Bengkulu tourism resort

JAKARTA (JP): Puncak Niaga SDN Bhd of Selangor, Malaysia, will soon develop an integrated tourism resort worth US$40 million in Bengkulu, a spokesman said over the weekend.

Dato Razali Ismail, a top executive of the Malaysian group, said at a meeting with Bengkulu Governor Adjis Ahmad in Bengkulu that the 56-ha resort would include a five-star hotel with 367 rooms, a shopping center, a golf course and other supporting facilities.

"We will soon start developing the resort. And it will be completed in three to four years," Ismail said as reported by Antara.

Governor Adjis said that the memorandum of understanding on the resort project would be signed soon. (bnt)