/// 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
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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
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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.
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