{"id":32750,"date":"2022-08-18T03:06:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T06:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32750"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:46:38","slug":"genting-hk-considers-offer-for-newport-world-resorts-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hk-considers-offer-for-newport-world-resorts-stake","title":{"rendered":"Genting HK considers offer for Newport World Resorts stake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joint provisional liquidators are considering an offer from a potential buyer for the company&#8217;s stake in the complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) appointed for<strong> Genting Hong Kong Ltd <\/strong>continue to liquidate assets. In the company&#8217;s latest filing, it reported that it is considering an offer for its stake in the Newport World Resort-Casino complex in the Philippine capital of Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The filing gave no further details on the matter. It also reported that the sale process for its ship assets are at various stages of completion. Genting Hong Kong said all of its ships, except Genting Dream and Crystal Mozart, had been mortgaged to banking syndicates, represented by KFW IPEX-Bank GmbH (\u201cKFW\u201d), Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Asia Shipfinance Limited and DNB Bank ASA.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: &#8220;In respect of the mortgaged vessels, the JPLs note that the group has not received (and is not expected to receive) any recoveries from any actual or anticipated disposal proceeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is because the disposal proceeds from the vessel sales which have been implemented and the valuations of the remaining vessels are substantially below the amount of secured indebtedness owed to the relevant Bank Syndicates.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added that the JPLs expect the bank syndicates to claim any shortfall amounts from the estate of the company as &#8220;the company has also provided certain guarantees in respect of such secured indebtedness.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from vessels, the other major assets of the Group are its equity interest in Newport World Resorts (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-manila-rebrands-as-newport-world-resorts\" target=\"_blank\">formerly known as Resorts World Manila<\/a>) and its interests in residential and hotel properties in the People\u2019s Republic of China.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, Genting&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-considers-filing-for-liquidation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed for liquidation<\/a>&nbsp;after a German court rejected a request to release US$88m for its shipyard unit MV Werften.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-subsidiaries-enter-into-insolvency-proceedings\" target=\"_blank\">the cruise ship operator<\/a>\u00a0reported that various non-core subsidiaries have entered into insolvency proceedings in the relevant jurisdictions, including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genting Group chairman,&nbsp;<strong>Lim Kok Thay<\/strong>, has launched a new cruise line from Singapore. Making its debut on&nbsp;<strong>June 15<\/strong>, the company started out with the cruise ship&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/potential-buyers-emerge-for-genting-hong-kong-global-dream-cruise-ship\" target=\"_blank\">Genting Dream<\/a>, formerly part of Genting Hong Kong\u2019s Dream Cruises stable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joint provisional liquidators are considering an offer from a potential buyer for the company&#8217;s stake in the complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Genting Hong Kong Ltd's joint provisional liquidators are considering an offer for the company's stake in the Newport World Resort-Casino complex in Manila, Philippines, as part of ongoing asset liquidation. The company also reported that sales of its mortgaged ship assets are proceeding, but disposal proceeds are substantially below secured indebtedness, meaning no recovery is expected for Genting Hong Kong.","focusai_entities":"Genting Hong Kong Ltd, Newport World Resort-Casino, KFW IPEX-Bank GmbH, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Asia Shipfinance Limited, DNB Bank ASA, MV Werften, Genting Dream, Crystal Mozart, Dream Cruises, Lim Kok Thay, Genting Group","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, People\u2019s Republic of China, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, United States","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Newport Resort Sale Impact?","query":"What is the projected timeline for the Newport World Resort-Casino stake divestment and its potential impact on the Philippine gaming market's competitive landscape and B2C licensing implications?"},{"label":"Creditor Recovery Outlook?","query":"Given the substantial shortfall in vessel sale proceeds against secured indebtedness, what is the estimated magnitude of claims the banking syndicates are expected to make against Genting Hong Kong's estate, and how will this affect other unsecured creditors?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,158,16333],"tags":[23716],"class_list":["post-32750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-genting-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32750","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=32750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32770,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32750\/revisions\/32770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}