Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2019年5月 亞博匯 48 專欄 stable and open for foreign investment and joint ventures. Heads of banks one by one told the investment audience of the possible generous rewards and assurance of repatriation of funds. One fellow speaker and panelist was Mike Bolsover, CEO of Silver Heritage Group which owns and operates of Nepal’s first IR, Tiger Palace Resort at Bhairahawa near the Indian border. Tiger Palace has recently opened an impressive premium mass and VIP area. Besides key infrastructure being put in place, I emphasized the importance of sound tourism master planning and casino policy that best fits Nepal, explaining that Macau, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan have all developed, adapted and are certainly still learning from their own casino regulatory frameworks. Nepal continues to adapt its fledgling casino legislation, understanding the importance of securing greater confidence for investors in Nepal’s IR development. There are also several small and limited amenity casino properties throughout Nepal. Ambiguities in Nepal’s Casino Regulation 2013 have been cited and the government is pressing on with a still to be finalized new Casino Bill 2018. The “Casino Rules 2070” was passed and gazetted in July 2013, stating that a US$300,000 Silver Heritage opened Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa in November 2017 Silver Heritage在2017年11月開設了錫陀塔那迦老虎皇宮度假村 首先,尼泊爾大量國土與印度及中國接壤。這兩個國家都是世界 經濟最大及增長最快的火車頭,其國民的財富及可支配收入均十分可 觀,並且還在增長當中。澳門與新加坡的博彩業,都由於中國內地及印 度境內缺乏博彩機會而大大得益。而尼泊爾的機遇將可能隨時降臨。 為甚麼我這樣說呢?在今年三月,我受到尼泊爾政府邀請,於尼 泊爾投資峰會中發言。在該峰會中發表講話的,還有尼泊爾總理卡德 加.普拉薩德.奧利、他的副手及幾位高層部長。我也看到了多個亮眼 的基建及外國投資計劃,從機場和高速鐵路到公路和隧道。尼泊爾政 府也展示了幾個旅遊及綜合項目,希望從私人市場找到投資者。 在談論的事項中,還包括了綜合度假村樞紐及單一綜合度假村發 展項目等。當局想傳遞的訊息十分清晰:政府現處於穩定狀態,並且對 國外的投資及財團開放。銀行高層輪流對投資者講述着可能獲得的高 回報及對於資金能夠調回本國的保證。 其中一位講者及台上嘉賓是Silver Heritage Group 的行政總裁 Mike Bolsover。該集團擁有及經營尼泊爾的第一間綜合度假村,位於 毗鄰印度邊境的城市錫陀塔那迦的老虎皇宮度假村。老虎皇宮於最近 開幕,設施中包括亮眼的高端中場及貴賓室區域。 除了主要的基建外,我也強調一個良好的旅遊綱要計劃,以及一 個適合尼泊爾的博彩政策的重要性,並且解釋了澳門、新加坡、馬來西 亞及日本全部都已經發展和調整出自己的一套博彩框架,亦當然繼續 從中吸取經驗。而尼泊爾就繼續適整出它那只有雛型的博彩法例,並 在學習讓投資者對該國綜合度假村的發展有更大信心的重要性。 其實在尼泊爾也有其他規模小、限制多的附設博彩設施,這都是 由於尼泊爾的《娛樂場規章2013》中某些模稜兩可的部分。該國政府

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