Property Hunter Magazine Property Hunter Magazine Issue 50 - January 2014 | Page 26

/// East Malaysia Property News Tg Aru Tourism Project Valued at RM7 billion visited and stepped foot on Tanjung Aru Beach, and definitely Prince Philip Park, the two names synonymous to Kota Kinabalu...Prince Philip Park actually has a great historic value to Sabah because it was a gift from the British Government to Sabah and it was graced by Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth ll in 1972,” he said. Proposed Tanjung Aru development A MCE (Meeting International Convention and Exhibition Hotel) hotel beach resort is among new facilities to be built under the Tanjung Aru.Eco Development project at the historic Prince Philip Park in Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu. Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said the development will also consist of townhouses, condominium, villa, maritime square, golf course, yacht club, marina and so on which would be of international standard. He said Tanjung Aru Eco Development will become an integrated development project involving altogether 280 hectares and designed by international renowned architects to offer development catering for tourism, recreational, accommodation, community and commercial types of development to meet domestic and international market needs. The whole.project involves huge investment valued about RM7.1 billion, he said, adding such a huge investment definitely will have a positive impact and significant benefit to the people of Sabah, particularly in terms of job opportunities to locals. He said this high-impact project will boost the 26 growth of all economic sectors, including the services sector like tourism, accommodation, food and beverage, wholesale and sundry, agriculture, transportation and so on. “During the project construction phase later, all the supply chain related to the construction sector will get the benefit...all suppliers of construction materials as well as contractors, local sub-contractors and so on will definitely get great benefits from it,” he said. Responding to Kapayan Assemblyman Dr Edwin Bosi, Aman said the project would be implemented by Tanjung Aru Eco Development Sdn Bhd which is a wholly-owned State Government company under the Chief Minister’s Department. The project also received the full support of the federal government as it is in line with the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), he said. Tanjung Aru Beach is a very well known place which holds a lot of history and sweet memories for many who have visited and spent time during the weekends with friends and relatives picnicking there, he said. “So I believe many of us, the people of this State have www.PropertyHunter.com.my Because of this historical value, the state government planned to not only maintain it but to upgrade and develop a greater part of the Tanjung Aru beach area to become a major tourism centre. He is confident that Tanjung Aru Eco Development can be turned into another icon for the city that can make the people including the future generation proud. The Chief Minister also assured that modernisation works on the landscape and surrounding areas of the beach area concerned would be done without destroying its natural environmental feature. “The implementation of this large scale project will boost Tanjung Aru as not only an iconic tourism destination but a worldclass and high-value tourism centre,” he said, adding it is the state government’s aspiration to ensure this project is environmentally friendly by maintaining its aesthetic value and do the development using a Green Building Index standard technology. KK Has Potential as WorldClass Yacht Destination Sutera Harbour Marina Club The city has the potential to be a worldclass yacht destination