Irrigation Scheme Case Study

Irrigation Scheme at the same time. This stretched his physical endurance to the limits as he had to shuttle between Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan and he worked seven days a week.
Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong spent all the money he had without earning any income during the construction progress of Genting. Besides putting in all his earnings from the Kemubu Irrigation Scheme in Kelantan, he had no choice but to sell his 810-hectare rubber estate in Segamat, Johor to raise RM2.5 million. In addition, he invested all the money he had made from iron mining, sub-contracting and hardware business. The project was a heavy drain on Tan Sri Lim’s finances. When asked to invest in this project, his friends turned him down and counselled him to drop the entire scheme instead.
Genting was granted the only casino license after Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister of Malaysia visited Genting Highlands. Tunku commended Tan Sri Lim’s effort

Mahathir, my private company, Genting Development Sdn Bhd, started developing a township on an 81-hectare piece of land at the seventh milestone of Jalan Genting Highlands, around the site of the Genting Skyway cable car station (Lim Goh Tong, 2004). That place was named Gohtong Jaya after Lim Goh Tong as a remembrance for his efforts of developing Genting Highlands and increasing the tourism level (Nicole Tuan, 2007).
Until now, Genting Highlands is known as the most successful and the only one casino resorts that become the main tourist attraction in Malaysia. Since then, has made significant inroads into the plantations, property, paper, power generation, oil and gas exploration and cruise industries and in the process created new company brands that have become distinctive names in their respective fields, namely Asiatic, Genting Sanyen and Star Cruises (Lim Goh Tong, 2004).
On 31st December 2003, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong inherited his chairmanship of the Genting Group over to his son, Lim Kok Thay (Nicole Tuan,