Nightclubs,

Penthouses

For Suva

From a Suva correspondent The Indian-owned Narain Con •uction Company, one of Fiji’s isiest developers, is currently in- Ived in three big building projects lich it claims will cost £660,000.

The company released plans last mth for Fiji’s tallest building, a 00,000 15-storey block of home its to be called Narain Towers ictured). The price for each of its □ penthouses will be between 0,000-£25,000.

In addition, the company obtained uctant approval for a restaurant ;nce last month from the Central visional Liquor Tribunal, It was a nightclub-restaurant, containing ings worth £30,000 and costing 3,000 overall, which the company mds to open within the next three •nths in Sonoma Street, Walu Bay. fhe reluctance related to the ting for the proposed restaurant, e Tribunal was doubtful about the irability of having it in the heart Suva’s industrial area —and im ;ed the condition that the restaur should be open only from 7 p.m. vards.

Largest

Vlr. Rowley Pym, spokesman for developers, claims the nightclub taurant will be the largest, not iched to a hotel, in Fiji, t will be built above a former vanised iron factory, which the bunal has stipulated must be re ved before the establishment ns. Plans are to specialise in ian curry, fresh seafoods and 3ical fruits—and it’s hoped to ig in overseas artists for the htly floorshow. >n December 1, underterred by dmistic pronouncements about a 'eit of accommodation in Suva, r ain will open another of its jects. It is the £lOO,OOO Town use, a block of 30 serviced, air ditioned and self-contained apart its in Forster Street, overlooking city and harbour, he building will contain a roof ien and bar, with an adjacent aurant capable of seating 100 pie. liere will be 14 one-bedroom

apartments, able to accommodate four people and expected to cost around £5 per day for each apart ment.

The 16 bed-sitting rooms, accom modating two people, will be about £3 per day. Mr. Pym said the Town House would provide meal service from its own cafeteria and make

available a baby-minding service, He also hinted that local hoteliers might have to keep an eye on their trained staff. The demand for efficient waiters, waitresses, chefs and maitre d’s is at an all-time high in Suva, making the need for immediate establishment of a central staff train ing school more urgent than ever.

Plans for a 15-storey £500,000 block of home-units overlooking Albert Park presage a new era of high-density living in Suva. Pictured is an artist's impression of Narain Towers, which will contain 72 home-units, two penthouses, 75 garages, a swimming pool, a golf putting-green and a roof garden. The developers, Narain Construction Co, Ltd., claim it will be both earthquake and hurricane proof. Construction is expected to begin early next year, with completion 12 months later.