ASIA
PROPERTIES RELEASES MOU TERMS FOR MACAU CASINO
HONG KONG and BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON --- November 24, 2009 — Asia
Properties, Inc. (API) (OTC: ASPZ) announced today the terms in
which it signed a Memorandum of Understanding “MOU” on November
17, 2009, to acquire 50.13% of Sing Hou VIP Club (“Sing Hou”).
The casino acquisition will be for 164 million newly issued restricted
shares valuing the 50.13% at $49 million ($0.30 per share) and is
anticipated to close by mid January 2010. The operating results
for the last 12 months had a rolling volume of HK$4,772 (US$615)
million, a gross win of HK$220 (US$28) million, a net win of HK$99
(US$12.77) million and a net profit of HK$30 (US$3.87) million.
Sing Hou is located in Star World Hotel and operates under a VIP
Promoter sub-license from Galaxy Entertainment Group. Sing Hou operates
VIP baccarat gaming tables and has an aggressive expansion planned
for 2010.
Bloomberg quoted Jonathon Galaviz about the recent Sands IPO in
Hong Kong as saying “This IPO demonstrates that Asia has the liquidity
available for U.S. firms looking to develop leisure assets. A bet
on Macau is a bet on the greater Asian economic story, so if you
believe in Asia you’ve got to believe in Macau”.
Daniel
Mckinney, API’s CEO, commented, “we expect further grown of around
10 percent in the Macau market for 2010 which bodes for this timely
entry into the Macau gaming sector.”
About Asia Properties, Inc.: Asia Properties, Inc. was established
to develop resorts and prime real estate in Southeast Asia. API
is a Nevada corporation and trades on the Pink Sheets under the
symbol "ASPZ." There are currently 35,474,362 fully diluted
shares consisting of 11,965,626 restricted and 23,508,736 free trading.
The transfer agent is Transfer Online, Inc. of Portland, Oregon.
For up to date corporate information about Asia Properties, Inc.
contact Daniel McKinney, email: dmckinney@asiaprop.com or (http://www.asiaprop.com)
For Investor Relations, call Dennis Burns. Tel 419-951-4842 email:
denny@nvestrain.com www.nvestrain.com
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statements. The Company, through its management makes forward-looking
public statements concerning its expected future operations, performance
and other developments. Such forward-looking statements are necessary
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information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and
there can be no assurance that other factors will not affect the
accuracy of such forward-looking statements. It is impossible to
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to differ materially from those estimated by the Company. They include,
but are not limited to, government regulation, managing and maintaining
growth, the effect of adverse publicity, litigation, competition
and other factors which may be identified from time to time in the
Company’s public announcements.
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