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IAG AUG 2019年8月 亞博匯 13 GALAXY LOOKING TO ADDRESS JAPAN IR MISCONCEPTIONS 銀娛冀消除對日本 綜合度假村的誤解 GALAXY Entertainment Group’s Chief Operating Officer – Japan Development, Ted Chan, says the company is focused on correcting a number of key misconceptions surrounding IRs as it steps up its pursuit of a Japanese IR license. Speaking at anOpen Forumon IRGlobal Leadership Development in Tokyo, organized by the University of Macau, Chan said Galaxy’s success in Macau was largely a result of balancing “social harmony” with its business pursuits, but added that it was important to relay the positive message of IRs to the Japanese public. “Whilst we are happy to be industry disrupters, we also believe in the importance of balancing Social Harmony as the route to success … and we are now going through a similar process here in Japan,” Chan said. “Through carefully listening to the community, we have learned that there are many misperceptions about IRs in Japan. This does not surprise us. But if IRs are to be truly accepted in Japan it is important that we the industry and you the community work together harmoniously toward a common goal.” Chan outlined six common misconceptions Galaxy had come across while engaging with the local community, namely that an IR is just a casino, an IR only focuses on gaming customers, IRs will increase gambling addiction, the community doesn’t benefit from IRs, IRs are playgrounds for adults only, and entertainment in IRs is not very cultured. However, the reality is that, “Currently there no IRs in Japan and few Japanese have experienced amodern day IR for themselves – relying heavily on information garnered from the media, movies and television.” University of Macau Professor Jacky So with Galaxy Japan’s Ted Chan at the recent Open Forum on IR Global Leadership Development in Tokyo. 澳門大學工商管理學院院長、大西洋銀行金融學講座教授 蘇育洲，及銀河娛樂集團日本發展首席營運總監陳應達 銀河娛樂集團 日本發展首席營運總監陳應達日前表示，隨著銀河 日益加緊爭取日本綜合度假村（IR）牌照，公司目前正致力於消除 圍繞綜合度假村的一些關鍵誤解。 陳應達是在出席澳門大學於日本東京舉辦的「IR綜合度假村 公開論壇」的主題演講中，發表上述言論。演講中陳應達稱，銀娛 在澳門的成功，很大程度上是因為平衡了「社會和諧」與商業訴求 之間的關係。 他補充道，將綜合度假村所能帶來的積極影響傳達 給日本民眾是十分重要的。 陳應達說，「我們樂於成為行業顛覆者，但同時也相信平衡社 會和諧是通往成功之路的重要因素……我們現在正在日本經歷 類似的過程。」 「在認真聽取了社區意見之後，我們了解到日本社會對綜合 度假村存在許多誤解。這並未令我們感到驚訝。但如果想要綜合 度假村在日本真正被接受，那麼需要我們整個行業和社區和諧合 作，向著一個共同的目標一起努力，這一點是非常重要的。」 陳應達同時列舉了銀娛在與當地社區合作時常遇到的六個 誤解，包括綜合度假村只是一個賭場、綜合度假村只關注博彩客 人、綜合度假村會加劇問題博彩、社區不會從綜合度假村中受益、 綜合度假村僅是成人娛樂場、以及綜合度假村的娛樂活動沒有文 化深度。 然而，事實上，「目前日本沒有綜合度假村，且大部分日本人 都沒有自己親身體驗過現代的綜合度假村——他們嚴重依賴於從 媒體、電影及電視上獲得信息。」