{"id":777005583,"date":"2023-05-24T07:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T10:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005583"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:41:19","slug":"n-mariana-islands-warn-ipi-tower-crane-poses-threat-to-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/n-mariana-islands-warn-ipi-tower-crane-poses-threat-to-public-safety","title":{"rendered":"N. Mariana Islands warn IPI tower crane poses threat to public safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The tower crane remains standing at IPI’s unfinished casino resort since work stopped over two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.- Department of Public Works secretary\u00a0Ray N. Yumul<\/strong> has raised concerns about the tower crane at Imperial Pacific International (IPI)’s unfinished casino resort in Garapan<\/strong>. It says the crane is a threat to public safety as Typhoon Mawar approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Public Works (DPW) has temporarily closed Hibiscus Street in Garapan, located between the IPI casino\/resort building and Joeten Hafa Adai, until further notice for public safety. Yumul urged pedestrians to maintain a safe distance from tower crane No. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crane has not been used since December 2020. Concerns arose due to the deteriorating condition of the crane’s frame components and connections, with visible signs of rust. The DPW secretary warned that the crane could weaken and collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tthe DPW is collaborating with IPI and the Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC) to address the issue. Tower crane No. 6 was removed in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March,  Cui Lijie<\/strong>, the majority owner of Imperial Pacific International (IPI), said she was seeking new investors<\/a> to help reopen the operator\u2019s Garapan casino resort. In an interview with Mariana\u2019s Variety, she admitted that investor interest had fallen off due to negative stories about IPI but said the company was doing all it can to improve the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tower crane remains standing at IPI’s unfinished casino resort since work stopped over two years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Imperial Pacific International's (IPI) unfinished casino resort in the Northern Mariana Islands faces a critical public safety issue due to a deteriorating, disused tower crane, prompting street closures and regulatory intervention by the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC). This incident underscores IPI's ongoing operational challenges and its majority owner's struggle to attract new investors amidst negative publicity.","focusai_entities":"Imperial Pacific International, IPI, Department of Public Works, DPW, Ray N. Yumul, Commonwealth Casino Commission, CCC, Cui Lijie","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Garapan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI Regulatory Enforcement","query":"What specific enforcement actions, beyond street closure, are the Commonwealth Casino Commission and Department of Public Works prepared to levy against IPI to compel immediate remediation of the public safety hazard and ensure adherence to operational licensing stipulations?"},{"label":"Investor Due Diligence","query":"Given the protracted operational dormancy and significant regulatory compliance issues, what enhanced due diligence protocols would be critical for prospective investors evaluating a capital injection into Imperial Pacific International's Garapan casino resort?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[24134],"class_list":["post-777005583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-imperial-pacific-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777005583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005595,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005583\/revisions\/777005595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}