Vice president calls for immediate land clearance in Lombok
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. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, State-Enterprises Minister, Sugiharto and Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa. The LTDC development had remained idle since Asia's financial crisis in 1997. As soon as Lombok's new international airport is to become operational starting 2009, the Middle East investors will resume development of hotels, golf courses and other amenities in the area with investments of around Rp. 2 trillion, outside of land costs, said Jero Wacik. They are also keen to promote the Lombok resort working in conjunction with Emirates Airlines to attract visitors from the Middle East, reports Bisnis Indonesia.
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PT EMAAR contract runs for 80 years.
Article from the Lombok Post, July 25, 2007
Mataram - PT. EMAAR investment on the LTDC former land, Central Lombok enters a new stage. Both parties (PT.EMAAR and Province Government) are agreed with the terms and conditions proposed earlier. Public Relation Division Chief of NTB province Government, Manggaukang Rabba explained that the agreement between the two parties have been put in a MoU between NTB Governor, HL Serinata with the PPA (State-owned Asset Managerial Company) and PT.EMAAR
Manggaukang stated “Both parties have agreed with the requirements done before”. He explained that the agreement was signed in Culture and Tourism Ministry office in Jakarta. Culture and Tourism Minister, Jero wacik and an Indonesian representative for Middle East, Alwi Shihab, witnessed the signing of the agreement.
One of the important agreements that had been taken was dealing with the contract period of EMAAR’s investment, which will take 80 years. After taking the agreement, PT EMAAR was then preparing for the investment. As a start, PT.EMAAR has placed his staffs in a new office in Jakarta. Meanwhile, the Governor of NTB and the Regent of Central Lombok have been called by the Vice President, Jusuf Kalla. The call aimed to ask the two leaders to secure the investment worth 5 trillion on the LTDC former land and to anticipate and counter the miss-leading information and news about the project.
Manggaukang added that the two parties’ target is expected to be achieved in 2009. It also means that the initial project is expected to be done in parallel along with the new Lombok international airport construction. Other supporting infrastructures are also expected to be accomplished soon. Those infrastructures include the electricity of 40.000 megawatt and the access road from the new international airport to the LTDC land that should be widened. The Vice President had also asked the runway in the airport to be lengthen. “The Vice President asked PT. Angkasa Pura to lengthen the runway from 2.500 meter into 3.000 meter in order to accommodate the big planes like; airbus”, he further said. It gets along well with the EMAAR’s plan to bring many tourists from the Middle East. He then stated that, according to a research, Lombok is the most suitable tourism area for Middle East tourists and for that purpose, a huge mosque will be built there”.
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. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, State-Enterprises Minister, Sugiharto and Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa. The LTDC development had remained idle since Asia's financial crisis in 1997. As soon as Lombok's new international airport is to become operational starting 2009, the Middle East investors will resume development of hotels, golf courses and other amenities in the area with investments of around Rp. 2 trillion, outside of land costs, said Jero Wacik. They are also keen to promote the Lombok resort working in conjunction with Emirates Airlines to attract visitors from the Middle East, reports Bisnis Indonesia.
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The last sentence of this:
PT EMAAR contract runs for 80 years.
Article from the Lombok Post, July 25, 2007
Mataram - PT. EMAAR investment on the LTDC former land, Central Lombok enters a new stage. Both parties (PT.EMAAR and Province Government) are agreed with the terms and conditions proposed earlier. Public Relation Division Chief of NTB province Government, Manggaukang Rabba explained that the agreement between the two parties have been put in a MoU between NTB Governor, HL Serinata with the PPA (State-owned Asset Managerial Company) and PT.EMAAR
Manggaukang stated “Both parties have agreed with the requirements done before”. He explained that the agreement was signed in Culture and Tourism Ministry office in Jakarta. Culture and Tourism Minister, Jero wacik and an Indonesian representative for Middle East, Alwi Shihab, witnessed the signing of the agreement.
One of the important agreements that had been taken was dealing with the contract period of EMAAR’s investment, which will take 80 years. After taking the agreement, PT EMAAR was then preparing for the investment. As a start, PT.EMAAR has placed his staffs in a new office in Jakarta. Meanwhile, the Governor of NTB and the Regent of Central Lombok have been called by the Vice President, Jusuf Kalla. The call aimed to ask the two leaders to secure the investment worth 5 trillion on the LTDC former land and to anticipate and counter the miss-leading information and news about the project.
Manggaukang added that the two parties’ target is expected to be achieved in 2009. It also means that the initial project is expected to be done in parallel along with the new Lombok international airport construction. Other supporting infrastructures are also expected to be accomplished soon. Those infrastructures include the electricity of 40.000 megawatt and the access road from the new international airport to the LTDC land that should be widened. The Vice President had also asked the runway in the airport to be lengthen. “The Vice President asked PT. Angkasa Pura to lengthen the runway from 2.500 meter into 3.000 meter in order to accommodate the big planes like; airbus”, he further said. It gets along well with the EMAAR’s plan to bring many tourists from the Middle East. He then stated that, according to a research, Lombok is the most suitable tourism area for Middle East tourists and for that purpose, a huge mosque will be built there”.