Its promoters claim that the resources to build it are there, with no more details, but the announcement of the postponement of the start of the mega work following the huge losses suffered by Wang Jing in the chinese stock market, has only increased the doubts.
Doubts about the feasibility of this project have been present since it was first announced, but they now appear to be increasing given the contradictions arising from the information that the project spokespersons themselves have been giving out.
Arguing that they are improving the design of the waterway, the Chinese company HKND has announced that works will begin in late 2016.
Although December 2015 had initially been stated as the starting date of the primary works on the canal, such as excavation, the Chinese company has now announced that it will postpone these works until the end of 2016.
Wang Jing, the owner of the concession for the great work, may have lost 84% of his personal assets in recent stock market upheavals in China.
While there has never been complete certainty about the realization of the gigantic work which could radically change the development prospects of one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere, news of the serious economic losses suffered by its promoter Wang Jing, tip the balance of opinions on the Grand Canal to the negative side.
On December 22 the concessionaire of the Grand Canal in Nicaragua, HKND started preliminary works, including the construction of access roads to the excavation sites and other facilities.
Representatives from the Nicaraguan government and the president of the Chinese company HKND, Wang Jing, inaugurated the start of the project to build the canal, which will start, according to the concessionaire, with the ancillary works which are needed before the main work can be begin.
Although many still doubt that the mega project will actually be built, it's time to think and take action both to mitigate the adverse effects it may have on the Costa Rican economy and to take advantage of any business opportunities that may present.
The hitherto largely unknown businessman Wang Jing emphasizes mega project's separation from the Chinese government, while announcing agreements with large companies for its construction.
A Reuters article reports that Wang Jing, who heads the Grand Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua project is ignoring the skepticism about how a little known entrepreneur can run such a huge transcontinental project, while insisting that he is not an agent of the government in Beijing .
A year after obtaining the concession, the Chinese telecom company has started importing the equipment necessary for the provision of services for fixed and mobile telephones and internet.
An article in Elmundo.com.sv reports that "The government of Nicaragua expects that Xinwei will invest $700 million in 2013, just in setting itself up as a company, said Orlando Castillo, CEO of Telcor, who stated that the total investment will culminate at the end of 2015."
The Nicaraguan business delegation that visited China returned with objective grounds for believing in the realization of the project by the company HKND.
An article in Elnuevodiario.com.ni summarizes the opinion of Arturo Cruz, an analyst, diplomat and scholar, and member of the Nicaraguan delegation recently returned from China, where they met the businessman Wang Jing who revealed information on the relationship between him and his company HKND with the Chinese business political system.
At a conference organized by AMCHAM in Nicaragua personnel from the company HKND admitted to still not having data on the feasibility of the project.
Ronald McLean, spokesman for the company Wang Jing, and a specialist from the Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Alberto Vega, had no answer for the vast majority of the questions on the Grand Canal of Nicaragua project, raised by businessmen present at the conference.
The president of HKND declared that they have already decided the route of the proposed Nicaraguan canal.
Wang Jing, president of HKND said that although a feasibility report is currently being carried out, "the framework" for the project has already been defined. "There wont be small changes, but there are no major changes," said the businessmen when specifying the route: Hound Sound Bar (South of Isla del Venado, in Bluefields Bay) - Escondido River - Rama River - Oyate River - Lake Nicaragua - Las Lajas River - Brito River.
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