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Resort tees up course designer

Friday, 25 September 200915:01Peter Olszewski

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009092528582/Siem-Reap-Insider/resort-tees-up-course-designer.html

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Model overview of Bellus Angkor Resort and City incorporating new golf course.


Internationally renowned Scottish golf course architect David McLay Kidd was in Siem Reap for just over 24 hours before he landed in the rough – the car returning him from an inspection of a new golf course site on the outskirts of Siem Reap slid off the road and had to be pulled back on track with ropes.

“I was thinking I would have to jog all the way back if it took another hour to get the car out,” a bemused Kidd told the Post. “That was early evening and I was worried I might miss my 11.30pm flight back to the US.”

The flying Scotsman was on a whirlwind trip to negotiate a forthcoming commission to design a new golf course to be built at a massive new $470 million entertainment, gaming and hotel complex, Bellus Angkor Resort & City.

The complex, being developed by Korean-based company, Intercity Group, is on a 265 hectare site, 22 kilometres north of Angkor Thom, and an opening ceremony is expected to take place in October.

Intercity Group acquired the concession for a casino and permission for other resort facilities in October 2008, which was widely reported in the regional media as a massive casino complex.

On December 10 last year, Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper reported that the Cambodian government “requested to arrange various facilities in order to prevent the resort from being degenerated into a casino-centered facility.”

While a gaming centre is still an important component of phase one of the development’s construction, more emphasis is now placed on other entertainment and sports amenities, such as several hotels with up to 750 rooms, a large ultra-modern convention centre, and three golf courses.
Two golf courses are still in doubt, contingent on the company being able to lease a further 180 hectares of government land. But construction of the first international golf course, an 18-holer to be built on the existing lease, will start early next year and should be completed by the end of 2011.

But first the course needs to be designed, hence the arrival of Oregon-based Mr Kidd, one of the world’s leading golf course creators.

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Golf course designer David McLay Kidd.


He flew into Seoul from the US on Saturday September 12, arrived in Siem Reap on Saturday afternoon, toured the temples, played golf at the Angkor Golf Resort on Sunday morning, checked the site of the new golf course on Sunday afternoon, endured the off-road incident, dined at Red Piano at 9pm in the

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An entertainment city near siem reap? Im just wondering why all the major developments are thrusted towards Siem reap instead of the capital of Phnom penh. If youve been to both cities, i'm sure you'd agree that Siem Reap looks more like a capital than Phnom penh. Siem Reap is nice and clean, while Phnom penh is the opposite. i wish they start realizing they have to set their goals to improve the capital because it has charms of its own.





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eye_sky wrote:

An entertainment city near siem reap? Im just wondering why all the major developments are thrusted towards Siem reap instead of the capital of Phnom penh. If youve been to both cities, i'm sure you'd agree that Siem Reap looks more like a capital than Phnom penh. Siem Reap is nice and clean, while Phnom penh is the opposite. i wish they start realizing they have to set their goals to improve the capital because it has charms of its own.




its undrstandable why they chose to develop Phnom Penh because of the magnificent angkor wat. That really where the people go.

 



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Casino Complexes & Golf Courses are not entertainment city but you should change to Gambling City instead. Cambodia and our country are so similarity about this. Why nobody standup and protest to anti-Casino in these country. Maybe lots of people still poor and no education enought to know their right to anti about this.

Both Cambodia and Lao will be the Land of Gambling instead of the Land of Buddhism.

Is this the future of our nation?

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Anonymous wrote:

Casino Complexes & Golf Courses are not entertainment city but you should change to Gambling City instead. Cambodia and our country are so similarity about this. Why nobody standup and protest to anti-Casino in these country. Maybe lots of people still poor and no education enought to know their right to anti about this.

Both Cambodia and Lao will be the Land of Gambling instead of the Land of Buddhism.

Is this the future of our nation?


A casino is not necessarily a bad thing if rules and regulations are strictly followed. At SavanVegas, Savannakhet, hundreds (if not thousands) of Thai tourists come and play everyday. Usually local people are not allowed to gamble in a casino. But at SavanVegas, for instance, anyone with money can just walk in and play. I bet the local authorities know about it but just choose to ignore it.

 



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Well, congratulation Brothers/Sisters, Cambodia.

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After reading all of those stupids developments in cambodia. I just said to my self that why those crazy development do not existed on our beloved country? Laos is just like a restaurant that has a very bad foods, and no customers come incry

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After reading all of those stupids developments in cambodia. I just said to my self that why those crazy development do not existed on our beloved country? Laos is just like a restaurant that has a very bad foods, and no customers come incry



 Actually Laos has "good food" it has lots to offer.... good landscape, adventure trips, good food, peaceful city, etc., but sometimes service is not good. But if you are not lucky, some try to take advantage of visitors. So customers come in but those who are not treated well don't want to come back.



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