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IAG MAY 2021年5月 亞博匯 18 WEIDNER, STEELMAN PART OF NEW FINANCIAL AND IR PROJECT IN DA NANG WEIDNER及STEELMAN被任命為越南峴港 市新金融中心和綜合度假村項目的團隊成員 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS A CONSORTIUM INCLUDING former Las Vegas Sands executive WilliamWeidner and global casino designer Paul Steelman is among a group of initial investors in a new financial center and entertainment hub being planned for Da Nang, Vietnam. The Da Nang Financial Center project, the brainchild of Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) and its Chairman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, is planned to cover 58 hectares in Da Nang’s Son Tra District and would see the city become a central financial hub, as well as providing a raft of new tourism options. It would also incorporate an integrated resort described by Weidner as being similar to Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, according to comments published by local media outlet Lao Dong. “When I came to Vietnam in 2016 … we presented the idea of combining a financial center with an integrated resort similar to the design of Marina Bay Sands that we have developed in Singapore,” said Weidner, a one-time senior executive at Las Vegas Sands and now Chairman and CEO of Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM). “Vietnamese leaders are building financial regulations to allow Vietnam to attract investment from the US and other countries around the world. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the leaders of Vietnam and Da Nang city for the introduction of legal regulations to allow investment in financial centers combined with integrated resorts. That will ensure the future development of Vietnam.” 一個包括 拉斯維加斯金沙前高管Wi l l i am Weidner和國際娛樂場設計師Paul Steelman 在內的財團，是計劃在越南峴港建設新金融中 心和娛樂中心的首批投資者之一。 峴港金融中心項目的計劃源於Imex Pan Pacific Group（IPPG）及其主席Johnathan Hanh Nguyen，當中計劃中心將佔地58公頃、 座落於峴港的Son Tra區，並將使該市成為中央 金融中心，以及為旅客提供大量新穎的旅遊體 驗。 據當地媒體《Lao Dong》發表的評論，該中 心將包括發展一個綜合度假村，Weidner將其 描述為類似於新加坡濱海灣金沙。 「我在2016年來到越南…當時我們提出 了結合金融中心與綜合度假村的想法，類似於 我們在新加坡開發的濱海灣金沙的設計。」曾擔 任拉斯維加斯金沙的高管、Global Gaming As- set Management (GGAM)的現任主席兼行政總 裁Weidner如是說道。 「越南的領導人正在制定金融法規，以吸 引來自美國和其他國家的投資。我要衷心感激 越南和峴港市的領導人出台了法律法規，以允 許對金融中心結合綜合度假村的投資。 這將確 保越南的未來發展。」