KUCHING, June 21 -- The stalled Phase One of the Tambirat Waterfront project is likely to end up in court following the collapse of part of the riverside development, a setback that has also delayed the return of the long-awaited Tambirat Regatta, said Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development said the regatta had originally been planned to coincide with the completion of the waterfront's first phase, with Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg expected to attend the event.

"However, if I'm not mistaken, about four months before it was due to be completed, part of the waterfront collapsed.

"As a result, the project had to be halted," he told reporters after the closing and prize presen...