{"id":14212,"date":"2021-02-04T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14212"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:05:30","slug":"ape-presses-on-during-challenging-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ape-presses-on-during-challenging-period","title":{"rendered":"APE presses on during challenging period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>APE\u00a0has been working closely with operators to help improve their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Gaming technology product and service provider Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings (APE) says it has been working closely with operators and suppliers to help improve their products amid the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that22 new and upgraded products from companies it represents were approved by the DICJ in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is experiencing <strong>a decline in orders as a result of Covid-19 measures <\/strong>and less demand from operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ape-accumulates-us3m-loss\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>the company reported a HK$23.5m (US$3.03m) loss for the first nine months<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it says it is helping to<strong> improve products<\/strong> to be ready for when the market recovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APE\u00a0has been working closely with operators to help improve their products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings (APE), a gaming technology provider, reported a HK$23.5m loss and declining orders due to Covid-19, yet secured DICJ approval for 22 new\/upgraded products in 2020. The company is actively collaborating with operators and suppliers to enhance product offerings, strategically positioning for the anticipated market recovery.","focusai_entities":"Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings, APE, DICJ","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.8), ceo_executive (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), regulator (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"APE Product Strategy","query":"What specific technological advancements and feature sets are incorporated into the 22 DICJ-approved products, and how do these address evolving operator requirements for player engagement and operational efficiency in Macau?"},{"label":"Macau Market Recovery","query":"Given APE's reported loss and reduced operator demand, what are the projected timelines and key indicators for a significant recovery in Macau's gaming technology procurement market, and how is APE positioned to capitalize on this?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[21593],"class_list":["post-14212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-ape-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14259,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14212\/revisions\/14259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}