A fully integrated tourism, business, residential living township
KOTA KINABALU: The KK Resort City will be the first ever project in East Malaysia that will serve as a large-scale and fully integrated tourism, business and residential living township.
Sunduvon Corporation Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Henry Lau said the project would seek to capitalise on the vibrant tourism industry in Sabah.
“The KK Resort City will be provided with various facilities, including hotel accommodation, resort facilities, shopping, dining, social and other community activities, making this new establishment a true and vibrant city of good living,” said Henry in his speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project on Thursday.
He said that the resort, which would be built on a 325-acre island at Lok Kawi and located approximately 15 kilometres south of the city centre, would offer a new city format alternative for Kota Kinabalu.
“Over the decades in our country’s rich history, Sabah has consistently been the jewel of our tourism industry as it continues to capture tourists with its beautiful islands, diverse marine life, flora and fauna and the iconic and magnificent Kota Kinabalu.
“Just last year, the state had attracted more than 3.88 million international tourists and in view of this increasing number of arrivals, the KTS Group (the parent company of Sunduvon Corporation) has decided to add the vibrancy of the tourism industry in Sabah,” he said.
Henry added that the project would be a significant show of KTS Group’s commitment to its investment in Sabah, as well as an expression of the company’s confidence on Sabah’s favourable business climate under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal.
He said the KTS Group is very impressed with how Shafie and his State Government had been proactive in bringing in investments to Sabah.
“Our (KTS Group) subsidiary, Sunduvon Corporation Sdn Bhd, which will spearhead this development, had originally acquired the land two decades ago and subsequent reclamation works have turned that land into an island,” he explained.