Marina Bay Sands Alloy Art and Beauty at Singapore

Singapore, the metropolis renowned as a shopping paradise now have a new tourist location with attractive facilities. Carrying the concept of integrated area, the Marina Bay Sands offers entertainment, lifestyle, art and business together in a region. Landmark building in the heart of Singapore's central business district is a tourist destination with luxury hotel facilities, theater, shopping and dining center of this region best. Plus museums, and convention hall, as well as world class entertainment center.

Do not simply indulging travelers with complete facilities, the Marina Bay Sands also has a unique artistic design of the building and SkyPark Sands icon that represents the crown of three towers of Hotel Marina Bay Sands. Unmitigated, renowned architect from Boston, was asked Moshe Safdie designed the building.

From Sand SkyPark our Singapore city tour to see the landscape from a height of 200 meters. Visitors can walk around town to see Singapore through a 360-degree view and taste the various cuisines at the restaurant. Green gardens and swimming pools sectional not become another attraction at Sand SkyPark. Just so you know SkyPark Sands cantilever may be the largest public park, swimming pool, pavilion, and restaurant area of 1.2 hectares, enough to park four half-jumbo Airbus A830 jet plane!

For lovers should not miss trying the culinary cuisine at a restaurant chef Justin Quek The Sky at Sands SkyPark. This Singapore-based chef is one of the seven leading celebrity chef Mario batali apart (New York), Santi Santamaría (Barcelona), Guy Savoy (Paris), Daniel Boulud (New York), Wolfgang Puck (Los Angeles), and Tatsuya Wakuda (Sidney ) ready to create culinary magic in the Marina Bay Sands. In the hands of chefs who have had experience cooking at Les Amis Group, Singapore's distinctive culinary menu and Asia will be mixed with a touch of classic French cooking techniques.

Hotel Marina Bay Sands, which consists of three towers to support the Sands SkyPark no less admirable. From hotel rooms to 2561 rooms and suites, you can enjoy spectacular views over the South China Sea, Marina Bay, Singapore or the city horizon. The architectural design is quite unique even this 55-story tower with inclined and the legs together on the floor 23 to form a single building. Even in a hotel tower, reaching 26 degrees inclination, making it one terumit hotels under construction.

Just sitting on a bench or dining in a restaurant that is available in the hotel foyer atrium and into other options to enjoy the atmosphere in times of morning or afternoon. Design hotel makes much use of glass material incoming sunlight freely. Despite abundant sunlight but do not have to worry about overheating. You may even be felt in the middle of the park which is cool. Because, in the hotel atrium pottery vessel placed as high as 3 meters to accommodate a tree in every vessel that creates a canopy of trees. Not just any vessel, 83 pottery vessels coated with ceramic and glass sculpture is an artist Chongbin Zheng. Zheng, dubbed the work of the Rising Forest is one of the art in the Marina Bay Sands path which decorate the interior and exterior of the hotel.

Still in the atrium of the hotel, you can also see art works of artist Antony Gormley path titled Drift. Drift is a stainless steel matrix polyhedrosis which has three dimensions. Unmitigated, Gormley using steel rods and 16 100 more than 8320 steel knot to make monumental works. Drift-like clouds with dimensions of length 40 meters, height of 23 meters, 15 meters wide and hanging in the air between 5 and 12 floor atrium of the hotel tower.

Moving out of the hotel do not miss seeing art work of other paths that are not less admirable. This time you can see the madness of the artist Ned Kahn for his work on Wind Arbor. Ned Kahn's work is most visible and largest among the nine works of art other path. Ned Kahn stringing 260 000 "wings" of metal aluminum that covers the entire front of the building west of the hotel atrium and around the cooling tower at the north end of the building.

Ned Khan's work as high as 15 meters on the north end and grow to 55 feet at the south entrance will be seen shimmering reflected light when the "wings" move aluminum. With an area of 6800 square meters, Ned Khan's work is broadly equivalent to five and a half times the size of Olympic swimming pools.

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Besides bagunan hotels, Marina Bay Sands is located in the heart of Singapore's business center did not seem to want to half-a half to establish as a new icon in the country. Of the buildings that not only functional but also valuable artistic flavor to the completeness of the majestic world-class facilities available here. Just look at Sands Expo and Convention Center located next to Hotel Marina Bay Sands. The five-storey exhibition building with meeting space of over 120,000 square meters are able to accommodate up to 45 000 delegates and 2,000 exhibition stands and has a meeting room 250 claimed to be the largest convention and exhibition venue in Southeast Asia.

For business entertainment in the near Marina Bay Sands will also finalize the construction of two buildings that theater Le Sands Theatre and Theatre. Even world-class performances have been planned to appear at the Sands Theatre by renowned Broadway musical The Lion King will perform at the Sands Theatre in late 2010. If so show, The Lion King will be a long stage of the first Broadway musical in Southeast Asia. Reportedly both the theater building at Marina Bay Sands is able to accommodate about 4000 spectators.

For those of you geeks games Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat, Poker, and Sic Bo do not worry. No need to go all the way to Macau or Las Vegas for your hobby. Simply come to Singapore and feel full and luxurious Marina Bay Sands Casino. The players and Paiza premium members have access to exclusive game in more than 30 private game room. Ruby Room is one of the private game exclusively for invited guests who meet the criteria.

Casino games with four floors covering 15 000 square meters has over 600 table games and more than 1,500 gambling machines. Complete facilities, easy access, and offered a different sensation Marina Bay Sands became a new tourist icons to be reckoned from across the country.

Students Aim Pinewood Apartments

Pinewood Apartments to be built in the area Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, aimed at students as the primary market because of its location close to a number of campuses.

"We're still waiting for his IMB," said Deny Morand, public affairs manager of Pinewood, a company that would build the apartment, in Bandung, on Tuesday. Apartments will be built on an area of 500 sq. meters behind Jatinangor Town Square.

According to him, the students become their main market, although the manager did not cover the viewfinder nonmahasiswa likely to become consumers of the nineteen-floor apartment.

Deny Morand said Jatinangor selected for the establishment of the apartment because they want the existence of a residential complex becomes an ideal place in the region. "In marketing this would be a good investment because it is close to campus," she said.

When asked for feedback from the community towards the apartment building, Deny claimed to have received good response since socialization is carried out in May 2009.
Meanwhile, Ria, Padjadjaran University student, says, does not agree with the construction of apartments in Jatinangor.

According to him, development is not needed in Jatinangor apartment. "Why would an apartment? The future will be increasingly visible gap Jatinangor community," said Ria.

SkyPark Marina Bay Opened Thursday, June 24

The Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Singapore will be opened to the public Thursday (24/06/2010) future. You can not wait to enjoy an atmosphere at the roof of the building can start to book a ticket from now. Integrated resort is to sell only 500 tickets on opening day.

Located 200 meters from the ground, SkyPark are in the top three hotel towers of Marina Bay Sands.

Besides enjoying the panoramic view of Singapore from the top of the building, visitors can also play audio guide complements. They can also be photographed by a photographer around.

Observation Desk is open daily from 10.00 until 22.00. Tickets sold for 20 dollars in Singapore, and the public can purchase tickets online from the website.

Starting June 25, audiences can buy tickets from the box office located at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 31.

After the first day, the tickets sold for 20 dollars for adults, 14 dollars for children aged 2 years and 12 years, and 17 dollars for the elderly aged 55 years and over.

Retailers Can not Demand Orchard Road Mall

A number of retail business in Orchard Road, Singapore, must bear their own losses from flooding this week Wednesday.

The owner of the shop in the basement of Lucky Plaza suffered the biggest losses. Half a day after flash floods occur, they are still cleaning the store and count the losses.

Several store owners said it several times, flooding occurs in the area of Orchard Road, but flooding in June was the biggest in 20 years.

Helen Tan, Managing Director of the All Watches, said, "Flooding is not the first time, very bad, and this is worst than the previous flood. Every year floods occurred twice in Orchard Road ...."
I am sure must have damaged parquet floor. We're still waiting for a contractor who will fix this. Possibilities we have to spend thousands of dollars for these improvements.
- Sunny Ng

Kartini Indrawati, Tunggal Eka owner of Enterprise, said, when flooding occurs there is no business transaction. "We lost all merchandise worth more than 1000 dollars, the human resources of about 300 dollars, 500 dollars and rent. So when the flood occurred, we experienced a 2000 dollar loss," said Kartini.

The other shop owners reveal, the greatest damage comes from the cost of replacing the carpets, furniture, and merchandise. Sunny Ng, Managing Director of the All Watches, said it could not do business throughout the day when a flood struck the Orchard Road. "I believe parquet floor must be broken. We're still waiting for the contractor who will fix it. Possibly we have to spend thousand of dollars for these improvements," he explains.

Elton Chow, owner of Stitchwell Clothiers, adding, "We were not able to claim. None of which can be claimed. We've tried before, and when they come see our store, they (the association) says only minor damage. You can not claim .

"The store owner can not ask the mall management to help finance the improvement," the official said Orchard Road, Business Association, which urged the retailers manage their insurance immediately.

Sng Ngoi May, Chairman of Orchard Road Business Association (New Order), said the heavy rain was the worst ever in mind and this resulted in malls. If the damage included in the premises, retailers should submit to their insurance losses.

Pop Harris, Brand New Hotel of Tauzia

Tauzia Management, a hotel manager of the Harris brand, on Thursday (17/6/10) launched a new brand of Pop Harris.

Hotel Pop Harris is a two-star hotels are packed into a budget hotel (budget hotel) that provide satisfactory service for guests. Pop the first Harris will operate in Denpasar, Bali, September 2010 this.

President Director Marc Steinmeyer Tauzia Hotel Management on Thursday (17/6/10) revealed that Harris deliberately Pop design with shades of pop that sounded at ease. This pop-style design is made with the test repeatedly until they feel fit.

"Pop Harris built with the principles of efficiency and eco-friendly. Not only the building design, but also on the bed, shower, toilet, and roof of the hotel building, "said Steinmeyer, who has been poor across the world of hospitality.

Target market is businessmen Pop Harris who often travel (business travelers), family and sports associations in the various branches of sports are held in many cities. "Essentially Pop Harris guests easy living," said Steinmeyer.

Two star hotels which became competitors Pop-Harris, among others, Formule 1 (Accor Group) and Amaris (Santika group).

"But we have a surplus, from king-size bed, a relatively affordable prices (Rp 300,000-an), easy booking, facilities, free wifi, free cable TV (60 channels), security with CCTV. Hotel guests also get breakfast in the form of rice or rice jinggo bogana, "adds Christophe Glass, Director Tauzia.

In the next two years, will open a number of hotels Pop Harris. First in Denpasar, Bali (September 2010), after the Bandung, Semarang, Makassar, Surabaya (2011), Jakarta Airport (2011), Manado (2011), Kuta Bali (2011), Denpasar Jl Cokroaminoto (2012), and Yogyakarta ( 2012).

"According to Glass, the tourism industry in Indonesia continues to grow, and many hotels needed. "People need a place to stay that is not too expensive, but still clean and have wi-fi facilities and an international television channel," he said.

Property business will suck 6 Billion U.S. Dollars a year

Indonesia will make property law in line with neighboring states by allowing a foreigner own property in their countries.

Editorial Manager Oxford Business Group (OBG), Josh Frankan in a press statement here on Tuesday, said the purchase of property by foreign citizens in Indonesia will open up opportunities for the rapid growth of this sector so as to produce a large income.

He added that the property business will run more conducive to suck up forecasted foreign funds amounting to 6 billion dollars per year.

"This encourages the property industry to grow better, if the government intends to open the door for foreign investors," he said.

Penananman Coordinating Board (BKPM) said Gita Wirjawan, a plan to end the ban property ownership by foreign entities in the country would loosen restrictions on foreign investment in some industries is considered as an effort to provide added value and pave the way for foreign ownership of property.

New rules open up opportunities for foreigners to buy property in land both residential and commercial water will come out around the end of the second quarter of 2010 or less over the month in June, he said.

Meanwhile, Managing Director of Paramount Serpong Tanto Kurniawan said the market would open up to strangers and this is a recovery period which would exceed the expectations of the stakeholders in the industry. "If this happens, the property prices in the country is relatively cheaper," he said.

Procon Indonesia president director, Lucy Rumantir said the government must take certain steps to protect consumers, if the government intends to open the door to foreign investors.

Lodha Group Build World's Tallest Apartment in Mumbai, India

World's tallest residential tower will be built in Mumbai, India. Lodha Group is headquartered in Mumbai will build 117-story skyscrapers in the area of 17 acres (68 796 square meters) in Lower Parel in the heart of the city. Height reaches 442 meters so that it will beat the highest in the Australian residential building (323 meters). In this tower will be built also 276 luxury apartments.

This building will become an icon and a symbol for Mumbai Indians in the stage of global economy and culture, said in a statement issued by Lodha Group.

Lodha Group appointed architects Pei Cobb Freed and Partners with offices in New York, United States, to design the world's tallest residential tower was. Architect's office was already designing the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the John Hancock Tower in Boston, United States.

Between the two-acre (8 093 m2) and a three acre (12 140 m2) will be reserved as open space. Construction of this building is expected to begin within the next few months and will be completed in 2014.

"Through partnerships with architects, designers, and engineers globally, we aim to bring Mumbai to a landmark that can give an illustration of the spirit always fly to Mumbai for higher ground through hard work and strong desire," said Abhisheck Lodha, director of Lodha.

Residential property prices in India continue to increase, especially upscale apartment in great demand. The company is negotiating with foreign and local financial arranger for the fund this project.

"This massive project is certainly very expensive. We anticipate the demand for individuals with a valuable network, "said Yashwant Dalal, president of The Estate Agents Association of India.

The project also includes building luxury villas with private pool, high-end shopping centers and office buildings. Some buyers already booked a place before the official launch scheduled for the end of the month was held this June.

Pawan Swamy, managing director of Jones Lang Lasalle Meghraj in western India, a global real estate consulting firm, said the developer Lodha has permission to build similar projects in the area they had just the acquisition, which is in Wadala.

Anand Gupta of the All India Builders Association of India said that all Indians should be proud of this project. "This is a symbol of development and progress of Mumbai," he added

Foreign Nationals Can Buy Commercial Flat

Foreign nationals not only have houses and apartments, but also the alias apartment towers. Only, they can only master the towers of commercial species only.

Foreign ownership rules are embodied in the revised Act (Act) No. 16 of 1985 on the Flats. Obviously, there are several conditions that must be fulfilled citizens of another country before purchasing the towers.

Vice Chairman of the Commission on Housing (V) Mulyadi said the foreign ownership provision is based on the Basic Agrarian Law, which only foreigners can own towers units only. "He just has a course unit, the land is not," he said, Tuesday (8 / 6).

So also with the period following the ownership rules in the Basic Agrarian Law, the foreigner may only have use rights for 25 years. But, it can be extended up to 20 consecutive years and 25 years.

However Mulyadi said, there is a minimum price limit commercial towers that can be purchased by foreigners. Later, this provision will be regulated in more detail in the government regulation (PP) as derivative products Flat Act.

Hitech confirms that foreign ownership of commercial towers unit can be transferred or transferable before the rights expired life time. Parliament would adopt the prevailing concept of diversion in Australia. At Kangaroo's Affairs, the foreign-owned property should not be sold to foreigners, but must dilego to an Australian citizen. "The details set out in regulation," he said.

Notes only, the revised Act would divide residential Flat is tall in three categories. First, commercial towers for middle to upper income people. These towers can be traded as a commodity with prices following the market mechanism.

Second, the towers or the general public convenience facilities and construction get government assistance. That way, the selling price affordable by the lower middle income people. These towers may be transferred on the condition, for example, after five years.

Third, special towers for temporary shelter. For example, halfway house, rental towers, and towers like a student dormitory rent free or public servant

Foreign WN Even More Like Hiring Foreign Ownership Rules Revision

Foreign nationals may not be interested in buying property, especially for apartment units in Indonesia, although the rules of ownership so the government revised. "Foreigners prefer to buy rather than rent housing," says property expert Tony Eddy in the discussion on property ownership for foreigners in Jakarta on Thursday.

Tony says, foreigners usually do not bother they've rented an apartment units through the company where he worked. "They do not want to take risks had entrusted money to developers but promised apartermen units not being done," he said.

According to him, even if foreigners usually have to buy an apartment is usually a second hand (secondary) rather than an apartment first hand (primary).

Tony says, if in Singapore there is no guarantee for the people who buy apartments for that money will be refunded the money was not paid to the developer, such as Indonesia, but placed direkening shelter (escrow account).

Meanwhile, property law expert, Erwin Kallo said, learned of the property sold in Singapore apartment building just to be different with Indonesia which attach earth elements.

"So in Indonesia, which sells for an apartment that has the status of property rights, the public rarely interested in an apartment with a status of use rights," he explained.

According to him, with clear regulations in Indonesia may not foreigners buying property because it uses proprietary and may not sell the property with different certificates.

"If wearing a foreign property to also not be applied because it clashes with the Constitution which states 'land and wealth in the countries it occupied and used for the prosperity of its people'," he said. "If this is opened, the alien will be free to own land in Indonesia including the islands," explained Erwin.

He suggested, if it wants to make better regulations on procedures for foreign nationals who would buy an apartment in Indonesia. "Be more specific," he said again

China Tianyu Group Build Luxury Housing Near Incheon Airport Korea

South Korea signed an agreement worth a billion dollars with China's investment group to fund housing projects for foreign residents near the international airport in Incheon, a promotional agency said.

Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, South Korea (Kotra) said it will sign an agreement in Shanghai with China Tianyu Group, which plans to build housing near the center of South Korea's main airline, west of Seoul.

"South Korea is the only recipient of 160 million dollars from China's overseas investments worth 43.3 billion dollars in 2009, but the country has the capability to attract larger funds," the President said Cho Hwan-oak Kotra quoted a spokesman for the agency , last week.

Kotra said Tianyu will fund the construction of the project "town house" luxury on a proposed complex.

Ministry of Economy and Science, South Korea and Lippo Incheon Development signed a similar contract for multi billion dollar luxury complex.

Institutions that trade will also sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China that could push the bank's direct investment in South Korea.

The agreement also could help South Korean businessmen operating or see new opportunities in China