"Since the handover, the two biggest things to happen have been the relaxing of restrictions on gambling in 2003 and the 2005 World Heritage Committee decision," says Wong. "The first spurred the Macanese economy, helping it bring in twice the income it used to, bringing the per-capita GDP of the SAR to US $ 28,436 in 2006, even higher than that of Hong Kong."
「回顧回歸以來的歷程，2003 年的開放賭牌和 2005 年的入選世遺，可說是最重要的兩件事，」王定昌社長說，「賭牌開放帶動了澳門經濟，讓澳門的收入翻了兩番，2006 年的人均 GDP 高達 2 萬 8,436 美元，甚至超過了香港。」