New Marina Makes A Splash

Source : The Business Times, January 21, 2008

Keppel Bay offers best of premium waterfront lifestyle

RIGHT from the outset, Marina at Keppel Bay is proving to be the jewel in the crown of Keppel Land's 32-hectare Keppel Bay waterfront residential precinct. The $30 million marina was opened by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong last Saturday and immediately afterwards saw its first major event with the arrival of the 10-boat Clipper fleet into Singapore.

'Marina at Keppel Bay will enhance the premier and intimate waterfront lifestyle experience for homeowners in Keppel Bay, boaters from the region as well as visitors to Keppel Island with its premium berths, fine dining experiences and warm hospitality,' said Keppel Corp executive chairman Lim Chee Onn.

The 170-berth marina is designed by leading architects and marina consultants Alfred Wong and Partners and Bellingham Marine Industries. It has facilities to take a wide range of boats from 20 feet to megayachts 200 feet long.

Marina at Keppel Bay also features new fine dining experiences which include Michael Lu's multiconcept food- and-beverage entertainment venue Prive, bay-fronting bar The Wine Glass, South-east Asia's first Takumi Tokyo Japanese restaurant, The Coffee Connoisseur and private dining room The Island Suite.

It is the closest marina and waterfront lifestyle development to the city centre, located on the privately- owned Keppel Island, across the bay from the Caribbean and within walking distance of VivoCity and Harbour- Front MRT.

'Keppel Bay is envisioned to be a place where people, boaters and non-boaters, can come to enjoy the best of what Singapore's premium waterfront has to offer, be it to Live, Work or Play,' said Mr Lim. 'The return of the Clipper fleet is timely and lends colour and excitement to this vibrant southern waterfront hub.'

SM Goh on Saturday presented the Uniquely Singapore Cup, sponsored by Keppel Corp, to New York Clipper, the first boat to finish race five from Fremantle to Singapore. The Uniquely Singapore Clipper came in seventh on its home leg but was still greeted by a huge crowd of fans and well- wishers dockside. The boats will be at Marina at Keppel Bay till Jan 27 when they leave for Qingdao. The marina is open to the public.