春节营收低迷令澳门赌场股价大跌
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.
在经历了春节期间的交易低迷后，澳门赌场运营商的股票在周二遭遇了新的抛售压力。中国内地的反腐运动正在广泛打击官员的奢侈消费。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.
周二，永利澳门(Wynn Macau)股票下跌7.9%，至20.1港元。新濠博亚娱乐(Melco Crown Entertainment)下跌7.2%至64.3港元。银河娱乐集团(Galaxy Entertainment Group)下跌7.3%至37.7港元。金沙中国(Sands China)下跌7.4%至35.05港元。巨大的跌幅，令它们成为香港恒生指数(Hang Seng)中表现最差的股票。
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.
在过去一年里，由于中国官方采取措施大力打击腐败及与之伴随的奢侈性消费，澳门赌场运营商的营收已大大降低。
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.
这一局面令出手阔绰的内地赌客对于在澳门公开赌博变得十分小心。澳门是目前中国唯一允许开办赌场的地方。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.
根据澳门博彩监察协调局(Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau)的数据，去年澳门赌场的营收出现了2002年有记录以来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，澳门博彩业营收下跌2.6%至3510亿澳门元（合440亿美元），结束了长达11年的增长。今年1月，澳门博彩业营收连续第8个月下跌。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.
促使本周股价下跌的直接原因是分析师的报告。这些报告暗示，这次春节假期澳门博彩业依然十分低迷，而春节在往常却是旅游和休闲开支的高峰期。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."
巴克莱银行(Barclays)分析师表示，在截至2月23日的一周内（包括5天春节假期），澳门赌场日平均营收为5.105亿港元。相比之下，前一周的日均营收为5.41亿港元。分析师补充说，这一结果“大大低于预期”。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.
大和资本市场(Daiwa Capital Markets)的分析师表示，博彩业总体毛收入“异常糟糕”。他们预计，本季度该产业营收将降至5年最低。Macau chief executive Fernando Chui has said he will conduct a review of the gaming sector in Spring 2015.
澳门特首崔世安(Fernando Chui)曾表示，他将在2015年春对博彩业开展评估。
