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IAG OCT 2019年10月 亞博匯 12 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS LANDING BEGINS SEARCH FOR NEW LAND TO DEVELOP MANILA INTEGRATED RESORT 藍鼎另覓新地皮發展馬尼拉綜合度假村項目 HONG KONG-LISTED Landing International Development Ltd has revealed it will look to find a new plot of land for its planned integrated resort project in Manila’s Entertainment City precinct after formally receiving notice that a previous land lease deal has been terminated. Landing announced that it has been served with a letter by Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) confirming that the original lease entered into on 15 March 2018 for the development of its US$1.5 billion IR has been declared void ab initio by the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, Department of Justice and the Office of the President. The confirmation letter comes more than a year after the company’s Philippines subsidiary, Landing Resorts Philippines Development Corporation, held a groundbreaking ceremony on the site – located between Solaire Resort & Casino and Okada Manila – in early August 2018. In a remarkable turn of events, it was revealed on the afternoon of the groundbreaking that Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had in fact fired the entire board of NPF earlier that day, citing what was described as a “grossly disadvantageous” 50-year land lease deal granted to Landing by NPF. In its recent update, Landing said that subsequent to the land lease deal now being officially voided, PAGCOR has requested the company submit a proof of ownership or lease of land within 180 days from 10 September 2019 or its provisional license will be either revoked or suspended. In response, Landing said it “will try to find another piece of land for the development of the integrated resort, and the Company will make further announcement … in case of any update on the project.” 香港 上市公司藍鼎國際發展有限公司日前透露，在收到土地租賃 協議終止的正式通知後，該公司將嘗試另覓新地塊，以用於發展 其在馬尼拉娛樂城的綜合度假村項目。 藍鼎國際於週日公佈，該公司接獲其菲律賓綜合度假村出租 人，即基金Nayong Pilipino Foundation(NPF)的函件，確認雙方 於2018年3月15日就開發投資15億美元的綜合度假村而訂立的 租約，已被菲律賓政府法律顧問辦公室、司法部和總統辦公室宣 佈無效。 藍鼎國際的菲律賓子公司Landing Resorts Philippines De- velopment Corporation曾於2018年8月初在該地塊舉行奠基儀 式。該地塊位於晨麗娛樂場及渡假城和岡田馬尼拉之間。一個顯 著轉折是，就在奠基儀式的當天，菲律賓總統杜特爾特已經解散 了NPF的整個董事會，理由是NPF對藍鼎授予「明顯不利」50年租 地協議。 值得注意的是，菲博彩營運及監管部門PAGCOR此前曾授予 藍鼎預賭牌，而PAGCOR主席Andrea Domingo是出席奠基儀式 的嘉賓之一。 藍鼎國際同時於其公告中披露，在土地租約被宣佈無效之 後，PAGCOR已經要求該公司依照預賭牌之規定，自2019年9月10 日起的180天內提交土地擁有權或租賃證明，否則該預賭牌有可 能被撤銷或暫停。 藍鼎國際回應稱，集團將「將嘗試尋找另一地塊用作發展綜 合度假區，本公司將就項目之任何最新消息根據上市規則之規定 適時作出進一步公告。」