Others may be rushing in, but the 'Angry Man from Chiu Chow' is not interested in becoming the 'Gambling Man of Macau'.
For more than a year, colourfully nicknamed Hong Kong legislator Chim Pui-chung was the largest single shareholder in cruise-ship operator Massive Resources International. In the past two months, the company listed on the main board has announced two deals to grab a slice of Macau's booming high-stakes gambling market.
Mr Chim does not doubt the enclave's prospects: 'I always say in Legco, 'Come on, Hong Kong SAR government. You must wake up'.'
'This year there might be more visitors to Macau than Hong Kong.'
However, when Massive's shares surged in February after it said it was buying a stake in a VIP gaming room operation at Sands Macao casino, Mr Chim decided to cash out.
'I made my profit then I sold,' he said. '[Massive] is making quite a lot of investments in Macau. But they are not the chief bosses [of the casinos], they only have some special tables.'
