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IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 90 11-25 CHAIRMAN AND CEO Resorts World Sentosa PRESIDENT AND COO Genting Singapore 董事長兼行政總裁 聖淘沙名勝世界 董事長兼首席營運官 雲頂新加坡 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 942 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 24 Won Genting’smake or break bid for a Singapore gaming license Oversees Resorts World Sentosa, Genting Group’s most profitable property • • • • 曾成功為雲頂集團申請下至關重要的新加坡博彩牌照 負責營運雲頂集團盈利最大的資產——聖淘沙名勝世界 TAN HEE TECK 25 陳啟德 JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO , Genting Singapore was primed to gain the nod of Yokohama as the city’s partner in Japan’s integrated resort licence race. A hostile incoming mayor put paid to that dream in a bitter blow for the company and its Asian expansion plans. But Tan Hee Teck has reason to be positive about the future of Genting Singapore and its Resorts World Sentosa integrated resort. Like Las Vegas Sands and its subsidiary Marina Bay Sands, Genting Singapore is the beneficiary of a robust Singaporean domestic and expatriate gambling clientele which has seen the duopoly ward off the precipitous losses besetting other Asian land-based markets. With the books back in the black and GGR up 61% year-on- year — and 4% sequentially in the third quarter — Resorts World Sentosa’s prospects are bright. Enhancing the better outlook are markedly improved checks on trade receivables, which in previous years had blown out as the company tried to lure VIP gamblers with excessive amounts of credit. Genting Singapore’s tighter ship and improved compliance record under Tan are well-suited to the times, offering confidence as the company continues its more than US$3 billion expansion of slot machine and hotel room inventory, immersive theme parks at Universal Studios Singapore, and a range of other non- gaming asset conversions and MICE improvement. Beyond his company’s home city, Tan’s work in Japan has been quiet, reliable and workmanlike — all qualities admired in that country — where there may still be another chance for Genting Singapore in the future. 就在數月前 ，雲頂新加坡還在努力獲得橫濱的牌照，爭取成為該市在日本 綜合度假村牌照競標中合作夥伴。 可惜一個充滿敵意的新市長終止了這一夢想，令該公司的亞洲擴張計 劃遭受沉重的打擊。 然而陳啟德卻有理由對雲頂新加坡及其聖淘沙名勝世界綜合度假村的 未來持樂觀態度。 與拉斯維加斯金沙及其子公司濱海灣金沙一樣，雲頂新加坡也受益於 新加坡的國內及外籍賭客眾多，雙雙免於受到亞洲其他實體市場急劇虧損 的影響。 隨著賬面恢復盈利，博彩總收入按年增長61%——尤其第三季度按季 增長4%，聖淘沙名勝世界的前景一片光明。 前景大好的原因之一是其對貿易應收賬款的審核有了顯著改善。幾年 前該公司試圖以過多的信貸吸引貴賓賭客。 在陳啟德的領導之下，雲頂新加坡的合規記錄也得到了改善，順應了 時代的發展，令該公司得以繼續充滿信心地推進其30億美元的擴建，包括 角子機及酒店客房的擴張、新加坡環球影城的沉浸式體驗主題公園、其他 非博彩資產和會展設施的升級。 除了在公司所在地新加坡之外，陳啟德在日本的工作一直是低調、可 靠及勤力，這些都是日本所推崇的品質——亦是雲頂新加坡未來可能還有 機會之地。