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New job opportunities and an
all-inclusive contemporary living
environment will be able to support
a steady flow of people from as far
as Kepayan, Penampang and Papar
along the existing highways and link
roads. The need for people to travel
into the city for work will be lesser as
the shift in population concentration
slowly moves towards a more
convenient and favourable centre.
The build up of this population will
provide the necessary market for
southward residential projects such
as Taman Laman Hijau in Kepayan
that will appeal to those seeking a
more laid-back lifestyle yet close
enough to all the essential facilities
such as schools, shops, clinics,
banks, restaurants and sports and
recreational areas. This low density
residential development is sprawled
across 6.21 acres with just 36 units
of spacious semi-detached houses.
The living experience of its residents
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will be heightened with landscaped
greeneries, recreational facilities,
24-hours security surveillance and
access to nearby shopping centres,
university, airport, hospitals and
restaurants.
A small diversion to the south
east along the Penampang bypass
is the International Technology
& Commercial Centre (ITCC
Penampang). Located some 10
minutes from the Kota Kinabalu
International Airport and 15 minutes
from the city centre, this is one
of the most ambitious plans to
position Penampang as a premier
destination for MICE and technology
related businesses. It will be an
important development catalyst
in the Southern Corridor of Kota
Kinabalu with a project built-up
area of 1.68 million sq ft boasting
a four-storey shopping mall, a
330-room business hotel and 295
condominium units or hotel suites
Riverson
and a 16-storey office block.
Both these projects, and more in
the pipeline, will be a precursor
for future developments in the
bordering Penampang and Kepayan
areas. Improved road linkages
between these two areas will also
speed up the process of unifying
the residential and commercial
landscape of the Southern Corridor
and open up more opportunities for
people to live, work and play outside
of the city centre.