23 september namib times e edition

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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6590 FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Restaurant boat for Walvis Bay

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LHU workers demonstrate Floris Steenkamp Walvis Bay's first floating restaurant, a specially built boat with a capacity to seat 100 people, is due to set sail from a South African shipyard over the weekend. This restaurant vessel is expected to dock in Walvis Bay by 1 October, and is certainly a historic moment for the local tourism and hospitality industry. The boat is scheduled explained the vessel Point, in time for pato sail from St. Helena has a fully fitted res- trons to watch the sun Bay on the South Afri- taurant, kitchen and set over the lagoon and can west coast on a se- storage facilities and returning when the ven-day passage to will be operating from port's lights come on. Walvis Bay. When the Walvis Bay water- Dinner is guaranteed to contacted for com- front. be a four course, world ment, the project ma- Lunch will be served class experience. nager Mr Dean Thei- daily at anchorage. The vessel's name is singer confirmed the Each late afternoon the Cynthia and can also be vessel's imminent arri- vessel will depart on a booked for weddings val in Walvis Bay. He dinner cruise to Pelican and other functions.

Construction of a service station at Langstrand Floris Steenkamp Residents and visitors to Langstrand will have the comfort of a fuel service station by mid-2017. The developer is Tidal Wave 90 Investments. The site handover took place on Wednesday. Architectural firm Claud Bosch Architects on behalf of Tidal Wave 90 handed over the site to the contractor, VG Developers. Continues on page 2

Platz Am Meer Open

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Tip-offs to expose rhino poaching increases

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Erwin Leuschner The first shopping mall along Namibia's coast, the Swakopmund Waterfront “Platz am Meer”, officially opened its doors to the public yesterday morning after a construction period of just more than two years. The mall forms part of the first phase of the development, the construction of the upper-class apartments will continue. A stampede of visitors Meer” over the week- what the complex has can be expected at the end and the coming to offer. Over the past new waterfront shop- days, as many coastal few days the developer ping mall “Platz am residents are curious Continues on page 2

Sevens at the Dome

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