Announce Department：General Affairs Department
May 17th, 2011 Reported by Journalist Li, C. W.
There will be a 5-Star international tourism hotel beside the Tai Lake in 3 years. The BOT tender award winner, E. R. Group will implement the construction of this international 5 star hotel as soon as possible. This hotel will then be the highest green-eco concept landmark building in Kinmen. Nearly 1,000 job recruitment will be created for Kinmen then.
E. R. Group will sign a contract officially with Kinmen County on May 18th. This BOT project will start immediately afterwards. This BOT stipulates the construction shall be finished in 3 years. The bid winner will own hotel operation for the following 47 years. Afterwards, all assets and business operation will be transferred to Kinmen County.
E. R. Group President Chang, S. H. indicated that the project investment will amount to nearly NT$3 billion, including construction costs, personnel training, and business operation. He also emphasized that the construction costs of more than NT$1.6 billion will be fully from his company’s funds. He guarantees implementing this construction project as planned or even earlier. Tourists will no longer complain with poor hotel services after this 5-star international tourism hotel starts operation. There will also configure a nearly 10,000 m2 duty free shopping center in this hotel. This shopping center will become the largest in great South China and takes the leadership in this industry. He will do the best for developing Kinmen as “International tourism and leisure island” and “luxury duty free shopping paradise” as soon as possible.
The Group Manager W. S. S. stated that more than NT$10 million will be appropriated for appointing an internationally famous architecture institute (Benoy Limited) as the design team. The design theme will feature “Localization, Modernization & Green-Coverage Beauty”. This building layout is composed of 1 basement and 13 floors aboveground, including 264 scenery rooms, a duty free shopping center, and an international gourmet center offering varieties of delicacies. Especially, this building’s indoor international conferencecenter can load up to more than 400 guests. Assorted with the miraculous mountain tunnels and Ching-Tien Hall restaurant in Taiwu Mountain top, this conference will be a perfect venue for holding Taiwan “Golden Horse Award” Festival.
This 13-floor tourism hotel will feature beautiful lake scenery and a bird zoo. There will install traditional Kinmen mascots, such as Windy Lion God, swallow tails and horsebacks in the recreation area at the lakeside. Other features include a building top garden, a 5-floor duty free shopping building with high green coverage exterior wall. This international hotel will not only be a new landmark but also create a benchmark for also eco-energy saving and carbon reduction.
There will install a “Kinmen Peculiarity Zone” in this duty free shopping center selling for delicious local snacks, food, cultural creativity arts and varieties of delicacies. Hopefully, the local tourism industry can be benefited then.
Kinmen County’s Taipei Service Center chief Mr. Chen, Y. F. indicated that both he and a native Kinmen movie director, Mr. Dong, C. L. have visited the Movie Division of Government Info Office and a movie director, the chief executive for holding the “Golden Horse Awarrd” twice in the last year and this year. Both of them said as the Chinese meanning of Golden Horse Award is synonymous to Kinmen and Matsu islands. Kinmen shall be a perfect venue for hold Movie Festival. However, it is a pity that Kinmen still lacks the eligibility for holding the Film Festival due to lacking international standard and high quality hotel accommodation capacity.
Mr. Chen. Y. F. emphasized that the E. R Group’s 5-star international tourism hotel starts operation in 3 years. Kinmen will thus be an ideal venue for holding the Film Festival. Kinmen will the future, he will never embarrass that there is no 5-star hotel in Kinmen.
This BOT tender winner E. R. Group will implement construction in 3 years and estimate it will create approximately 1,800 employments for local residents per year and 5,400 people/vocational time in 3 years. It will maintain a long term and stable employment of around 1,000 people annually for 47 years afterwards.
Both this tourism hotel and its luxury duty free shopping center will be the biggest in the great south China. After starting business operation, lots of tourists will stampede into Kinmen for shopping and traveling. Kinmen local tourism industry and associated service industries will be benefited. More business opportunities and jobs will be created then, too. The tourism related service providers in Kinhu town and the real estate value surrounding the hotel will surly benefit the most.