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| GREATER HEIGHTS: File photo shows Najib (right) talking to David Cameron during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Battersea Power Station development on July 4. The Prime Minister’s four-day visit to the UK which ended on Thursday has taken Kuala Lumpur-London relationships to greater heights. — Bernama photo |
This was manifested by the launch of the iconic Battersea Power Station (BSP) project in London by a Malaysian consortium comprising SP Setia Bhd, Sime Darby Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
The 15.6 hectare redevelopment project, with gross development value (GDV) of eight billion pounds sterling, will see some 3,500 new homes built as well as offices, shoplots and a park in West London, and is expected to take at least 10 years to complete and create 15,000 jobs.
Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin, chairman of joint venture company BSP Holding Co, said at a press conference here on Wednesday the project marks the move by local companies from being ‘juara kampung’ to international champions.
“Combining the strengths of the three companies together, we can beat every company in the world to become world champions and not just look at being ‘jaguh kampung’,” he said.
