NagaCorp Ltd. (
Chinese
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: 金界控股有限公司) () is a
Hong Kong
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-listed hotel, gaming and leisure company. Its
Cambodia
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n property, NagaWorld, is the country's largest hotel and gaming resort, and is
Phnom Penh's only integrated hotel-casino entertainment complex. NagaCorp holds a 70-year casino licence in Cambodia which runs until 2065, and has a monopoly within a radius of
Phnom Penh (except the Cambodia-Vietnam border area,
Bokor
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,
Kirirom Mountains, and
Sihanoukville) until 2045.
The Naga casino first opened on May 1, 1995 on a boat moored in the
Mekong River
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in Phnom Penh.
The casino moved to its current land-based facility in 2003.
NagaCorp held its
initial public offering
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on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2006, making it the first gaming-related company to trade on the exchange, and the first company with operations in Cambodia to become publicly traded. Junket operator SunCity Group have a VIP Club located on Level 23 of Naga2 hotel tower in Phnom Penh.
The company is also developing a casino resort in
Vladivostok
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,
Russia
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.
See also
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Chen Lip Keong
Tan Sri Dr. Chen Lip Keong (曾立强) born 22 July 1948, is a Malaysian businessman who is currently the 9th richest person in Malaysia.
Early years
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