NEW BUSINESS CLASS HOTEL IN PUTRAJAYA BY MID-2012

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- Putrajaya will have a new business class
hotel by mid-2012 on a 1.5-ha land adjacent to Alamanda Shopping Centre.

Putrajaya is a planned city, located south of Kuala Lumpur, that serves as
the federal administrative centre of Malaysia.

Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd's Project Management Division General Manager
Hassan Ramadi said the 16-storey hotel would have 382 rooms and cost about RM147
million. (US$43.22 million)

It would not be seen as a competition to Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside, but a
complement instead, he told reporters after the topping up ceremony for
Putrajaya's tallest buildings constructed by Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd
(SunCon).

He said the hotel be around three to four star and offer rates starting
from RM150 (about US$44) per room per night.

"The problem here is there are too many officers. What we hope from this
project is it will create vibrancy in Putrajaya," he said.

Hassan said the hotel operator had not been decided but the construction
work had been awarded to SunCon and it would begin in February.

Friday's ceremony was to mark the completion of structural works of the
buildings on Lot 4G10 and Lot 4G11 in Presint 4.

The 40 and 41-storey buildings, allocated for the Housing and Local
Government Ministry and the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry,
are expected to be fully completed by the middle of next year.

Present at the ceremony were Sunway Group Founder and Chairman Dr
Jeffrey Cheah, SunCon Senior Managing Director Tan Kia Loke, SunCon
Managing Director Kwan Foh Kwai and Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd Chief Executive
Officer Azlan Abdul Karim.

-- BERNAMA