Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2019年12月 亞博匯 27 封面故事 The region’s casino and tourism industry has also been developing for over a decade now – Fontana, Mimosa, Royce and Widus casinos all opened pre- 2010 – lured by the lucrative tax incentives Clark’s classification as a Freeport Zone provides. Qualified locators setting up inside the Freeport pay just 5% tax on gross income earned, less allowable deductions, in lieu of all national and local taxes, and are not required to pay property tax. They also face far less red tape than may be expected elsewhere due to the CDC holding absolute governance of the broader Clark area. “One of the features that makes Clark very attractive to foreign investors is that they only talk to one face of government, so all construction permits, building permits, excavation permits, we issue all of that,” says Manankil. “It’s only the CDC that issues all of this. It’s less complicated and our governance in handling our locators is much preferred.” Nevertheless, it is the promise of greatly improved access brought on by the Duterte government’s “Build, Build, Build” national infrastructure program that has spurred the sudden surge in development within Clark over the past three years. In 2020, the first of four new passenger terminals planned for Clark International Airport will be complete, tripling the annual passenger capacity from its current level of 4.2 million to 12.2 million. By the time the fourth is open in 2025, annual capacity will be a massive 110 million people. In 2018, Clark’s casino GGR grew22.4% to Php8.62 billion and is on track to rise by another 37% to Php11.81 billion in 2019. 2018年，克拉克娛樂場的博彩總收入增長了 22.4％，至86.2億披索，而2019年則有望在增 長37%，攀升至118.1億披索。 在自由港內設立的符合規定的企業只需針對總收入的5%納 稅，減去允許的扣減額可替代國家和地方稅，並無需繳納財產稅。 由於克拉克發展公司在克拉克地區擁有絕對的管理權，他們所須 處理的繁瑣程序等亦要比其他地方少得多。 「克拉克對外國投資者頗具吸引力的一點是，他們只需與政 府的一個部門打交道，因為所有的建築許可、建造許可、挖掘許可 證等，都由我們發放。」Manankil表示，「僅有克拉克發展公司這一 個部門來處理所有這些牌照。因此沒那麼繁瑣，而且企業也更樂 意接受我們的管理。」 除此之外，杜特爾特政府「建設、建設、再建設」（Build, Build, Build）的國家基礎建設計劃所帶來的極大改善的前景，也刺激了 克拉克在過去三年內發展的突飛猛進。 到2020年，克拉克國際機場即將新添的四個航站樓中的第一 個將完工，年客運量將從目前的420萬增加到1220萬。待2025年 第四個航站樓也開放時，年客運量預計將達到1.1億。 從近期趨勢來看，規模越大越好。2018年入境遊客數從12個 月前的151萬人次增至261萬人次，按年增加了73%。 除空中交通之外，公路及鐵路基礎建設也緊隨其後，其中最引 人矚目的是耗資150億美元、連接克拉克和馬尼拉的南北通勤鐵 路，其中有一段將通往克拉克國際機場，這段鐵路將於2021年分階 段開通。而另一條連接克拉克和蘇比克的鐵路將於明年開工。