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IAG MAY 2020年5月 亞博匯 16 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS RAZON DECLARES 2020 A WRITE-OFF BUT BLOOMBERRY CASH POSITION REMAINS STRONG RAZON稱2020年為徒勞之 年，但表示BLOOMBERRY 現 金 狀 況 維 持 強 勁 THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO of Manila’s Bloomberry Resorts Corp, Enrique Razon Jr, has described 2020 as a write-off but says the company has no concerns about running low on cash. Bloomberry, which owns and operates Philippines market leader Solaire Resort & Casino in Entertainment City, has been forced to shut down the majority of its casino and resort facilities following a PAGCOR directive ordering the suspension of all gaming operations in Luzon. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Razon said he has low expectations for the remainder of 2020 but insisted Bloomberry was well placed to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic. “Of course when you are closed there is no cash flow really, although we have long term guests in the hotel who are staying put here, but the cash in the group is pretty healthy. Of course this year, you can write it off, but there really are no concerns there.” Asked when he expected casino customers to return once President Rodrigo Duterte’s community quarantine measures are eventually lifted, Razon replied, “I think people are profoundly impacted by the virus and the lockdowns, having to focus just on buying food, spending their money. The government has to give people cash. “I think people will come out of this and the savings rate is going to dramatically increase, so I don’t think consumer spending is going to recover that quickly.” 馬尼拉 Bloomberry Resorts Corp主席兼行政 總裁Enrique Razon Jr形容2020年已然報銷，但 表示該公司並不擔心會出現缺乏資金的情況。 Bloomberry擁有及營運在娛樂城中的菲 律賓市場領頭羊晨麗娛樂場及渡假城。但隨著 PAGCOR發出指示，命令所有在呂宋島的博彩業 務暫停運作之後，該公司亦被迫暫時關閉其大 部分娛樂場及度假村。 R a z o n接受彭博電視訪問時表示，他 對於2 0 2 0年隨後的日子期望甚低，但就稱 Bloomberry處於一個很好的位置，能順利渡過 新冠病毒大流行。 「當然，如果你關閉設施的話，即使我們酒 店還有一些長期住客依然會留在那裏，但真的 不會有甚麼現金流。但集團的資金狀況依然相 當健康。當然，今年的話，你已經可以把它報銷 掉了，但其實真的沒有甚麼太擔心的。」 在被問及如果總統杜特爾特的社區隔離措 施最終被撤銷後，他預期賭場客戶會於何時回 歸，Razon回答說：「我認為人們由於這病毒及封 鎖措施而需要專注在購買食物等花費之上，並 已受到沉重打擊。政府需要向人們提供現金。」 「大眾最終會脫離這個困境，儲蓄率亦會大 幅上升，因此我不認為消費會恢復得那麼快。」