{"id":9595,"date":"2020-09-02T21:23:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9595"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:12:06","slug":"international-entertainment-names-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/international-entertainment-names-new-ceo","title":{"rendered":"International Entertainment names new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meng Ho Wong is also chairman and director of Frontier Capital Group, which owns several hotels and casinos in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippines.- International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) has announced that Thomas Chan Chun Yiu has resigned from his position as CEO and executive director of the company, effective on September 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chan Chun Yiu says he decided to step down because increasing personal and business commitments demanded more time. He will remain linked to the group as a consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a filing the hotel and casino developer said it has designated Meng Ho Wong as a replacement with immediate effect. He will also be executive director and director of several subsidiaries for a non-fixed period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho, aged 48, has more than 20 years of experience in the gaming and hospitality industry, mainly at Genting Group. He is currently also executive chairman and director of Frontier Capital Group, which owns several hotels and casinos in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho is also a certified public accountant, and trained at KPMG Peat Marwick Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Entertainment is aiming to expand its facilities in the Philippines to <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/manila-ir-iec\" target=\"_blank\">develop an integrated resort<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. In June, one of its subsidiaries (Marina Square Properties, Inc.) applied for a provisional casino licence from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (<strong><em>PAGCOR<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meng Ho Wong is also chairman and director of Frontier Capital Group, which owns several hotels and casinos in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) announced the resignation of CEO Thomas Chan Chun Yiu, effective September 1, citing increased personal and business commitments. Meng Ho Wong, with extensive gaming and hospitality experience from Genting Group and Frontier Capital Group, has been appointed as his immediate replacement. This leadership transition occurs as IEC, through its subsidiary Marina Square Properties, Inc., pursues a provisional casino licence from PAGCOR for an integrated resort development in the Philippines.","focusai_entities":"International Entertainment Corporation (IEC), Thomas Chan Chun Yiu, Meng Ho Wong, Frontier Capital Group, Genting Group, KPMG Peat Marwick Malaysia, Marina Square Properties, Inc., Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"Philippines, Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IEC's Strategic Direction?","query":"How might Meng Ho Wong's extensive experience with Genting Group and Frontier Capital Group influence IEC's strategic direction and operational execution for its integrated resort development in the Philippines?"},{"label":"PAGCOR Licence Impact?","query":"What are the anticipated timelines and key regulatory hurdles for Marina Square Properties, Inc. to convert its provisional casino licence application into a full operating licence from PAGCOR, and what are the potential implications for IEC's capital expenditure plans?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,161,167,16333],"tags":[14017,23727,128],"class_list":["post-9595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-daily-news","category-news-region","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resort","tag-international-entertainment-corp","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9595","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010520,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9595\/revisions\/777010520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}