Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2020年6月 亞博匯 40 COVER STORY It’s unknown whether Ho recognized the importance of Cotai before his July 2009 collapse that left him largely bedridden, but it’s clear SJM would have been better off if Stanley Ho had remained in charge for another decade or two. Bringing the company back to the top after liberalization showed that the adept dancer could still find the right steps even when he no longer called the tune. As Ho sought to distribute his holdings from late 2010, Pansy Ho led a drive to secure a larger share for herself and siblings over fourth wife Angela Leong and other family members. A 2011 settlement made Pansy Ho an STDM director while guaranteeing Leong’s management dominance at SJM for six years. Ho’s 2018 resignation from SJM, elevating Pansy Ho’s sister and Shun Tak lieutenant Daisy Ho to his chairmanship while offering co-chairmanships to Leong and Timothy Fok, seemingly tried to split the baby again. In January 2019, Pansy Ho announced an alliance with the Fok Foundation, which holds the STDM shares of original partner Henry Fok, to vote cooperatively, thus giving them a majority of STDM shares and effective control of SJM. The alliance hasn’t brought any wholesale changes to date, but, like their father, Pansy and Daisy Ho may be playing the long game. Ho had his critics and it would be wrong to sanctify him after his passing. But it is beyond dispute that Dr Ho influenced Macau – and arguably by extension the casino gaming industry across the planet –more than any single individual in history. As one industry veteran put it, “You just can’t compare Stanley Ho to normal people.” The choreography of Macau has never been simple, and few have ever been as nimble for as long as Ho, who rarely put a foot wrong over a half century in Macau. 瓊率先出手為她自己和同房的手足從四太梁安琪及其他家庭成 員手中爭取更大的份額。2011年達成的一項和解協議令何超瓊成 為澳娛董事，同時亦保證梁安琪在澳博的管理層長居主位達6年 之久。2018年何鴻燊從澳博控股退出，同時指定梁安琪及霍震霆 接任聯席主席。 2019年1月，何超瓊宣佈與持有澳娛股份的原合夥人霍英東 之家族基金結盟，合作投票，從而令其獲得澳娛大股東地位並有 效控制澳博。截至目前，該結盟沒有導致任何大的變化，但是正如 他們的父親一樣，何超瓊及何超鳳可能在進行一個長遠的計劃。 何鴻燊自有遭受批評之處，在他去世後就將其神聖化是不可 取的。但毋庸置疑的是，何鴻燊博士對澳門的影響——乃至對全球 博彩業的影響——超過了歷史上的任何一個人。正如一位資深從 業者所言：「你無法將何鴻燊與任何普通人相比。」在澳門起舞從 來都不簡單，極少人能像何鴻燊那樣長袖善舞，在其於澳門的半 個多世紀的歲月裡，鮮少踏錯舞步 。 It is beyond dispute that Dr Ho influenced Macau – and arguably by extension the casino gaming industry across the planet – more thananysingle individual inhistory. 毋庸置疑的是，何鴻燊博士對澳門的影 響——乃至對全球 博彩業的影響——超過了 歷史上的任何一個人。