Sources close to "King of Pop" Michael Jackson on Tuesday denied a report in the New York Post that he had invested $1.5 million (BD567,000) on two villas on Bahrain's Amwaj Island development.
According to the GDN, the source said "He hasn't purchased any property and he hasn't even been back in Bahrain since he went to London to record his new song." "He's been in Dubai for the past month, but still considers Bahrain to be his home. He will be back here soon." Just recently, the singer's father claimed his son would never live in America again after receiving a series of threats.
The pop star first came to the Kingdom of Bahrain on June 29 as a guest of Southern Governor Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Amwaj Islands is a US$1 billion project, creating a new 2.79 million square foot resort on reclaimed land off the north east of Musharraq Island, in the north of Bahrain. This will create some nine and a half kilometres of virgin beachfront, visible from Qalali village on Musharraq, linked to the island by a new road.
Construction of the project has been divided into three stages - the first was the dredging and reclamation of the island, the second is the infrastructure development, and the third is the development of the facilities on the island. The master plan features 1,350 residential plots facing the sea, 40 plots for four-storey apartment buildings, and 40 plots for eight-storey residential buildings.
