Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2021年12月 亞博匯 50 COLUMNISTS What is potentially troubling is the fact that the special manager will not have any of the obligations, duties or liabilities of a director of Crown Melbourne. 潛在的隱憂是，特別經理不承 擔作為皇冠墨爾本董事的任何義 務、 職責或責任。 W hile the Finkelstein Royal Commission recommended Crown Melbourne be allowed two years in which to re-establish its suitability to hold a casino license, it clearly feared recidivism. To mitigate that concern it opted for the appointment of a “special manager” to serve as the company’s ultimate decision maker. The Victorian government has announced the appointment to that role of Stephen O’Bryan QC, a former Commissioner of the State’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC). His instrument of appointment has not been made public, but the broad scope of the special manager’s powers and responsibilities is detailed in a Bill currently before Parliament which will substantially amend Victoria’s casino and gambling legislation when it is enacted. It is that Bill which indicates some of the challenges which the Board of Crown Melbourne is likely to face in exercising its functions while subject to the effective control of Mr O’Bryan. Notably, his powers will include: 儘 管由Finkelstein領導的皇家委員會建議允 許皇冠墨爾本（Crown Melbourne）在兩 年內重整，然後再確定其是否適合持有娛 樂場牌照，但委員會顯然擔心其將再次犯 錯。為了減輕這方面的擔憂，委員會要求 皇冠墨爾本設立「特別經理」的職位，作為公司的最終決策者。 維多利亞州政府已宣布任命Stephen O’Bryan QC擔任該職位， 他是該州獨立的反貪腐機構 (IBAC) 的前任專員。 其任命批文仍未向大眾公布，但目前議會正在審議的一項法 案已詳細地說明了特別經理的廣泛權力和責任，該法案在生效後 將實質性地修改維州的娛樂場和賭博法規。正是該法案揭示了在 O’Bryan監督的情況下，皇冠墨爾本的董事會在行使職能時可能 面臨的一些挑戰。 值得注意的是，O’Bryan的權力包括：