The chairman and chief executive of the parent firm of Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd said on Wednesday he was “disappointed” about the pace of recovery in the Macau gaming market, but understood the Macau and mainland China authorities had opted for a safety-first approach amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Robert Goldstein (pictured, top left), boss of United States-based Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS), was speaking during the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference, in a session held online and hosted by Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd analyst Vitaly Umansky (pictured, top right). Mr Goldstein stated regarding the pace of Macau’s rebound: “We are disappointed… we were hoping for a quicker recovery”. But the Las Vegas Sands executive added he understood that the authorities in Macau and the mainland were “very cautious” on travel easing, as they had a “zero-tolerance policy” toward Covid-19.