MELAKA: The state authorities has handed back to the unique developer a serious coastal reclamation project that had been mired in authorized disputes.

“We want an amicable solution,” mentioned industrial and funding committee chairman Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh.

He was referring to the Melaka Gateway, which is predicted to generate RM15bil in income over the following six years.

It is a blended improvement project consisting of three new islands, amongst others.

The state authorities, he mentioned, would permit KAJ Development Sdn Bhd to proceed with the project as deliberate.

“We have no problem with KAJ Development continuing with the development,” he advised reporters after visiting the project website at Pulau Melaka yesterday.

KAJ Development chief government officer Datuk Michelle Ong was additionally current.

Ab Rauf mentioned the developer had pledged to full the RM1.5bil Melaka International Cruise Terminal inside 15 months.

A RM1.5bil theme park would even be accomplished by 2026.

“The project is expected to attract a nett investment totalling RM46bil, including foreign direct investments,” he mentioned.

In November 2020, KAJ Development’s contract was terminated by the state authorities after it failed to full the work by the given date.

In response, the corporate highlighted the way it had spent shut to a decade planning and nurturing the project, which entailed the development of three reclaimed islands, a deep-water port, a cruise terminal, and industrial and residential properties.

In December of that yr, KAJ Development filed a judicial evaluation to problem the termination of the land reclamation concession discover issued by the state authorities.

The firm had said in its swimsuit then that it had submitted a number of written requests to prolong the three-year land reclamation concession which started on Oct 4, 2017, to no avail, with the discover of termination issued claiming the corporate failed to full the project.

The project additionally went via uncertainties following a change within the Melaka authorities in 2018 when Pakatan Harapan got here to energy.

Disputes additionally emerged over the freehold land standing given to the developer and environmental affect points affecting residents of the historic Portuguese Settlement.

Last month, Bernama reported that the case would possible be resolved out of court docket.