Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 63 1-10 reducing her interest in MGM Resorts, down to 0.82% as of June. She also holds sway over fellow Macau concessionaire SJM, having led an alliance that took majority control of SJM’s controlling shareholder, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, S.A. (STDM), in early 2019. Her sister, Daisy Ho, is SJM Chairman and was also named the company’s Managing Director and 15% shareholder in September, replacing factional rival Angela Leong. It is a sign of Pansy Ho’s influence that she has been granted special exemptions to MGM China’s own covenants which restrict its shareholders from holding a meaningful stake in any rival concessionaires. Those exemptions allow for her to retain an interest in the family business at STDM, while Ho also oversees in Shun Tak Holdings – the Hong Kong-listed property and transport firm of which she serves as Chairman, CEO and Director. Shun Tak is itself one of Macau’s biggest land owners with interests in a number of Macau gaming operators including Artyzen Hospitality Group, which owns Grand Lapa. Ms Ho also chairs Estoril Sol, a listed company in Europe that operates three casinos in Portugal under a similar concession arrangement to the Macau system. There may still be plenty of uncertainty around the future of Macau’s casino industry and exactly how the new 10-year gaming concessions will play out as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic eventually ease, but one thing is for sure: the influence of Pansy Ho is only expanding. 有鑑於 新冠肺炎大流行為何超瓊有所參與的眾多公司所帶來的 沉重打擊,這一年為她而言,肯定尤其忙碌。 自從簡博賢在2020年退休後,何超瓊就接手負責照顧兩間 澳門度假村的日常運作。這位美高梅中國聯席董事長及執行董 事也帶領著該公司,參與澳門特區政府為當地博彩專營權進行 的重新競投,並於九月中遞交文件。 由於需要遵守當地博彩法修改後出現的新要求,何小姐 亦受到委託,成為美高梅金殿超濠這間持有美高梅中國博彩專 營權公司的15%股權,並且出任該公司常務董事,即使現時仍 不清楚到底這個擁有15%股權(在修法前為10%)的常務董事真 正會扮演甚麼角色。要知道美高梅的模式是讓美高梅中國擁有 84.6%的股份,餘下的0.4就由美高梅國際酒店集團持有,但一 切都顯示出,何小姐在該公司未來的征途上,肩負了更重的責 任。 但無論如何,何超瓊本身對於公司的投入程度,實在毋庸 置疑。已年屆六十的她,作為澳門賭業大亨何鴻燊博士17名子 女中最顯赫的一位,在美高梅中國有22.49%的個人持股。可 是,她卻在逐漸減少手上美高梅國際酒店集團的股份。直至6月 為止,她持有的美高梅國際酒店集團股份已經降至0.82%。 她在澳門博彩專營同業澳博也擁有影響力,在2019年初就 率領著其盟友,取得澳博的控股股東,澳門旅遊娛樂股份有限 公司(澳娛)的控制權。她的妹妹何超鳳是澳博主席,並在九月被 委任為常務董事,以及15%持股人,取代了派系對頭梁安琪。 作為何超瓊影響力的其中一個象徵,她得到了特別豁免, 不需要遵守美高梅中國限制股東不能在任何其他博彩承批人對 手擁有主要權益的條文,這豁免讓她可以繼續涉獵澳娛這份家 族生意,也可參與信德集團這間香港上市的房地產和運輸公司 的運作,並且出任信德集團行政主席兼董事總經理。信德本身 亦是澳門其中一個最大的土地擁有者,並持有多間澳門博彩企 業的股份,包括擁有澳門雅辰酒店的雅辰酒店集團。 何小姐同時也是在歐洲上市的Estoril Sol的主席。該公司 通過一個與澳門的專營體系相似的安排,經營著三間在葡國的 娛樂場。 關於澳門賭業的未來,以及在新冠肺炎大流行的影響逐漸 消退的情況下,新的十年博彩專營權最後花落誰家,可能依然 存在眾多變數。但有一件事可以肯定,就是何超瓊的影響力只 增不減。

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