I hope I can attest that glorious day but, he's a left-winged. So it won't be surprised if he announced any prediction like this. BTW, when was the last time a economist successfully made a prediction?
They mustn't agree with you with their military might-based philosophy. They don't know what is diplomacy. All they need to know is the location of their aircraft carrier and the number of missiles available.
I don't think Beijing will allow the gambling for too long. Things change. Once we don't have atomic bomb but now we have DF-31. Once our navy commander had to borrow fish boats but now we have Liaoning. Once we had to shoot enemy planes down by rifle but now we have J-20 stealth fighter. Like...
Cities grow.
I know. I don't mean that it should do all the things I mentioned. One or two is good enough. And you know that high tech industry produces high added valve.
Although all these improvements, Macau still have its problem. Its GDP reduced quite a lot this year due to the anti-corruption WAR. Maybe they should pay attention to other industry and not rely too much on gambling.