Originally Posted By: ANTARA News The government`s commitment to developing the ex-location of the Lombok Tourism Development Corporation (LTCD) in the southern area of Central Lombok district is praiseable. Seems Antara is not the only one being given envelopes to write gushing endorsements of the planned transformation of Lombok's pleasant southern beach into a playground for the rich.

Great maybe they can build their own version of the VICE president's Puncak dream there, Arabs only need apply for admittance. They will have a short statue (but real to life height) of the man himself where a little speaker plays a version where he expounds and expands on the "I had a Puncak Dream" speech (Martin Luther King Style of course)..............It brings a tear to my eye and joy to my heart

Plenty of government officials in support of the project: Middle East Investor to resume Lombok Tourism Resort Development Source: Tuti Sunario for Indonesia Digest - undated The Lombok Tourism Development Center (LTDC) has attracted investors from the Middle East to develop the area into an integrated tourism resort akin to the Nusa Dua in Bali, reported Culture and Tourism Minister, Jero Wacik, after meeting VP Jusuf Kalla.

Dodgy as fuck!

 Originally Posted By: viperaberushitam What tells me that Emaar Proprties backs out and some ass, I mean associate, will come in and offer 10 cents on the Dollar to buy it all and start a Palm Oil plantation or some other crap...........

As I have stated earlier, anything with Mohammed Alabbar at the helm is dodgy to say the least. When Emaar was originally floated they were grossly oversuscribed and the potential investors who were not succesful had to wait a long long time to get their money back. In addittion, Mohammed went against UAE policy when he offered non UAE citizens the possibility of owning thier own property in the Emirates.

And the Arabs signed the takeover deal in Kalla's office: Lombok Post, May 01 2007 The Dubai investor is really serious in developing the LTDC former land in Central Lombok. This is proved by the assignment of MoU with PT.EMAAR Properties LLC (Dubai, UEA) last Monday. The taking-over of tourism in South Coast of Central Lombok was signed by Muhammad Ali Albar (Dubai UEA) in Vice President, Yusuf Kalla’s office in Jakarta.

LTDC has been unpopular for a while. Beaches and broken bones Inside Indonesia July 1996 An exploding tourist industry on Lombok's beaches breaks the lives of villagers. IRIP NEWS SERVICE reports. In the pre-dawn of March 5th 1996 some 24 truckloads of police and troops descended on the small farming village of Rowok near the south coast of Lombok. When they had finished their work all the houses and other buildings in the village had been destroyed.

Mataram (ANTARA News) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla called on West Nusatenggara (NTB) government to immediately settle land clearence in the ex-location of LTDC in Central Lombok District. "By doing so, it is expected that Emaar Properties, an investor from Dubai, Arab Emirate Union, will immediately invest in this region," NTB Governor Drs H Alu Serinata said during the coordination meeting on poverty problem, here, on Saturday.