PROPERTY NEWS
PROPERTY NEWS by New Sabah Times
Tun Fuad Park is gazetted, assures Mayor
Can’t touch this.
“I think everybody has to be responsible and refrain
from spreading negative statements,”
continued to rent the premises of Putera
Ballroom Theatre, Kampung Nelayan
Restaurant and the swimming pool area.
And the tenancy will end in December this
year and after that, they will renegotiate the
agreement again, he said.
At the moment, he said City Hall has taken
back the management of the park including
the reflexology centre, the hawkers stall area
and a sundry shop.
Meanwhile, he said City Hall welcomes the
Rene Jenny
staging of the Taiji/Wushu convention in
Taman Tun Fuad Stephens in Bukit Padang will not be turned into a commercial development
Mayor Datuk Yeo Boon Hai has assured the “The park belongs to Kota Kinabalu City Hall
concerns expressed by citizens that the and it is gazetted. There is no issue and I don’t
popular recreational park of Taman Tun know why people are worrying unnecessarily,”
Fuad Stephens in Bukit Padang will not be said Yeo after launching the promotional
turned into a commercial development. event of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Taiji/Wushu
Convention at a hotel.
“As long as I am the Mayor, I don’t think we
will allow anything to happen,” assured Yeo “It is just like the Atkinson Clock Tower, I have
when asked by reporters yesterday as there no power to move it because it is a cultural
were rumours spreading that the park will be heritage,” Yeo pointed out.
developed for hotel and residential projects.
And according to him, currently, the former
“I think everybody has to be responsible and operator Silverrado Corporation Sdn Bhd
refrain from spreading negative statements,” whose 20 years concession agreement with
he advised. the then Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council
(KKMC) has expired in March this year has
68
www.PropertyHunter.com.my
Kota Kinabalu on Nov 17-20 as it is not only
promoting martial arts but also the health
aspect.
“The Convention also promotes the cultural
exchange of which City Mall is very welcome,”
said Yeo. Also present was Kota Kinabalu Funei
Taiji Association, Sabah president Dato’ Seri
Winston Liaw.