Try to dedicate 11 N. Sulawesi projects

Try to dedicate 11 N. Sulawesi projects

MANADO, N Sulawesi (Antara): Vice President Try Soetrisno is scheduled to dedicate 11 projects in North Sulawesi worth Rp 897 billion (US$378.4 million) on April 12.

North Sulawesi Governor EE Mangindaan said here yesterday that a ceremony to dedicate the projects would be held at Lilupang beach resort, Minahasa regency.

The projects included a gold mine under a work of contract of Newmont Minahasa Raya in Minahasa regency with an investment of more than Rp 400 billion, 300-room Novotel Hotel and support buildings in Manado built on 36,000 square meters of land worth more than Rp 198 billion, and Paradise hotel and resort and support buildings in Likupang, Minahasa regency, with 150 rooms and an investment of more than Rp 155 billion.

The other projects are the Sartika Hotel in Tongkaina, Manado, having 175 rooms worth Rp 30 billion, a 220-KV power plant and network built by the state electricity corporation PLN worth Rp 40 billion.

The projects also included a 26-MW diesel power station in Sawangan, Minahasa regency worth Rp 36 billion, electrification of a number of villages with a total investment of Rp 8.7 billion and a building for the Sam Ratulangi University in Manado on 13.026 m2 of floor space worth Rp 8.9 billion.

An intercity bus terminal in Tomohon, Minahasa regency, worth Rp 3.5 billion, seaport facilities in Singihe regency worth Rp 7.5 billion, and a potable water project in Mihanasa worth Rp 7.4 billion are also among the projects.