Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING FEBRUARY 2018 36 and corrections. A typical day for me is all about gaming. I have to walk around the casinos to see their live operations, otherwise I have no topic to talk to the operators about because I don’t have the numbers they have! I’m the third party. They can tell me the numbers whereas I cannot, but I can feel it when I go to the casino and feel the live environment. BB: APE listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last year. How has that impacted you and the business in the months since? HN: It was a great moment. I couldn’t believe that I really passed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange approvals! Getting to that point was quite a difficult job but everything was on time. In a way I can say it was lucky in that everything was fate that it was all on time and perfect. BB: What other markets is APE looking at now? HN: Southeast Asia. Any market in Southeast Asia, I will go for that. Now I’m looking at the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and India is another market that is going to grow. Some other countries are trying to open their gaming markets too like Japan. A lot of countries, when they look at Macau, they want to open areas for gaming too. I believe that in another 20 to 40 years, this story will have developed a lot. BB: What do you do to relax and get away from the stresses of work? HN: Well to tell you the truth I play slot INDUSTRY PROFILE “When you launch a new game on the floor you will see the reaction immediately. You don’t have to wait to find out if people like it, you can see if the players are happy or not. That cannot be faked.” machines! I go around and play other games. At the end of the day they are still games, so I can relax. While I’m playing, I play as a customer. I really want to win money and I really want to enjoy it. Then after that I know how I can improve my games and why some other games are so popular. It lets me come up with some ideas to give to the manufacturers about how to make the games better. Other than that I just spend time with my family. BB: What is your favorite thing about Macau? HN: It’s small so everything is close – friends, family, business – everything is fast. It can be difficult to make appointments with me because I travel a lot but usually when I’m in Macau, if you call me I will be there. The Asia Pioneer Entertainment team