Iskandar Malaysia to get 3rd theme park
JOHOR BARU: Iskandar Malaysia is set to get its third theme park after Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park and Legoland Malaysia, says Iskandar Investment Bhd (IIB).
IIB president and chief executive officer Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim said the park's investors will make an announcement in three to six months.
"The third theme park is oriented towards young adults and children," he told reporters at the Raffles American School groundbreaking at Educity, Nusajaya, here yesterday, without disclosing the park's location, construction cost or investors.
On December 27 last year, Bernama reported from Jakarta that Indonesian theme park developer PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol was planning to expand to Iskandar Malaysia.
According to its director Winarto, the company has been invited by the Malaysian government to open a theme park in Iskandar Malaysia and was scouting for a suitable location.
The project will be in collaboration with the local authority and Khazanah Nasional as the intermediary, Winarto said, adding that the park will be built on a 50ha site and construction is expected to begin in 2013.
The RM750 million Legoland Malaysia, which opened on September 15 2012, has attracted 250,000 visitors, and targets one million visitors in its first year of operations. Meanwhile, the RM110 million Puteri Harbour has attracted 55,000 visitors. Bernama
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Source : Business Times
Date : 9 January 2013
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