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Editor’s Letter

Nur Farhana

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Kuala Lumpur

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“ The building has long been a landmark for Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur. Its predominantly Moorish appearance suitably reflects the cultural background of Malaysia.”

SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD BUILDING

Masjid Negara is located in Kuala Lumpur. The original structure was designed by a three person team from the Public Works Department - UK architect Howard Ashley, Malaysians Hisham Albakri and Baharuddin Kassim. The mosque was built in 1965 on the site of a church, the Venning Road Brethren Gospel Hall which had stood there since 1922 but appropriated by the Malaysian govern-ment.

Muzium Negara is a museum located on Jalan Da-mansara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum is situated in close proximity to the Perdana Lake Gardens and it provides an overview of Malaysian history and culture. Muzium Negara is a palatial structure built in the style of Rumah Gadang, an as-pect of Minangkabau architecture. Muzium Negara was opened on 31 August 1963, and it serves as a repository of Malaysia’s rich cultural and historical heritage. The museum houses four main galleries allotted to ethnology and natural history.

Zoo Negara is a zoo in Malaysia located in Ulu Klang, near Taman Melawati, in north-east Kuala Lumpur. It was officially opened on 14 November 1963. The park is managed by a non-governmental organization known as the Malaysian Zoological So-ciety. For funding, Zoo Negara relies on gate collec-tions and on support from donors and sponsors. Zoo Negara is home to 5137 animals of 459 different species. Over the years, the zoo has transformed itself to an open concept zoo with over 90% of its animals kept in spacious exhibits with landscape befitting its nature.

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Central Market

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Central Market Kuala Lumpur began life as a wet market in 1888, built by Yap Ah Loy, the city’s Chinese Kapitan. It served as a prominent landmark in colonial and modern-day Kuala Lumpur. When the wet market was relocated in the 1980s, the Malaysian Heritage Society successfully petitioned against the demoli-tion of the building, and it was subsequently declared as a centre of Malaysian art, culture and handicraft.

In 2004, the Kha Seng Group acquired this icon-ic building. Since its takeover, Central Market Kuala Lumpur and its accompanying Annexe has been transformed into an award-winning tour-ist attraction and shopping destination, without compromising their enduring significance as the centre of the nation’s art, culture and heritage.

The company invested RM10 million in extensive upgrading work without compromising the market’s unique charm and character. Many positive changes were introduced including the initiation of zoned shop-ping areas and the upgrading of stalls and kiosks, there-by creating over 100,000 square feet of retail space.

Strategically located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, near the major public transportation hub, Central Market Kuala Lumpur is linked to major destinations and hotels. It is also near the KL Sentral station, providing fast and convenient connections to most parts of Kuala Lumpur as well as to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Central Market Kuala Lumpur is today a major at-traction for both tourists and Malaysians alike.

RELAX

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KLCC

Kuala Lumpur City Centre is a multipurpose development are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The area is located around Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Binjai, Jalan Kia Peng and Jalan Pinang. Designed to be a city within a city, the 100-acre site hosts the tallest twin buldings in the world, shopping mall, hotels, office buildings and several hotels. A public park and a mosque is also built on the area and open to everyone. The whole project is cooled via district cooling located on the property.

PerakGateway

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oo Taiping is special in its own way. It is located in a lovely natural set-ting in Taiping Lake Gardens close to the foot of the Larut Hill (Maxwell Hill).

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Zoo Taiping

Bringingpeople closer to

A Window to thecreatures of the

night

effort to maintain the experience of a natural envi-ronment, the Taiping Night Safari attempts to display nocturnal animals in natural looking settings. This provides the opportunity for visitors to appreciate and value the treasures of nature while enjoying oneself.

T he Taiping Night Safari is a firtst of its kind in Malaysia. Bathed in light-ing similar to moonlight, the beauty and splendour of nature is enhanced. In an

Night Safari

Experience The Night Safari

The beautiful natural setting with streams, lakes and abundance of flora gives the zoo a unique ad-vantage of being able to use nature to its best.

‘Taman Mergastua Sultan Idris Shah’ or the Taiping Zoo, which is located at the Lake Gardens in Taiping, is the only Zoo in the North of Peninsular Malaysia. Covering an area of 34 acres, the Taiping Zoo has em-barked on an expansion programme which includes the building of new “Open Concept” animal enclosures.

Taiping Zoo is currently home to more than 180 spe-cies of animals totalling - 1,300 individuals. These include Tigers, Lions, Elephants, Hippopotamus, Gi-raffes, Hornbills, Orang Utans and others. Further-more, attempts to breed these animals have been very successful. This has seen the proliferation of such animals like the Malaysian Tiger, Lion, Sia-mang, Deer, Nilgai, Night Heron and many others.

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The Taiping Night Safari is a unique tourism prod-uct where animals which are active at night are displayed using special lighting similar to moon-light. Visitors will be ablt to experience this environ-ment similar to wildlife habitats where the sounds made by numerous creatures can be heard. To fully appreciate this experience visitors are re-quired to minimize all sounds, even speech so that the sounds of the night creatures can be heard.

The animal kingdom in perak

sarawakMALAYSIA - BORNEO

where adventure lives

along the rivers are called perahus; they are low-lying pencil thin canoes equipped with outboard motors, and they curl along with surprising speed and agility.

The experience of riding in one, while the impossi-bly dense jungle wall breezes past, is unforgettable.Sarawak, with its dense vegetation and end-less rivers, boats are the main mode of transport especially to its interior regions. The most common boats used are low-lying pen-

cil thin canoes called perahus’. Equipped with out-board motors; they are move along the rivers with surprising speed and agility. Travel in areas not ac-cessible by boat is often made by light aircrafts and helicopters. Major towns are serviced by buses.

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S arawak’s endless rivers form the vast state’s transportational back-bone. The most common crafts used

A Land OfNatural Resources

Gunung Mulu, the Niah Caves, and Bako. Sarawak’s cultural treasures are also fascinat-ing, reflecting the influence not only of the state’s many ethnic peoples, but also the odd west-ern influence of Sarawak’s “White Rajahs.”

The capital of Sarawak is Kuching. Malaysia Airlines flies regularly to Kuching International Airport as well as to Miri from Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Singa-pore, and Kota Kinabalu. Boats are a common mode

Like Sabah, Sarawak is known to internation-al visitors primarily because of the extraordinary natural wonders of its national parks, including

of transport in Sarawak, as its the dense vegetation of its interior is crisscrossed with rivers. Travel in ar-eas not reachable by boat is often by light aircrafts and helicopters. Major towns are serviced by buses.

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SABAHSummit of Borneo

the island of Borneo with Sarawak, Bru-nei, and Indonesian Kalimantan.

Sabah is richly blessed with nature diversity, unique cultures, fun adventure, beautiful beach-es, and fantastic cuisines for the adventurous taste buds. We have it all, from the world’s larg-est flower - the Rafflesia, one of the highest moun-tains is South East Asia - Mount Kinabalu, to one of the world’s top dive sites - Sipadan Island.

Not only will you be amazed by the places to see and things to do here, you will also be treated with unique Sabahan hospitality. Explore the unique culture and tradition of Sabah and get ready to

experience sweet memories to last a lifetime!

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of the Mari-time Southeast Asia. This island is divid-ed between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Nevertheless, for people outside of Indonesia, “Kali-mantan” refers to the area which is occupied by In-donesia on the island of Borneo. Malaysia’s region of Borneo is called East Malaysia or Malaysian Borneo. The independent nation of Brunei occupies the re-mainder of the island, being the wealthiest of the rest.

The people of Sabah are known as Sabahans. Sabah is the third most populous state in Malay-sia after Selangor and Johor; it also has one of the highest population growth rates in the country.

S ituated on the beautiful island of Borneo, Sabah is one of the thirteen states which Malaysia is made of. Sabah is the sec-ond largest state in Malaysia and shares

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What is the most beautiful in Sabah?

Pulau Sipadan

Pulau Sipadan (‘Border Island’ in Malay) is an island of outstanding natural beauty.

The island is only 12 hectares (30 acres) and is covered by pristine rainforest.

The amazing diversity and abundance of ma-rine life found at Sipadan makes it one of the top world’s top diving spots and without doubt

the most famous scuba destination in Malaysia.

Sipadan island is regularly featured in the world’s top 10 dive spots along with other des-tinations sich as the Galapagos Islands.

”I have seen other places like Sipadan 45 years ago. Now we have found again an untouched piece of art.” Late Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 1988.

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What is the most beautiful in Sabah?

Pulau Sipadan

Pulau Sipadan (‘Border Island’ in Malay) is an island of outstanding natural beauty.

The island is only 12 hectares (30 acres) and is covered by pristine rainforest.

The amazing diversity and abundance of ma-rine life found at Sipadan makes it one of the top world’s top diving spots and without doubt

the most famous scuba destination in Malaysia.

Sipadan island is regularly featured in the world’s top 10 dive spots along with other des-tinations sich as the Galapagos Islands.

”I have seen other places like Sipadan 45 years ago. Now we have found again an untouched piece of art.” Late Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 1988.

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PenangThe pearl of the orient

It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the eighth most populous.

It is composed of two parts – Penang Island, where the seat of government is, and Seberang Perai (formerly Province Wellesley in English) on the Malay Peninsula. Highly urbanised and industrialised Penang is one of the most developed and economically important states in the country, as well as a thriving tourist destination.

The name “Penang” comes from the modern Malay name Pulau Pinang, which means “is-land of the areca nut palm” (Areca catechu, fam-ily Palmae). The name Penang may refer either to the island of Penang (Pulau Pinang) or the state of Penang (Negeri Pulau Pinang). In Malay,

Penang is often known as “The Pearl of the Orient”, and Pulau Pinang Pulau Mutiara (Penang, Island of Pearls). Penang is shortened as “PG” or “PP” in Malay. Early Malays called it Pulau Ka-Satu or “First (or Single) Island” because it was the largest island encountered on the trading sea-route between Lingga and Kedah.

Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, locat-ed on the northwest coast of Peninsu-lar Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca.

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Road inPenang Hill

Penang Hill is located on this island of Penang, within the area called Air Itam. It is 6km from the city. Situ-ated about 823 meters (2750 feet) above sea level on this northern part of Penang, this oldest hill resort and the first in Malaysia has cool, unpolluted air and historical feature. It stands prominently from the low-lands as a hilly and forested area. It’s original name was Flagstaff Hill known by the British, back in the old days of Penang , when a flag fluttering from a flagpole at Bel Retiro, the home of the Governor of Penang at that time, was used as a signal transmitter.

The locals affectionately called it Penang Hill or

Bukit Bendera. The hokkien chinese calls it “Seng Kee Sua”.It was Francis Light who plotted Pen-ang Hill during his horse track way back in 1788.

Some recreational potential exists at the upper reaches of the river where the water is relatively clean. In a number of cases, sudden changes in ground level have resulted in a series of small waterfalls and rapids, where bathing, dipping and picnicking are popular.The lower terrain of the Hills is used mainly for agricultural and residential purposes.

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MELAKAthe historic state

southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and Johor to the south.

The capital is Malacca City, which is 148 km south east of Malaysia’s capital city Kuala Lumpur, 235 km north west to Johor’s largest city Johor Bahru, and 95 km north west to Johor’s second largest city Batu Pahat.

This historical city centre has been listed as a

M alacca (Malay: Melaka, dubbed “The Historic State” ) is the third smallest Malaysian state after Per-lis and Penang. It is located in the

UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.Although it was the location of one of the earli-est Malay sultanates, the monarchy was abol-ished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511. Malacca is situated roughly two-thirds of the way down the west coast, 148 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and 245 km north of Sin-gapore and commands a central position on the Straits of Malacca. The state capital is Malacca Town. The offshore Pulau Besar, Pulau Upeh and the exclave Tanjung Tuan are also parts of Malacca.

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Taste, delight in melaka

Asam Pedas, which translates as ‘sour and spicy’’ is a traditional Malay dish which Mela-ka is famous for, consisting of a choice of fish or beef served in a hot and sour soup.

Kota Laksamana is a great place to sample this local speciality, which has the unique characteristic of both cooking and serving their asam pedas in a clay pot dish, which not only ensures your food stays hot, but also that none of the spices can escape while serving.

This restaurant is renowned for it asam pedas recipe and offers a selection of beef & fish, includ-ing red snapper, tengiri and also stingray, all of

which are served with rice, salad and a salted egg.Around 10 minute walk from Jonker street, ‘Asam Pedas Clay Pot’ offers an escape from the hustle and bustle of China town.

This late-night restaurant is popular among lo-cals, offering authentic food at a great price, even when most of the other restaurants have closed. This local speciality is a must for anyone wishing to experience real local food in Melaka.

The main ingredients in asam pedas are usually sea-food or freshwater fish. They are cooked in asam (tamarind) fruit juice with chilli and different spices.

Asam Pedas

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the isles ofTERENGGANU

Tstood still as the state retains all the rustic and idyllic charms so different from other tourist destination.

Terengganu is home to a diverse and close-knit society, where people are friendly and charm that exuberantly warmth and grace, with strong morals and values. People of different races share the bonds of neighborhood, a strong lik-ing for local food and speak the same local dialect.

Besides, Terengganu is endowed with unmatched natural beauty. Having the longest coastline (244km) of wonderful beaches, the lush tropical rainforests, a hidden paradise unmoved by time and stunning

erengganu holds the charms and splendour from others state in Malaysia. Despite rapid development and modernisation, it is as if time has

islands with its tranquil emerald waters turn magnifi-cently golden hues at the touch of the sun’s first rays. Terengganu is also rich with its customs and tradition, upheld through generations and visible in its way of life, its arts and handicrafts, its tradition culinary and its heritage. Terengganu is in a league of its own as a vibrant tourist destination.

Terengganu is truly a tropical gateway. In the land where nature embraces heritage, it will truly revitalize your senses. Welcome to Terengganu and discover splendours of nature, the diversity of tradition and the fascination of heritage. There is absolutely no place like Terengganu.

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food & handicraftin terengganu

Keropok is cracker made of fish which is ground to a paste then mixed with sago before it is steamed and later deep fried. It is the snack instead of a proper meal and sometimes is served as the snack before meal. It can be eaten either when it is steamed or deep fried, both give different taste. The long chewy ones are called keropok lekor while the thin crispy are called keping, means slice. Both the keropok is usually eaten with chili dip.Keropok is easily found elsewhere in Kuala Terengganu, from the stalls be-side the road to restaurants or market.

keropok lekor

batik

This coloured and patterned cloth is now becoming popular in Malaysia and the best Malaysian batiks come from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. There are two types of batik, the hand drawn and the stamped. Recently there are also machine printed batik which design is clearer and colour on one side only. Hand drawn batik uses a small cop-per cup and fountain pen like ‘janting’ with melted wax to draw across the length and breadth of the cloth. Stamped batik has the similar process like hand drawn batik, only different is the janting will be replaced by a copper or sometimes a wooden stamp which looks like a domestic iron with artistically pat-terned bottom.

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