Kota Bharu - The East Coast City

[TYW]

cool projects!! looks like Putrajaya

thanks man

[aleemon]

mmm..

[rembau1958]

Try the ayam kampung and nasi padang at Hoover Restaurant in KB.

[aBe]

Originally Posted by rembau1958

Try the ayam kampung and nasi padang at Hoover Restaurant in KB.

yeah..love this restaurant.the ayam kampung was so delicious..n not forget the 'pak cik kira laju' ..amazing!!..

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by aBe

KB deserves more highlights...

Renaissance-Kota-Bharu-Hotel
by mohd fahmi

[aleemon]

Lush greenery surrounding KB city






Constructions..constructions


*Thanx to Raykinzoku

[nazrey]

Kelantan Applies For 255 Projects Costing RM811 Million
Updated : 03-12-2005
Media : Bernama



PASIR MAS, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Health Department has applied for 255 projects involving RM811 million under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to provide the best medical service to the people in the state, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Saturday.

He hoped that the allocation, including for that the construction of a new hospital in Bachok costing RM80 million, would be approved.

The projects applied for in Pasir Mas involved the construction of a common usage building and maternity wards and the setting up of a pathology service and a blood bank with RM25 million.

The ongoing projects under the Eighth Malaysia Plan included the construction of staff quarters in Rantau Panjang, Kangkong, Tendong and Chekok, he said.

Several rural clinics here would also be upgraded while RM1 million was spent to set up a haemodialysis unit, maternity ward and outpatient unit at the Pasir Mas Hospital which began operation in October.

Dr Chua said RM93 million had also been allocated for 49 other projects in Kelantan including upgrading the hospitals in Gua Musang, Machang and Pasir Mas.

[aBe]

Aerial view of the 'Bulatan Jam Besar' <Big Clock Tower Roundabout>
The clock tower used to be surrounded by coconut trees during the 70s. Yeah..talk about landscaping.




*Thanx to Raykinzoku

[TYW]

the jam besar is like a rocket

[johnsonooi]

hmmm...more pics please

[nazrey]

Immigration Complex, Rantau Panjang (border town)
from flickr





Kota Bharu

[nazrey]

Hey..Nasi kerabu from Kelantan..anyone!!

[aBe]

KB at Night
Glittering lights of the city and surroundings







Thanx to Ray

[nazrey]

RM38m condotel to boost rooms in K. Baru
Monday January 9, 2006


KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government signed a joint-venture agreement with Muhajirin Service Apartment Sdn Bhd to build and manage a 221-unit condotel costing RM38mil in Jalan Hamzah, here.

“The project will begin next April and is expected to be completed in mid-2008. It will meet the rising need for accommodation in the town, especially during school holidays,” said Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat after the signing ceremony, recently.

The 19-storey condotel will have a swimming pool, three main halls and seven shoplots

Each of the three-room condotel units would be sold at RM178,000 to investors and Muhajirin Service Apartment would lease them at RM1,100 monthly for a specified tenure, said the company’s executive director Wan Azmi Wan Ismail.

The company would also maintain and manage the condotel, he said.

He said the business concept, although new in Kelantan, was expected to draw the interest of local residents as the sale price was cheap compared to other locations. – Bernama

[nazrey]

Kelantan to create RM3b isle
Syed Umar Ariff

KOTA BARU, Sun
News

Kelantan is embarking on an ambitious RM3 billion mega-project — a 1,000ha man-made island surrounded by seven existing ones off the shores of Pantai Sri Tujuh in Tumpat.

The proposed project will be financed by local and international investors and is expected to be launched in a few months.

State Tourism, Culture and Unity Committee chairman Datuk Anuar Tan Abdullah said the Wau kite-shaped island would become one of the State’s main tourist attractions.

An 18-hole golf course, hotels and parks will be built on the island, which will sit more than three kilometres from the beach.

At a Press conference, Anuar said tourists would be transported to the island via a 16-minute hovercraft ride.

He said this was one of the many tourism projects to shed Kelantan’s image as a tourist’s transit point to Thailand.

"Most people come here either to head to Sungai Golok in Thailand or islands off the east coast. We are now turning the State into a top tourist destination," he said.

He added that more tourists, both foreign and local, had visited the State in the past two years thanks to the support of tourism authorities in Kelantan in promoting the State.

Anuar earlier presented rendang and ketupat to some 100 taxi drivers for Hari Raya Aidiladha in an event organised by Kota Baru Renaissance Hotel and the Kota Baru Taxi Drivers’ Association.

He said last year, more than six million tourist arrivals were recorded in the State, more than the previous year’s total of over five million.

To a question, Anuar said the project did not need approval from the Federal Government and an environmental impact assessment would only be conducted if needed.

However, when contacted for further explanation concerning the huge expense for the project, state Public Administration, Economic Planning, Finance and Community Development Committee chairman Husam Musa declined to comment.

Husam said there were a few matters about the project that were still being discussed. He declined to elaborate.

In 1997, the RM30 billion Kedah Coastal Extension Master Plan, consisting of a modern transportation hub including a new northern region international airport on two man-made islands of 2,800 hectares and 3,500 hectares, did not take off.

[TYW]

sounds great, but would it ruin the beautiful beaches in the east coast??

[PutraMaya]

Originally Posted by globocentric

The most important issue is : Who wants to invest in a state ruled by a fundamentalist Islamic party?

Nih yang aku tak paham nih?

What has this got to do with investing and making money? Why so scared? Someone will chop off your hands or some other hanging projectile if you're up to no good? You'll be compelled to wear a veil and sarong and eat with your fingers in a communal dulang? What?

Have you been to Kota Bharu or are you just echoing some ill-defined pre-conceived notion of Kelantan based on hearsay and ignorance? While the Talams of this world are getting bankrupt with projects in some west coast boondock wilderness, other west coast-based developers (e.g., of the Renaissance Hotel complex) have long recouped their money and are now making sweet pure cash flow. KB Mall and the hypermarkets are jammed with shoppers. Downtown KB at peak hours resembles a Jakarta "macet banget" gridlock. Would more investments pour in (see the upcoming real estate developments above) if the investment climate is bad?

If politics is really an impediment to investments, why would anyone invest in "tyrannical" one-party communist states? China? Vietnam? Or in family-ruled "despotic" Kingdoms? Saudi Arabia? The Gulf States? Brunei? You know what, money will go anyplace where it can grow and multiply.

I suggest you take a walk around Kota Bharu today and sense the dynamism of the Kelantanese tribe and smell the money pouring in -- from the 2 milllion-strong Kelantanese diaspora plus the smart west coast businessmen who don't give a hoot about who "rules" the state. Are there any empty shoplots in KB? How much is a sq. ft. of land in KB .... if you can actually find a seller in the first place? What state has the most personal gold holdings per capita (remember the gelang-laden commercial-savvy makciks ubiquitous in KB)? What about ASB/ASN investments per capita?

Appreciate Kota Bharu and Kelantan for what they are and if you're a smart businessman, there's money to be made there -- irrespective of who "rules" the state.

O.K., habis cerita.

Now, lets all enjoy the pictures from nazrey, aBe, aleemon and the others.


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[aBe]

Well said, PutraMaya.

[nazrey]

KB offers discounts on parking fines
Wednesday January 18, 2006
BY IAN MCINTYRE


KOTA BARU: The city council here is giving discounts to those who settle overdue parking summonses in an attempt to get them to settle the fines quickly.

Kota Baru Municipal Council (MPKB) president Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, however, did not say when the council would stop giving the discounts.

He said the discounts would be given to motorists who come to the headquarters to settle the fines.

“We will be fair. Depending on each case, we can offer discounts of between RM30 and RM2,000.

“It all depends on the reasons given by the defaulters,” he said in an interview recently.

Abdul Aziz said that MPKB did not want to create an image of being unreasonable on the issue of parking summonses.

“We are not demanding much. Just settle the arrears owed to local authorities,” he said, adding that the discount offer was an effective way to expedite the clearing of arrears.

He said that motorists could visit MPKB headquarters from 9am to 4pm daily except Fridays and Saturdays and ask to see him for the discount.

He urged motorists to settle the fines promptly as MPKB was working with the Road Transport Department to blacklist those with outstanding summonses.

They would not be able to renew their road tax if they owed the council huge amounts in fines, he added.

On complaints of an acute shortage of parking lots in Kota Baru, Abdul Aziz said the problem was created by motorists who wanted to park near their offices or commercial areas.

“They are too lazy to walk,” he said, adding that it was impossible for everyone to park next to their offices or the shops they wanted to go to in a fast developing town.

[nazrey]

New Terminal of Ismail Petra Kota Bharu Airport, Kelantan
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