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Ql marks entry into M sia PETALING JAYAi Qi Group the and Kenya besides Malaysia to Hong Kong based global e expand its leisure and hospitality merce company headed by entre businesses Nevertheless the current focus is preneur Datuk Vijay Eswaran is eyeing strategically located proper on moving to Malaysia in a big way ties in Malaysia in the leisure hospi and building up a track record with tality and health related industries financial institutions including setting up affordable We could have purchased the specialist hospitals in what is seen HQ building outright ourselves from as a homecoming for the self made our funds But we went through multi millionaire the process of getting 60 per cent This together with the group s financing to build up our financial purchase of a RM60 million build credibility and rapport locally he ing in Section 8 here as its regional said headquarters and ambitious plans Starting out in 1998 as an e com for the Endau Rompin resort marks merce outfit the Qi Group has grown its commitment and entry into into a multinational conglomerate Malaysia in a big way with six key businesses telecom The regional headquarters here munications lifestyle and leisure would consolidate its operations in luxury and collectibles training and Indonesia Singapore Thailand the conference management property Philippines he told Bernama in an development and a global retail and direct sales business with interview yesterday Vijay who has carved out a name subsidiaries in 30 countries for himself among renowned Hong Vijay said the group s continuing Kong financial circles more than a and increased presence in Malaysia decade ago said as ateonglomerate was also underpinned by a firm with a global reach the group will belief in the country s economic continue to look for choice proper potential and the need to build up ties in Thailand Mauritius Maldives its local persona
A massive venture Qi is under taking in Malaysia is the Endau Rompuf resort project in Pahang covering 200 acres about 80 hect ares at a development cost of US 250 million
Grand plans are in store for the resort over the long term which will showcase a marina mixed develop ment villas a boutique hotel as well as cultural and heritage centre when it is operational in five years time he said
It was purchased for US 28 1 million RM70 million initially The group is also setting up five private specialist hospitals in the next three years with an investment ofBM18 RM20 million each provid ing affordable medical services in various fields such as surgery der matology emergency operations general clinic etc But the catch here is that afford
ability would come about from the hospitals being located out side urban centres such as Banting for which land has already been acquired The four storey hospital with
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40 60 beds is expected to be fully operational in two years time Other potential sites for such hospi tals include Kluang and Kuantan He said We are banking on the affordabiiity of medical tourism in Malaysia which is a powerful incen tive to lure tourists as Malaysia is a lot cheaper than Singapore It fits into our tourism strategy Vijay also revealed that the company was working with the Pahang government to rebuild Istana Pekan which was a classic
palace built without a single nail or cement being used and sitting on the premises of the royal palace grounds Malaysia is not playing up our culture and heritage as much as we should like Ball and Thailand
and more so with the distinctly different culture between Pahang Terengganu and Kelantan and the west coast said Vijay Vijay who hails fromTerengganu is passionate about spicing up the state s culture and heritage with classical east coast Malay archi tecture which would offer tourists
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from all over the world a secondary story and not just the usual sun sea and sand
Once the resort is operational in five years time which he describes as more of a labour of love the
group also has plans to develop the legendary take ofTasik Chini which would add on to the 100 million
year old Endau Rompin heritage forest area
We are going to preserve the mangrove swamp and backwaters on our property and build cabins on Stilts so that we can preserve the
ecological balance of the project he said Asked on the returns from these
investments he saidwhatwasgoing to be profitable was the resort Itself which can be patronised by the group s captive tourist market from its Vacation Club which has six nuUion customers worldwide to its
database Already the diversified com pany is bringing in a whole bunch of tourists worldwide to Malaysia
Thailand Ball and the Middle East Bemama