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IAG AUG 2020年8月 亞博匯 12 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS STUDIO CITY PHASE 2 UNLIKELY TO BE COMPLETE BY MAY 2022 DEADLINE 新濠影滙二期項目不太可能 在2022年5月期限之前完成 MELCO RESORTS & ENTERTAINMENT says it is unlikely to meet the 31 May 2022 deadline for completion of Phase 2 of Macau integrated resort, Studio City. Under the terms of its land concession with the Macau SAR Government, Melco is required to complete development of Studio City Phase 2 by 31 May 2022, having already extended the deadline once from its original date of 24 July 2019. In an SEC filing, the company said there is now “no guarantee” it will complete the development of the remaining land of Studio City by the deadline. “Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, we estimated a construction period of approximately 32months for the remaining project,” Melco said. “With the disruptions from the Covid-19 outbreak, the construction period has been delayed and is expected to extend beyond the estimated 32 months and the current development period. “In the event that additional time is required to complete the development of the remaining project for Studio City, we will have to apply for an extension of the relevant development period which shall be subject to Macau government review and approval at its discretion.” Melco also cited a need to raise considerably more funding to complete development of Phase 2, some of which will come from a private placement to current shareholders announced in mid-July. The placement is expected to raise between US$450 million and US$500 million. 新濠博亞娛樂 表示，該公司不太可能在2022年5月31日限期之前 完成澳門綜合度假村新濠影滙第二期工程。 根據新濠與澳門政府簽訂的土地批給協議，新濠公司被要求 在2020年5月31日之前完成新濠影滙二期工程的開發，此前該項 目的開發截止日期已經從原定的2019年7月24日延後了一次。 該公司在向美國證券交易委員會提交的一份文件中表示，現 在「無法保證」在截止日期之前完成新濠影滙剩餘地塊的開發。 「在新冠疫情爆發之前，我們估計剩餘項目的建設期約為32 個月，」新濠表示，「由於新冠疫情的影響，施工期已被推遲，預計 將超過目前估計的32個月開發期。」 「如果需要額外的時間來完成新濠影滙剩餘項目的開發，我 們將不得不申請延長相關的開發期限，這將由澳門政府酌情審 批。」 新濠同時表示，需要籌集更多資金以完成第二階段的開發， 其中部分資金將來自7月中旬宣佈的向現有股東的定向增發。此 次配售預計將籌集4.5億至5億美元。