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Massive hotel now open in Malaysia

SERVICE INDUSTRY Chinese immigrant Lim Goh-tong, with help from gambling magnates, has built what is claimed to be the world's largest hotel

AFP , GENTING HIGHLANDS, MALAYSIA

Lim, whose first bumiputera (indigenous Malay) partner was Mohd Noah Bin Omar, father-in-law of two of Malaysia's former prime ministers, expresses fulsome thanks to a series of Malaysian governments for their support in helping him realize his dream.

Like many dreams it has bizarre elements. Even the Web site of Genting Berhad warns visitors, in the sort of bold red letters used on pornographic sites, that if they are under 21 years old, or Muslims, they cannot enter the section devoted to the casino.

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