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IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 50 Chiba City received eight responses to its Request for Information with all pointing to Makuhari New City as their preferred site. 千葉市在進行「資料索取」的程序後，至今已收到了八份IR提案，所有方案都將幕張新都心列為項目地點。 COVER STORY 10. 千葉市 (千葉縣) 城市人口：100萬 縣府人口：630萬 首都圈人口：3800萬 競標者：八位競標者的身份未明，但應該與橫濱的競投者 類似 於一月初宣佈不再參與競標 • • • • • 10. CHIBA CITY (CHIBA PREFECTURE) City population: 1 million Prefecture population: 6.3 million Greater Tokyo area population: 38 million Suitors: eight suitors currently not known but likely to be similar to Yokohama suitors Announced decision to withdraw in early January • • • • • 第五層: 考慮過後不參與競逐 TIER 5: WE CONSIDERED IT, WE REJECTED IT Like Yokohama, Chiba City is part of the Greater Tokyo area. Its proposed IR location lies just 45 minutes by train from Tokyo station. In December Chiba City Mayor Toshihito Kumagai revealed the city had received eight IR project proposals in response to their October Request For Information (RFI) process. All eight listed Makuhari New City as the candidate location. Mayor Kumagai stated, “The content of the proposals demonstrate that an IR in the Makuhari New City area is achievable.” As it turns out, there won’t be an IR in Chiba anytime soon with the Mayor announcing in early January, “We have been conducting surveys while considering the trends of the country, but due to circumstances, including last year’s typhoon, we have decided that the current schedule would not allow enough time for coordination with stakeholders, such as the prefecture, and for us to complete those procedures required by law.” Chiba had previously estimated construction investment at between US$4.6 billion and US$6.4 billion, with between 20 and 40 million visitors expected annually. Annual tax revenue was estimated at around US$460 million. 與橫濱一樣，千葉市也是位於首都圈，其建議的綜合度假村 位置離東京車站約45分鐘鐵路路程。千葉市長熊谷俊人12月曾透 露，該市10月進行了「資料索取」的程序後，至今已收到了八份IR 提案，所有方案都將幕張新都心列為項目地點。 熊谷俊人表示：「有關提案的內容顯示，在幕張新都心發展綜 合度假村項目是可行的。」 但就在一月初，這位千葉市市長宣佈，千葉暫時不再考慮競 逐引入IR。「我們一直在根據國家的趨勢進行調查，但由於大環 境、尤其是去年的颱風，我們認為目前沒有足夠的時間與包括縣 在內的利益相關者進行協調，而且也沒有足夠的時間完成既定的 法律程序。」 千葉市此前曾預計有關項目投資介乎46億美元至64億美元， 每年可吸引2000萬至4000萬旅客人次，年度稅收可達4.6億美元。