How long will it take for the so-called smart business people to realise that Aquis is gone and is a "no win" situation.
The CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, Tourism bodies and Cairns Mayor are still putting forward a wish list for 2015 and the number one is Aquis which probably will never see a stone laid in the cane fields near Yorkeys Knob.
Tony Fung had the opportunity to build Aquis but he refused to attend 3 FORMAL meetings and wouldn't complete the probity, instead he bought a $6 million dollar casino that doesn't even have pokies and never likely to as the local government has a bill on the table to further reduce pokies in Canberra.
He even intended to purchase the Accor International Hotel but that also fell through then the a news item appeared in the Cairns Post January 28, 2015 .
FRENCH international hotel giant Accor has highlighted the failure by Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung to buy the Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns, in its latest financial report.
While the Paris-based conglomerate paints a rosy picture about global tourism, it noted it was unable to finalise the sale of its stake in Reef Hotel Casino in Australia, valued at $85 million, "after the Australian authorities delivered an unfavourable opinion to the buyer".
Mr Fung’s offer to acquire Australian Securities Exchangeoperator Reef Casino Trust for $217 million lapsed on November 28. Instead he has bought Casino Canberra for $6 million, will trade it for a year after investing in upgrades, before listing it with Aquis on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to raise money for the $8.15 billion Yorkeys Knob venture.
Accor is the largest hotel operator in the tropics.
So unless a miracle occurs Aquis is gone along with Aquis Facebook and offices locked and vacated.
People need to look at positive prospects for Cairns and realise that we are a tourist destination and look at ways of improving of how Cairns can move ahead.
The other important factor is that the Chamber of Commerce needs to show more support for the local businesses rather than drooling over Aquis which if built would not have benefitted Cairns financially because all money made within the resort/casino would go back to Hong Kong so financially we wouldn't be any better off.
The election:
The government is offering money during this campaign as if it is coming directly off a printing press yet the state debt has not been reduced so where is the money coming from? well let's put some ideas forward:
(1). Taxes.
(2). Increase electricity charges.
(3). Council rates.
(4). Water rates.
(5). Increased transport charges
(6). Increased car registration charges.
(7). Increased licence charges.
there are a number of other charges that we could think of but that's enough to give anyone a headache.
Why can't politicians be honest and say to the residents "we can't make promises that we can't keep but we will where practicable offer money for the most urgent items".
The bike path from Cairns to Palm Cove is not an urgent and could be delay for some years so that money could be used for road upgrades or any other urgent works.
The Premier has gone beserk with the money that he's offering especially for the Sth East corner but bugger everywhere else, Campbell Newman money doesn't buy everything and to make the statement that any electorate where the LNP candidate loses it's seat may not get what was promised and Independent Peter Wellington is reporting the matter to police and Electoral office for investigation.
Mr Newman has refused to name a likely successor, sticking to his claim that if he loses Ashgrove the LNP loses government.
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