春節營收低迷令澳門賭場股價大跌
Macau's casino operators came under fresh pressure on Tuesday following sluggish trading over the Chinese New Year holiday, which comes amid a wider crackdown on lavish spending by mainland officials.
在經歷了春節期間的交易低迷後，澳門賭場運營商的股票在週二遭遇了新的拋售壓力。中國內地的反腐運動正在廣泛打擊官員的奢侈消費。Shares in Wynn Macau tumbled as much as 7.9 per cent to HK$20.10 while Melco Crown Entertainment fell 7.2 per cent to HK$64.30. Galaxy Entertainment Group fell 7.3 per cent to HK$37.70 and Sands China fell 7.4 per cent to HK$35.05, making them the worst performers on Hong Kong's Hang Seng index.
週二，永利澳門(Wynn Macau)股票下跌7.9%，至20.1港元。新濠博亞娛樂(Melco Crown Entertainment)下跌7.2%至64.3港元。銀河娛樂集團(Galaxy Entertainment Group)下跌7.3%至37.7港元。金沙中國(Sands China)下跌7.4%至35.05港元。巨大的跌幅，令它們成爲香港恆生指數(Hang Seng)中表現最差的股票。
Revenues for casino operators in the former Portuguese colony have been weighed down over the past year amid an official Chinese push to reduce corruption and its bedfellow, ostentatious spending.
在過去一年裏，由於中國官方採取措施大力打擊腐敗及與之伴隨的奢侈性消費，澳門賭場運營商的營收已大大降低。
The development has made high rolling mainland punters warier about publicly gambling in the enclave, which remains the only place in China where casinos are allowed.
這一局面令出手闊綽的內地賭客對於在澳門公開賭博變得十分小心。澳門是目前中國唯一允許開辦賭場的地方。Last year casino revenues in Macau saw their first full-year annual decline since records began in 2002, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
根據澳門博彩監察協調局(Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau)的數據，去年澳門賭場的營收出現了2002年有記錄以來的首次全年年度跌幅。Gaming revenues in 2014 fell 2.6 per cent to 351bn patacas ($44bn), ending an 11-year run of gains. They fell for an eighth consecutive month in January.
2014年，澳門博彩業營收下跌2.6%至3510億澳門元（合440億美元），結束了長達11年的增長。今年1月，澳門博彩業營收連續第8個月下跌。Driving the dip in share prices this week are analysts' reports which suggest gambling was weak over the recent Chinese New Year break, traditionally a peak period for travel and leisure spending.
促使本週股價下跌的直接原因是分析師的報告。這些報告暗示，這次春節假期澳門博彩業依然十分低迷，而春節在往常卻是旅遊和休閒開支的高峯期。Analysts at Barclays said that average daily table revenues were HK$510.5m for the week to February 23, a period which included five days in the holiday period, compared to HK$541m the weak before which they added was "much weaker than we had anticipated."
巴克萊銀行(Barclays)分析師表示，在截至2月23日的一週內（包括5天春節假期），澳門賭場日平均營收爲5.105億港元。相比之下，前一週的日均營收爲5.41億港元。分析師補充說，這一結果“大大低於預期”。Analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets said that overall gross gaming revenue was "exceptionally lacklustre"; they expect revenues for the sector to hit a five year low this quarter.
大和資本市場(Daiwa Capital Markets)的分析師表示，博彩業總體毛收入“異常糟糕”。他們預計，本季度該產業營收將降至5年最低。Macau chief executive Fernando Chui has said he will conduct a review of the gaming sector in Spring 2015.
澳門特首崔世安(Fernando Chui)曾表示，他將在2015年春對博彩業開展評估。
