Duqm launches construction of Wanfang commercial-residential complex
The construction commencement
ceremony for the Wanfang commercial-residential complex was held Monday in the
China-Oman Industrial Park in Duqm.
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Lee Cheekhian, CEO of Special
Economic Zone Authority in Duqm, presided over the ceremony, which was also
attended by Salim Al Sulaimani, CEO of Tatweer, and Sha Yanju, chairman of Oman
Wanfang.
A the ceremony, 16 heavy
construction equipments lined up in the light industrial area of the China-Oman
Industrial Park in Duqm, about 500 km from Omani capital Muscat.
The Wanfang
commercial-residential complex project, covering a total area of 40,000 square
meters, comprises four three-storey commercial buildings, one five-storey
office building and one five-storey commercial office building.
In the first phase, it plans
to build a five-storey building with a construction area of 15,000 square
meters.
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Cheekhian spoke highly of the
project and wished it a success with the support of bilateral governments. "Providing high-standard
supporting facilities for the staff is an important part of the construction of
China-Oman Industrial Park," said Sha, whose company is the developer and
operator of the park.
Under a deal signed in May
2016 between China and Oman, the park, covering an area of about 11 hectares,
will be built with a total investment of 10.7 billion U.S. dollars from Oman
Wanfang, a subsidiary of Wanfang China from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
in northwest of China.