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Plans for another resort on Singapore’s Sentosa shelved

Posted on 12 Aug 2009 | Comments Off

The recreational arm of the National Trades Union Congress of Singapore, NTUC Club, has announced the cancellation of its plans for a 200-key resort on Sentosa Island due to the high construction costs and land costs.

The development, which was planned to be located within a three-hectare site, was initially budgeted to cost approximately US$31 million.

Scheduled to be reviewed for future development, the site was previously not under any sale or lease agreement with NTUC Club.

The landlord, Sentosa Development Corporation, has announced that the site has been earmarked for sports and recreational use.

Source : Hoteliers – 12 August 2009

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From resort to water sports attraction?

Posted on 29 Jul 2009 | Comments Off

ONLY days after the NTUC Club pulled the plug on its planned resort at Sentosa, the site that was supposed to be used for the resort is already attracting other development ideas.

A new water-sports type of an attraction is being looked at to take up the prime real estate.

Sentosa Leisure Group chief executive officer Mike Barclay said he is keen to have an ‘attraction that offers safe water-play outside the sea’.

He added that it will preferably be a place where families can retreat to for activities during wet weather.

Last week, the recreational arm of the National Trades Union Congress said it was abandoning plans for the $45 million Palawan Beach resort because of spiralling construction and land costs. Continue reading →