Sandakan (Part 2)

[dmtling]

Nice pictures you got there sabahkid..the fleet or road building machinery look familiar, haha.
Thanks for posting Sandakan latest update.

[Sabahkid]

Originally Posted by TWK90

Em...the new shopoffice blocks in Bandar Indah (behind to Parkwell), is it open already?

Yup....some have already opened shops there & there will be a hotel opening in one of those blocks as well.


cheers

[Sabahkid]

View from inside the Imperial Bay View Restaurant. I must say that it offers some of the best views in town.








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[TWK90]

http://www.sabah.gov.my/jpas/Assessm...eias/eias.html

From what i see from site, it seems finally the work on Sandakan Education Hub has started....

[Sabahkid]

Originally Posted by TWK90

http://www.sabah.gov.my/jpas/Assessm...eias/eias.html

From what i see from site, it seems finally the work on Sandakan Education Hub has started....

U mean u have been to the mile 10 project site? Accessible from which road?


cheers

[TWK90]

Originally Posted by Sabahkid

U mean u have been to the mile 10 project site? Accessible from which road?


cheers

What i mean the word "site" is that weblink...not the real 'construction site'.....

Still quite a long time for me to return to Sandakan....

http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/cont...bfc00-954ac520

MBSB coming to Sandakan....

[ntly1]

Source : www.flickr.com
Photo by : weieeng

Found some great pictures of Selingan Island (Turtle Island), Sandakan

[ntly1]

Kekurangan Hotel Di Sabah Akan Diatasi - Tengku Adnan

SANDAKAN, 8 Julai (Bernama) -- Produk pelancongan di beberapa daerah di Sabah akan dimajukan untuk mengatasi masalah kekurangan bilik hotel yang dihadapi di Kota Kinabalu pada musim puncak, kata Menteri Pelancongan Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

Beliau berkata kementerian berkenaan sedang melaksanakan usaha itu terutama di daerah Sandakan dan Tawau yang juga mempunyai produk pelancongan menarik.

Di Kota Kinabalu terdapat kekurangan 3,000 bilik hotel ketika waktu puncak pelancong datang dan dengan memajukan produk pelancongan di daerah lain, kedatangan pelancong ke Sabah akan dipecahkan dan tidak sahaja tertumpu di Kota Kinabalu.

Kementerian mengambil perhatian serius bagi mengatasi masalah ini kerana Sabah merupakan antara tarikan terbaik destinasi pelancongan di Malaysia, katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Projek Kompleks Membeli Belah dan Hotel Antarabangsa Sandakan Harbour Square di sini malam tadi.
Beliau dijadual mengadakan pertemuan dengan pengusaha hotel, agensi pelancong dan pemandu pelancong di Sabah hari ini di Kota Kinabalu bagi membincangkan masalah pelancongan negeri.h.

Usaha pembinaan pusat membeli belah dan hotel antarabangsa di Sandakan amat bertepatan untuk mengatasi masalah kekurangan hotel dan memastikan pelancong dapat singgah di daerah ini lebih lama dan tinggal di hotel yang selesa, kata Tengku Adnan.
-- BERNAMA

Mandarin Version
东姑安南：旅游部将解决沙巴州酒店客房供不应求问题

(山打根8日马新社讯)旅游部计划发展沙巴州几个县的旅游产品以解决亚庇在旅游高峰季节时所面对的酒店房间供不应求的问题。

旅游部部长拿督斯里东姑安南说，该部正在实行此项计划，尤其是山打根和斗湖等地区拥有许多非常吸引人的旅游产品。

当旅游高峰季节来临，亚庇将面对3000间酒店客房短缺的问题，料其它地区的旅游产品发展起来后，前来沙巴游玩的旅客将会被分散而不只集中在亚庇而已。

他说，旅游部对上述问题非常关注，这是因为沙巴是我国其中一个重要的旅游热点。

他是昨天在这里为《山打根Harbour Square购物广场及国际酒店计划》主持开幕仪式后向记者这么说。

他也将在今天于亚庇与酒店管理人、旅游社以及导游会面商谈关于沙巴州旅游业所面对的问题。

他也说，在山打根兴建购物广场及国际酒店正是时候，这不但能够解决酒店客房供应不足的问题，而且也能让旅客在此地逗留更久，亦能住在舒服的酒店里。

目前有许多的外国旅客都是逗留在亚庇，他们都是乘坐早班的飞机去山打根参观西必洛猿人保护区，然后乘坐晚班飞机回来亚庇。

[ntly1]

Tourism Ministry working hard to get tourists to stay longer in Sabah
9th July, 2007

SANDAKAN: The Tourism Ministry is working hard to get tourists to stay longer in Sabah, especially in the east-coast towns like Sandakan.
Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the abundance of potential tourism products in areas such as Sandakan and Tawau would be developed for the purpose.

The ministry would meet hotel operators, tour agencies and tourist guides to discuss the matter, he told reporters after opening the Sandakan Harbour Square International Hotel and Shopping Complex here Saturday night.

He said the hotel would help ease the shortage of rooms in Sandakan, which had resulted in many foreign tourists flying from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan and back within a day when visiting the Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre in Sepilok near Sandakan.
Adnan said another reason for developing tourism products in other areas of Sabah is to disperse tourists away from room-starved Kota Kinabalu which faced a shortage of 3,000 hotel rooms during peak tourist seasons.

He said that officials from his ministry would meet with the local authorities to explore what tourist attractions there are in each district and to find what problems they face.

While launching the Sandakan Music Fiesta, Adnan remarked that it showed the creativity of the Sandakan folk and that it could also attract more tourists.

Also present at the function was Sabah Tourism Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun, Sandakan Municipal Council president, Yeo Boon Hai and ICSB Ventures Sdn Bhd managing director, Lai Voon Hon.

Yesterday in Kota Kinabalu, Tengku Adnan said the ministry would also look into the problems faced by tourist guides in Sabah with regard to some restriction on the area of operation.

“For example, those registered as nature guides cannot guide tourists to islands or towns. They can only guide tourists to mountains or forests, and vice-versa.

“Furthermore, there are tourist guides who cannot communicate in the Korean or Japanese languages and we will look into this,” he said.

[ntly1]

FIESTA MUSIC SANDAKAN

[Sabahkid]

Originally Posted by ntly1

Tourism Ministry working hard to get tourists to stay longer in Sabah
9th July, 2007

SANDAKAN: The Tourism Ministry is working hard to get tourists to stay longer in Sabah, especially in the east-coast towns like Sandakan.
Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the abundance of potential tourism products in areas such as Sandakan and Tawau would be developed for the purpose.

The ministry would meet hotel operators, tour agencies and tourist guides to discuss the matter, he told reporters after opening the Sandakan Harbour Square International Hotel and Shopping Complex here Saturday night.

He said the hotel would help ease the shortage of rooms in Sandakan, which had resulted in many foreign tourists flying from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan and back within a day when visiting the Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre in Sepilok near Sandakan.
Adnan said another reason for developing tourism products in other areas of Sabah is to disperse tourists away from room-starved Kota Kinabalu which faced a shortage of 3,000 hotel rooms during peak tourist seasons.

He said that officials from his ministry would meet with the local authorities to explore what tourist attractions there are in each district and to find what problems they face.

While launching the Sandakan Music Fiesta, Adnan remarked that it showed the creativity of the Sandakan folk and that it could also attract more tourists.

Also present at the function was Sabah Tourism Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun, Sandakan Municipal Council president, Yeo Boon Hai and ICSB Ventures Sdn Bhd managing director, Lai Voon Hon.

Yesterday in Kota Kinabalu, Tengku Adnan said the ministry would also look into the problems faced by tourist guides in Sabah with regard to some restriction on the area of operation.

“For example, those registered as nature guides cannot guide tourists to islands or towns. They can only guide tourists to mountains or forests, and vice-versa.

“Furthermore, there are tourist guides who cannot communicate in the Korean or Japanese languages and we will look into this,” he said.

Opening of the Hotel & Mall? I reckon they are referring to the ground breaking ceremony perhaps? Any photos of the above event? Thanks.

[TWK90]

Great, after years of waiting, finally our very first, proper shopping centre in Sandakan construction begins......hope to see a tower crane during its construction!

[ntly1]

Originally Posted by Sabahkid

Opening of the Hotel & Mall? I reckon they are referring to the ground breaking ceremony perhaps? Any photos of the above event? Thanks.

Ya, i think it is the ground breaking ceremony. What can see from the flyer...the mall & hotel will only complete in yr 2009 & 2010..!

[TWK90]

2009,2010.....are they going to open the mall in 2009, then the hotel in 2010..is it?

[ntly1]

Originally Posted by TWK90

2009,2010.....are they going to open the mall in 2009, then the hotel in 2010..is it?

I m not very sure too !

[Sabahkid]

There is a report stating that the hotel will be operated by the Sheraton Group..... anyone saw that?

[bart_shinoda]

when n where do you saw that report??

[Sabahkid]

Originally Posted by bart_shinoda

when n where do you saw that report??

I think it was reported by a local chinese newspaper covering the ground breaking ceremony 2 weeks ago.

cheers

[Sabahkid]

Sandakan airport & beyond....












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[SEED]

that turtle island pic looks great... if only i can hav that whole island for myself wit butlers services and hehehe.. i need to getaway!