform the bay for good. – Stanley Ho Hung-sun was a Hong When I arrived in Macau in the mid-1980s, the Praia Grande Kong and Macau business magnate bay was a mesmerizing sight of historical resonance. However, and best known for being Macau’s its waters were stagnant, dark and muddy, and in the dry season first and most influential gaming it would exhale a putrid smell. It was infested with a million rats tycoon. and dirt. Founder and Chairman of SJM In the nineties, a project financed by both Stanley Ho and the Holdings until 2018, when he offi- public coffers, commissioned late architect Manuel Vicente to cially retired, leaving the company redesign the bay and, in conjunction with experienced Portu- in the hands of his daughter Pansy guese engineers, find a solution with dams and floodgates to Ho, Stanley built up an impressive pump water into two artificial lakes to restore and upgrade the portfolio of investments, owning a area giving the city a refreshed and salubrious seaside front. It total of nineteen casinos in Macau, worked. including the historic Hotel Lisboa. In the late 80s, Stanley Ho would have a stake or say in all Over the years, Ho was nicknamed the projects that would involve infrastructure, transport and the “King of Gambling,” an unofficial NO EASY START nade while carrying out his duties. land. Apart from his own fleet of ferryboats to serve the Ma- title that gained fame during the go- Despite being born into privilege, With the large bonus, he set foot cau-Hong Kong route, Ho would become involved in all the so-called major infrastructure projects: the ferry terminal, the vernment-granted monopoly era he his story did not have a smooth start. in the fuel refinement industry. The airport, the sea port, the air flag-carrier, you name it. held for about 40 years. On November 25, 1921, the future ty- refinement company became a main At the same time, his Casino Lisboa (now dubbed Old Lisboa) Another company that he estab- coon was born to parents of wealth. supplier for the Macau power plant and the satellite-casino network was ripping billions mostly lished, Shun Tak Holdings, where he His father was a comprador at E.D. in those days. His business became from Hong Kong and Asian patrons, at a time of great prospe- held the post of Chairman Emeritus, Sassoon & Co., which later became so successful that it attracted the in- rity in the region, when the Asian Tigers, Hong Kong included, issued a statement to officially con- a founding stakeholder of the Hong terests of a local gangster. were thriving. firm the tycoon’s death on behalf of Kong and Shanghai Banking Corpo- The gangster negotiated with Ho With a Midas touch, he bought the decaying Trotting Club the company. ration. His mother was a daughter of on a partnership. Later threatening from Yip Hon and transformed it into a lucrative Jockey Club “Dr Ho has been a respected per- a wealthy family. him, the gangster deployed gunmen in a matter of years that would turn a profit year-after-year, sonage of virtue, vision, innovation, The tycoon received his education to the refinement plant to intimidate until its demise over the past ten years when he was no longer and invincibility,” the statement at Queen’s College in Hong Kong, him. in control. said. before successfully enrolling in the In 1953, the gangster expelled Ho By the turn of the century, old Stanley was well prepared for Ho was regarded as an example, University of Hong Kong with scho- from Macau, threatening to take his what came next when Edmund Ho, the first Chief Executive, the statement noted. “Dr Ho has larships. The story did not develop life if he refused to leave the city. Des- put an end to the gaming monopoly and promoted an interna- educated and inspired us a lot,” it well, for his father was forced to leave pite leaving unwillingly, he felt deter- tional tender for gaming concessions. said. He has taught people to thirst Hong Kong for Vietnam due to finan- mined to return when the tensions After the handover, Stanley Ho asked Edmund Ho (not re- for knowledge and yearn for explo- cial problems. After, his mother had eased. lated) to give him a “moratorium” of three years so he could ration, according to the statement. to pawn her jewelry to raise him. Back in Hong Kong, he invested reorganize his company to bid in the tender. If there was a mo- “He has also reminded us to trea- In 1941, when Japan invaded widely in real estate. Prior to his ar- ratorium, we may never know, the matter of fact is that the first sure our culture and our traditions, Hong Kong, Ho was left no choice but rival, residential properties in Hong casino outside of Uncle Stanley’s orbit opened around three as well as to love our country,” no- to flee the city to Macau, which was Kong were sold as entire buildin- years later, the Sands Macao. The rest is history. ted the statement. declared to be neutral by the then gs. He made himself a pioneer in A flamboyant and complex character, famous for his bold sta- The family said that although Portuguese government.
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