Inside Asian Gaming
IAG MAR 2020年3月 亞博匯 33 attracting more and more tourists and once we improve our infrastructure it will provide a good platform. So the future looks good, especially on the infrastructure side. AWS: What’s your guess on annual growth rate for the next five years? EKR: That’s very difficult. I have to see whether the airports are being built and the roads are getting done. If that does happen I'll be very, very bullish on growth. AWS: How about the future of Entertainment City. Do you think there is room for more IRs here? EKR: Property is extremely expensive here, so buying a property sizable enough is the question, does that even exist? It probably costs more than the construction itself. Property prices have multiplied here by more than 15 times since we opened. AWS: Surely the right property would be profitable in the long run though? EKR: The problem is finding a seller and a sizable enough property to do a proper IR. The government has frozen any licenses here for five years since I think two years ago or three years ago, because they’re trying to make any growth happen in an orderly fashion. But there will be a time for new licenses. AWS: Could you see this becoming like a Cotai or Las Vegas with five, six, seven, eight properties? EKR: Over time anything is possible. AWS: The Philippines, over the years, has suffered a reputation for being dangerous and lacking infrastructure. And you hear this all the time in places like Hong Kong … EKR: Well, maybe Hong Kong shouldn’t be talking anymore! 卓弈:您還在全球各處擁有碼頭,其中有些位於有趣而富有異 域風情的地方。 EKR: 是的,但是擴張碼頭是容易的。碼頭在世界上任何一個國 家都是合法的。但賭博不是。 卓弈:但這為您提供了國際擴張的背景。 EKR: 是的,我們對此非常滿意。除了一些發達國家之外,我們 的確全球開花。 卓弈:此話怎講? EKR: 那些地方對勞動環境的要求高,監管更嚴格。其中一些也 並非真正適合博彩的市場。譬如西歐甚至東歐,都很難發展出 大型的綜合度假村。所以這實際上真的取決於區域。巴西將是 一個很好的市場。最好是像泰國、越南、柬埔寨這樣的地方。 卓弈:過去幾年間,菲律賓的博彩收入呈現爆炸式增長,而且這 個市場還一直在增長。您對2020年有何期望? EKR: 我認為雖然不太可能再呈現爆炸式增長,但仍將繼續保 持穩定的增長。我認為我們已經過了(爆炸式)那個階段。菲律 賓正在吸引越來越多的遊客。一旦我們將基礎設施也改善了,它 將提供一個很好的平台。因此,未來看起來不錯,尤其是在基礎設 施方面。 卓弈:您對未來五年的年增長率作何預測? EKR: 很難預測。須看屆時機場是否建好、道路是否完工。如果兩 樣都實現了,我將非常看好增長。 卓弈:娛樂城的未來會如何?您認為這裏還能容納更多的綜合度 假村嗎? EKR: 這裏的房價已經非常昂貴,所以要購買一個足夠大的物業 會是一個問題,甚至是否會有如此的房產?物業的價格可能比建 築成本高出許多。自我們開業以來,這裏的房地產價格已上漲了 15倍以上。 卓弈:長遠來看,合適的物業還是有利可圖的吧? EKR: 問題在於要找到賣方,及一個足夠大的房產來做合適的IR。 大概2至3年前政府已經凍結了其他所有的牌照5年,因為他們想 讓增長以一種有序的方式進行。但總有一天會有新的牌照出現。 封面故事
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