Investment Forum: Most companies interested in airport development: President

Investors are most interested in the opportunities at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA), President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said, upon returning home after concluding the Maldives Investment Forum held in Singapore last night.

Speaking to the press at INIA, President Yameen said that the Maldives Investment Forum 2014, held at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore on Friday, was a successful event that caught the interest of many foreign investors.

“The biggest interest was for the airport,” he said.

Companies were also interested in developing a trans-shipment port in the north of the country, along with economic stimulation investments in Hulhumale’. The island is a reclamation project to the north of Male’ to cater for the housing, industrial and developmental demands of the capital.

“Alongside (interests for the airport), there was (interest) for the economic development of Hulhumale’,” President Yameen said.

“Some large Chinese companies brought us (proposals) to develop a township in Hulhumale’, in addition to different (development) components for the airport. God willing, if we can put the effort, there is a lot to be gained here,” President Yameen said.