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1.9 million visit Islamic Civilisation Park
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Islamic Civilisation Park (TTI) here received 1.9 million visitors for the first ten months of this year, State Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage committee chairman Datuk Zaabar Mohd Adib told the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.
05 Jan 09 | Festive Fun-Tasy
15 November 2008 Until 15 February 2009
Happy Shaolin Legend
27 January 2009 Until 2 February 2009
Chinese New Year
26 January 2009 Until 27 January 2009
New Year’s Day Celebration
1 January 2009 Until 1 January 2009
Tanjung Rhu an unpolished gem
TANJUNG Rhu Resort is an “unpolished gem”, says newly appointed general manager Nigel Fisher.
Nigel Fisher
A view of Tanjung Rhu Resort
What the authorities say
Commencing operations in 2003, the Pulau Perhentian Marine Park Centre was meant to protect, preserve and manage the aquatic flora and fauna in Perhentian islands, promote marine research, create educational awareness and regulate activities to prevent damage to the environment.
Aluminium tin cans are sold and recycled by some of the resorts. This man comes from the mainland to collect the cans.
Trouble in paradise
Terengganu’s Perhentian Islands are “arguably the most beautiful islands in Malaysia,” so says the Lonely Planet guide. Though the islands have dodged major developments so far, they are starting to creak under the strain of burgeoning tourist arrivals.
At low tide, visitors can see the algae-smothered corals in front of the chalets. The algae could be a result of overflowing septic tanks from the chalets/resorts in Pulau Perhentian.
Azman Sulaiman of Flora Bay Divers
Peter Caron of Watercolours Resorts and Dive Centre in Pulau Perhentian: ‘After an evening storm, you’ll see black bags bobbing in the sea.’
Chalet staff dumping garbage bags on an overflowing pontoon. There are 10 floating pontoons for garbage, scattered around the islands. A contractor picks up the rubbish on a barge and sends them to the mainland. After a rainstorm some of these bags will fall into the sea and leachate from the rubbish will pollute the water.
Expatriate Bill Addington of England and his family have been holidaying in Perhentian for the last 16 years.
LCCT relocation to Labu raises many questions
The government's nod last Friday to the setting up of a new low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) in Labu, Negri Sembilan, has left many in the local aviation community baffled.
Passenger Volume At Sepang LCCT Expected To Hit 30 Million By 2014
MELAKA, Dec 20 (Bernama) -- Passenger volume at the low-cost-carrier terminal (LCCT) in Sepang is expected to hit 30 million by 2014, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.
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Country, Southeast Asia. It is composed of two regions — Peninsular, or West, Malaysia and East Malaysia — separated by 400 mi (650 km) of the South China Sea. West Malaysia occupies the southern half of the Malay Peninsula (Malaya) and is bordered to the north by Thailand. East Malaysia lies on the northwestern part of the island of Borneo and consists of the states of Sarawak and Sabah. Area: 127,355 sq mi (329,847 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 26,130,000.
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