Leighton in on Macau casino project

Leighton Asia (Northern), in a joint venture with China State Construction Engineering, has secured a $A350 million ($2HKbillion) contract to design and build a new hotel and casino complex in Macau for Wynn Resorts. Leighton's share is $A175 million ($1HKbillion). Under the contract, the joint venture, will design and build a hotel tower, gaming areas, nine restaurants, a retail arcade, a ballroom, meeting rooms, a health club and spa and an underground carpark Design work has started and the project is due to be finished in just over two years.

Managing director of Leighton Asia (Northern) Will Hamilton, said Leighton was delighted to be working with an international client with a reputation for quality. “Wynn Resorts operates and is developing some of the world's premier entertainment complexes. They were specifically looking for an international contractor with a track record of delivering quality projects and we're delighted they selected us. This project pushes our work in hand in Hong Kong, Macau and China to $A925 million ($HK5.3 billion) the highest it has yet been,” Hamilton said. Macau, about 60km south-west of Hong Kong, has been an established gaming market for more than 40 years. A former Portuguese enclave, it was handed back to China in 1999 and operates as a special administrative region. Wynn Resorts is currently one of three concessionaires permitted to operate casinos in Macau. In Asia, Leighton comprises two main operating entities: Leighton Asia (Northern) which covers operations in Hong Kong, China, Macau, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos, and Leighton Asia (Southern) which covers operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India.

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