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Pacific Place Opening Date (22 Nov 07)

After several months delay, Pacific Place Jakarta is counting days for soft opening. Rumor said that it will have opening date as early as 22 November 2007. The name was purchased from Hong Kong Pacific Place. Opening Delay is okay when they can commit to open all stores simultaneously on the day, a good lesson from Senayan City opening. You can see that Grand Indonesia is lacking of this simultaneously opening concept.

The complex will consists of Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Office Towers, Condominium, and Pacific Place Shopping Mall.  Located at Jakarta SCBD, very near to Semanggi, next to JSX/BEJ Towers.

Ritz Carlon Hotel will be 5 stars hotel with luxury rooms and facilities. This photo was taken by someone, focused on the open air area on top of pacific place complex.

Still lack of information from officials and newspapers, but I believe KidZania and Blitz Megaplex will be the first ready to open. Flagship store will be M Pacific Place, managed by Metro, then will have Kemchick Supermarket, Electronic City (currently is adjacent to the complex) once was rumoured to move to this mal, too.

KidZania (http://www.kidzania.co.id) is a place for kids to play some roles in day life. Located at Level 6th of the mal, Consists of 3 zones: airport, city, and suburb. Airport is entrance zone before kids are taken to city to play, kids have to enter fake plane, to be told that they will fly to city, but actually just walk from nose to tail of plane. And suburb will host industries. Entrace ticket price will cost some bucks for parents, but I think it will be a reasonable price for middle-up class.

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Jakarta to Build More Inner-City Highways

As planned and agreed by minister, get ready for more traffic starting next year 2008. Jakarta planned to build 6 more inner city highways (Jalan Tol Dalam Kota) as complement to existing circle highway.

As we will be happy to use it when it is completed, but construction will take …