US$700 million Tourism Project Under Threat

THE West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) provincial government and the Central Lombok regency administration have received an ultimatum from Dubai’s Emaar Properties. It’s in the case of 505-hectare land clearance in Slangit hamlet, Tanah Awu village, Central Lombok, where a large-scale tourism zone will be built. Unless the clearance is finished by September 2008, its investment worth US$700 million is prone