HONGKONG'S first resort hotel complex, the 450-room Gold Coast, is nearing completion and set to open on June 1.
The $2.2 billion project at Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories features a first class resort-style hotel, a country club, marina, shopping mall and a luxury village of apartments and villas.
The developers of the 400-hectare complex, the Sino Group, hope the resort will rival Macau as a getaway for Hongkong's holidaymakers.
The Sino Group executive in charge of hotels, Mr Charles Lee, said he was confident the hotel would be one of Hongkong's most successful.
''Many people in the industry are very excited about the complex,'' he said.
''Businessmen who come to Hongkong for meetings won't need to fly to Bali or Phuket for recreation.
