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IAG JUL 2020年7月 亞博匯 50 Tomoyuki Yamamoto: Can you tell us more about the history of Casinos Austria? Akio Hayashi: Casinos Austria was founded in 1934, and we have been involved in 215 casino projects in 35 countries. The company is 34% owned by the state and has the know-how of developing 90 casino cruise ships, as well as a strong connection with Austrian culture and art. TY: What are your goals for expanding into Japan? AH: In the past, we have conducted our business in Europe, on the African continent, the American continents, in West Asia and Oceania. We have carefully considered expanding into East Asia for many years, and we already knew that when it happened, we wanted to be involved in a regional IR in Japan. TY: Why Nagasaki? AH: Nagasaki has a unique, long history of international cultural exchange for Japan. We have felt a kinship with the city of Sasebo in Nagasaki prefecture and have had our eye on it for over 10 years now. I’m sure you already JAPAN 山本智行（TY）：可以請你介紹一下Casinos Austria的歷史嗎？ 林明男（AH）： Casinos Austria成立於1934年，我們在35個國家參 與了215個娛樂場項目。該公司有34％的股份歸國家所有，擁有開 發90艘賭場遊輪的技術，並且與奧地利的文化和藝術有著密切的 聯繫。 TY：貴司進軍日本市場有否有具體目標？ AH： 過去，我們在歐洲、非洲大陸、美洲大陸、西亞和大洋洲都有 業務。多年來，我們一直謹慎考慮向東亞擴張的計劃，並且我們已 經知道，一旦決定擴張，我們希望可以在日本參與發展區域IR項 目。 TY：為什麼是長崎？ AH： 對日本而言，長崎有著獨特而悠久的國際文化交流歷史。我 們對長崎縣佐世保市有一種親近之感，並且已經關注它超過十多 年了。相信你也清楚，奧地利是世界上一貫保持中立的四個國家 之一，而國際原子能機構的總部也設在首都維也納。這意味著奧 地利與象徵和平的長崎有著高度的親和力。 TY：你認為 Casinos Austria的優勢是什麼？ AH： 我們的優勢是多年來積累的成果和自身豐富的知識。我們還 在35個國家或地區開展業務，熟知當地的所有法規並成功開展業 Casinos Austria’s portfolio includes Casino Copenhagen in Denmark. Casinos Austria旗下項目包括位於丹麥的丹麥的Casino Copenhagen。