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IAG JUL 2020年7月 亞博匯 17 HONG KONG FIRM REVEALS PLAN TO DEVELOP MANILA INTEGRATED RESORT 港企透露在馬尼拉發展綜合度假村計劃 HONG KONG-LISTED GAMING INVESTOR International Entertainment Corp (IEC) has revealed that its Philippines subsidiary, Marina Square Properties, Inc, has applied for a provisional license from gaming regulator PAGCOR to develop an integrated resort in Manila. IEC said it plans to “expand and upgrade the current hotel premises, facilities and services by the establishment and operation of a casino and the development of an integrated resort in the City of Manila, Philippines.” Although no specific premises was named, Marina Square Properties Inc’s primary asset is the New Coast Hotel Manila, formerly known as New World Manila Bay Hotel, where the company leases space to PAGCOR for gaming operations. News of the company’s ambitious integrated resort plan comes just weeks after it completed the sale of Wigan Athletic Football Club, which it acquired in November 2018. IEC also owns the rights to run poker events across Asia under the PokerStars brand name. 在香港上市的 博彩投資公司國際娛樂公司 （IEC）透露，其菲律賓子公司Marina Square Properties，Inc.（MSPI）計劃向博彩監管機構 PAGCOR申請臨時牌照，從而在馬尼拉開發一家 綜合度假村。 IEC通過一份文件表示，其計劃「透過於菲 律賓馬尼拉市建立及經營賭場以及發展綜合度 假區，擴展及優化現時的酒店物業、設施及服 務。」 儘管尚未指定具體地點，但MSPI公司的主 要資產是原名為New World Manila Bay Hotel 的New Coast Hotel Manila酒店。該公司出租了 該酒店內的空間予PAGCOR進行博彩運營。 就在IEC提出雄心勃勃的度假村計劃的數 週前，該公司完成了在2018年開始的Wigan Athletic足球俱樂部的出售計劃。IEC還擁有在 亞洲大部分地區以PokerStars品牌經營實時撲 克賽事的權利。