HONG KONG (Reuters) -&nbsp;Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub,&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;diversify&nbsp;its&nbsp;economy&nbsp;and make greater efforts to&nbsp;safeguard&nbsp;national&nbsp;security, the&nbsp;Macau&nbsp;government quoted a top&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;official&nbsp;as saying.
The directives were part of six requirements laid out by Xia Baolong, the director of China's Hong Kong and&nbsp;Macau&nbsp;Affairs Office, who is currently visting&nbsp;Macau&nbsp;for four days.
Macau, a densely packed territory on China's southern coast, is the only place in the country where gambling in casinos is legal.
Xia's other requirements are implementing the "one country, two systems" principle that&nbsp;Macau&nbsp;and Hong Kong are both governed under, strengthening&nbsp;national&nbsp;pride, greater integration with neighbouring&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;island Hengqin and improving overall governance.
Casino operators Sands China, Wynn&nbsp;Macau, Galaxy Entertainment, SJM Holdings, Melco Resorts and MGM China have faced increased regulatory oversight and are mandated to invest more in non-gaming amenities to&nbsp;diversify&nbsp;away from gambling.
Casinos have committed to investing a combined $15 billion in the coming decade, 90% of which must be spent on non-gaming.
Macau&nbsp;will "fully, accurately and unswervingly implement the new concepts, new ideas and new strategies put forward by President Xi Jinping,"&nbsp;Macau's government said.
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(Reporting by Farah Master and Twinnie Siu; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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Macau needs to diversify economy, safeguard national security -Chinese official