Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 97 26-50 PRESIDENT, COO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Genting Malaysia 總裁、營運總監兼執行董事 雲頂馬來西亞 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 789 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 31 Oversees family heirloom Resorts World Genting, featuring the only casino in Malaysia Genting Malaysia holds global assets from Bimini to Birmingham, Cairo to Queens, NY • • • • 負責林氏家族「傳家寶」雲頂世界的營運，該項目坐擁馬來西亞唯一 的賭場 雲頂馬來西亞在全球不少地方持有物業，包括比米尼、伯明翰、開羅 及紐約皇后區 31 LEE CHOONG YAN 李忠仁 HEADING INTO the back end of 2020, Genting Malaysia looked to have avoided the most devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with the domestic tourism market driving a faster than expected recovery in volumes. But then the second wave of COVID hit Malaysia in October, followed by a third in January and eventually the most devastating of all, which ultimately saw the company’s original IR, Resorts World Genting, shut its doors for four months between June and October 2021. The timing couldn’t have been worse for Genting Malaysia and its long-time President and Chief Operating Officer, Lee Choong Yan, who was forced to delay the opening of RWG’s new theme park, SkyWorlds, until the end of the year. Lee also ordered a 20% paycut for all Genting Malaysia executives and sent a notice to staff asking that they, too, either reduce their pay or agree not to take paid leave in order to help the company through the pandemic. Nevertheless, analysts widely believe the future remains bright for Genting Malaysia as the nation’s vaccination rates rise and borders edge closer to reopening. It will even be enough, they say, to cover costs at loss-making Resorts World Catskills in New York, in which the company acquired a 49% stake at the behest of Chairman and CEO Lim Kok Thay in 2020. While the Genting patriarch ultimately wields the power, Lee has now reached 24 years with the company and 15 as President and COO – earning him a place on its Board of Directors early last year. He is as much a part of the furniture as RWG is a part of the surrounding highlands. 為雲頂馬來西亞總裁兼營運總監李忠仁 而言，時機再糟糕不過了。他不得 不把雲頂世界的新主題公園SkyWorlds的開業時間推遲到今年年底。 李忠仁還下令雲頂馬來西亞公司的所有高管減薪20%，並向員工發 出通知，要求他們或者減薪，或者同意休無薪假，以幫助公司渡過疫情。 儘管如此，分析人士普遍認為，隨著該國疫苗接種率的上升以及邊境 接近重新開放，雲頂馬來西亞的前景依然光明。他們表示，這甚至足以支 撐位於紐約的Resorts World Catskills in New York的虧損。雲頂於2020 年在主席兼行政總裁林國泰的要求下收購了前者49%的股份。 雖然雲頂的掌門人掌握著最終的權利，但是李忠仁已經在雲頂工作了 24年，其中有15年是擔任總裁兼營運總監——這為他在去年年初在董事會 贏得了一席之地。他一直是公司的一部分，一如雲頂世界就是周圍高地的 一部分一樣。