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IAG JUN 2019年6月 亞博匯 15 IMPERIAL PACIFIC REQUESTS ANOTHER SAIPAN DEADLINE EXTENSION 博華太平洋再次要求延後其 塞班綜合娛樂場度假村完工日期的最後期限 Embattled Saipan integrated resort operator Imperial Pacific International (IPI) has had two requested amendments to its Casino License Agreement approved by the Lottery Commission. But a request to further extend the deadline for completion of the IR, recently renamed Imperial Palace•Saipan, has yet to be discussed, according to local media reports. The Lottery Commission said in a May meeting that IPI would now be allowed to count hotel rooms built in the future on associated nearby sites, either itself or by partners, in the 2,000-room count required by the CNMI’s casino law. The Lottery Commission will also allow IPI’s majority shareholder, Inventive Star Limited, to dilute its stake in the company below the previous minimum of 51% and to as low as 10%. The change is aimed at allowing IPI to issue new shares in order to raise the further capital it needs to commence Phase 2 of Imperial Palace•Saipan. The amendments represent the 9th and 10th amendments to IPI’s Casino License Agreement since 2014. 備受 困擾的塞班島綜合娛樂場度假村營運商博華太平洋(IPI)再提 出兩個對娛樂場牌照協議進行更改的要求，該協議是由彩券委員會 負責審批。 但根據當地媒體報道，該委員會並未討論一個要求延遲綜合娛 樂場度假村完工期限的申請。該度假村已易名為博華皇宮·塞班。 彩券委員會表示，IPI現在可以把在其經營地點附近由IPI本身或 其夥伴在未來所建成的酒店房，計進根據北馬里亞納群島自由邦博 彩法例所要求的2,000間酒店房之內。 該委員會亦容許修改IPI的主要持股人Inventive Star Limited 在IPI的最低持股量，從先前的最低51%降至最低10%。這改變的目 的，是為了讓IPI發行新股份，去為博華皇宮·塞班第二期動工籌集更 多資金。 IPI最近透露，公司的娛樂場度假村的第一期將於2019年9月30 日局部開放。 以上提到的這些修改，都已經是娛樂場牌照協議自2014年生效 後的第9及第10項修訂。