Re: Rpgt
7 Dec 2012
Khidmat feri dari Singapura ke Nusajaya mulai Mac
Oleh
ERVINA MOHD JAMIL
JOHOR BAHRU, MALAYSIA: MULAI Mac ini, orang ramai boleh menaiki feri untuk ke seberang Tambak, khususnya ke Nusajaya.
Ini kerana Terminal Feri Antarabangsa Pelabuhan Puteri bakal siap dalam sekitar sebulan lagi, sekali gus menjadikannya 'laluan ketiga' - menghubungkan Singapura dengan Malaysia.
Berita Harian difahamkan, khidmat feri ini akan disediakan dari Harbourfront dekat VivoCity dan dijangka mengambil masa sekitar 40 minit ke Nusajaya.
Selain khidmat feri ke Singapura, orang ramai juga boleh menjangkakan menaiki feri terus ke Indonesia dari terminal feri itu.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) merangkap Pengarah Urusan UEM Land Holdings Berhad, Dato' Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim, mendedahkan demikian semasa sidang media di Pelabuhan Puteri, petang semalam.
UEM Land adalah pemaju utama pembangunan bandar Nusajaya, Iskandar Malaysia.
Apabila ditanya Berita Harian berapakah tambang tiket feri yang boleh dijangkakan, Dato' Wan Abdullah berkata adalah terlalu awal untuk memberi perinciannya dan pengendali bagi terminal itu juga baru sahaja dilantik.
"Ia akan dipacu pasaran... tidak terlalu mahal. Jika mahal, tiada siapa yang akan menaikinya," katanya, sambil menambah beliau juga menjangkakan jumlah pengunjung ke Malaysia, khususnya ke Johor, akan meningkat dengan 'laluan ketiga' itu.
Terminal Feri Antarabangsa Pelabuhan Puteri juga dekat dengan Taman Tema Keluarga Pelabuhan Puteri yang dibuka rasmi dalam satu majlis semalam oleh Menteri Besar Johor, Dato' Haji Abdul Ghani Othman.
Taman tema bertutup itu menempatkan Bandar Sanrio Hello Kitty serta The Little Big Club yang memaparkan watak kartun popular seperti Thomas and Friends, Barney dan sebagainya.
Sejak membuka pintunya kepada orang ramai pada 26 Oktober lalu, Bandar Sanrio Hello Kitty dan The Little Big Club telah menerima sekitar 45,000 pengunjung.
Selain pembangunan pesisiran air di Pelabuhan Puteri, Nusajaya juga menempatkan taman perindustrian Kelompok Logistik dan Industri Selatan (Southern Industrial and Logistic Clusters, SiLC) yang kesemuanya menarik pelaburan sebanyak RM127 juta ($50.8 juta) dari Singapura.
Sekitar 21 peratus syarikat yang melabur di SiLC merupakan syarikat Singapura.
CEO merangkap Presiden Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB), Datuk Syed Mohamed Ibrahim, turut berkongsi rancangan membawa masuk sebuah institut vokasional ke hab pendidikan EduCity@Iskandar yang kini menempatkan Universiti Perubatan Newcastle Malaysia dan Marlborough College Malaysia.
"Kami kini sedang berbincang dengan beberapa institusi… jika kami bernasib baik, kami boleh membuat pengumuman mengenai persetujuan yang kami akan tandatangani menjelang suku keempat tahun depan, jika tidak, mungkin 2014," kata Datuk Syed.
Tambahnya, institusi itu akan menawarkan program dalam industri pelayanan dan kreatif di peringkat sijil dan diploma.
English translated text (Google)
7 Dec 2012
Ferry service from Singapore to the timeframe from March
By
ERVINA MOHD JAMIL
JOHOR BAHRU, MALAYSIA: FROM March, people can take a ferry to go across the causeway, especially to Nusajaya.
This is because the Princess Port (Puteri Harbour) International Ferry Terminal will be completed in about a month's time, thus making it 'third way' - linking Singapore and Malaysia.
Daily News learned that the ferry service will be provided from Harbourfront near VivoCity and is expected to take about 40 minutes to Nusajaya.
In addition to trips to Singapore, people can expect to Indonesia ferry ride from the ferry terminal.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of UEM Land Holdings Berhad, Dato 'Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim, revealed this during a press conference in Port Princess, yesterday afternoon.
UEM Land is the leading developer of urban development Nusajaya, Iskandar Malaysia.
When asked what the Daily News ferry ticket fares can be expected, Dato 'Wan Abdullah said it was too early to give details of the terminal operator has also just appointed.
"It will be market driven ... not too expensive. If expensive, no one is going to go up," he said, adding that he also expects the number of visitors to Malaysia, especially to the state will increase with the 'third way' is.
Princess Port International Ferry Terminal is also close to the Port Princess Family Theme Park officially opened in a ceremony yesterday by Minister of Johor, Dato 'Haji Abdul Ghani Othman.
Enclosed theme park accommodates Hello Kitty Sanrio Town and The Little Big Club featuring popular cartoon characters like Thomas and Friends, Barney and others.
Since opening its doors to the public on October 26 last, Hello Kitty Sanrio Town and The Little Big Club has received approximately 45,000 visitors.
In addition to waterfront development in Puteri Harbour, Nusajaya industrial park also houses the Logistics Cluster and South Industry (Southern Industrial and Logistic Arrangement, SiLC), all of which attracted investments of RM127 million ($ 50.8 million) from Singapore.
Around 21 per cent of companies that invest in SiLC a Singapore company.
CEO and President Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB), Datuk Syed Mohamed Ibrahim, also shared plans to bring in an institute of vocational education hub EduCity @ Iskandar which now houses the University of Newcastle Medicine Malaysia and Marlborough College Malaysia.
"We are currently in discussions with several institutions ... if we are lucky, we can make an announcement on the agreement we will sign by the fourth quarter of next year, if not, maybe 2014," said Syed.
Added, the institution will offer programs in hospitality and creative industries at the certificate and diploma.
Lai leow lai leow...more to come...