Mammoth RM1 Billion Project to Help
Transform Miri Into a Resort City
Work to Upgrade Miri Airport to
Commence This Year, Says Lee
Miri Airport, Sarawak
Miri, Sarawak
Miri is set to have a new
business, recreational
and leisure centre,
a water theme park
befitting its status as a
resort city.
The proposed
mammoth project
will help to transform
Senadin in the northern
part of the city not only
into a lively residential
estate but also a
business, recreational,
leisure and educational
centre.
The first of its kind and
to be the largest theme
park in East Malaysia,
the project is the
brainchild of prominent
businessman Datuk Lau
Siu Wai.
Sprawling over 500
acres close to Curtin
University, it will exceed
Sunway Lagoon in
terms of size. On the
drawing board are
giant waterslides, water
tubes, swimming and
wading pools.
Chief Minister Pehin Sri
Abdul Taib Mahmud is
expected to perform
the earth breaking
ceremony of the project
this Sunday.
The ceremony will be
nostalgic and historic
as it will be done during
Taib’s last working visit
to Miri as chief minister.
The proposed project
will not just be a theme
park but also a new
resort township of sorts
because it will feature
two hotels, six blocks of
condominium towers, a
commercial centre and
a mega mall boasting
two million square feet
of retail space.
The mammoth project
will cost about RM1
billion and will be
developed in three
phases. Phase I is
slated to kick-off after
the earth breaking
ceremony, and the
whole project is