GOOD TRANSPORT VITAL TO MELAKA TOURISM

Good Transport System Vital To Promote Tourism In Melaka

By Shaidathul Suhana Ros

MELAKA, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- In an effort to provide a more efficient transportation system and at the same time give further boost to the tourism sector, the Melaka state government introduced the Panorama Melaka Red Line service.

State Transport, Rehabilitation Projects and International Trade Committee chairman Datuk Lim Ban Hong said that as a popular tourist destination it was vital for Melaka to have efficient and a modern bus service to encourage more travellers to visit the state.

He said to date, Panorama Melaka Sdn Bhd has mobilised six stage buses in the city with frequency of every 15 to 20 minutes, to take local and foreign visitors to the many historical sites available.

FOUNDATION LAYING CEREMONY FOR MELAKA GATEWAY PORT

19th. October 2016

IMPRESSIONS MELAKA PROJECT

Phase 1A of Impression City rakes in RM461 mil in sales

MELAKA (Oct 26): Tourism and cultural property developer Yong Tai Bhd has recorded en-bloc sales of RM461 million from Phase 1A of mixed-use development Impression City here.


The group said in a statement today that it has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Orient Venture Properties Bhd on the en-bloc sale.


Group chief executive officer Boo Kuang Loon (pictured) said the company has also locked in a RM412 million worth of fit-out contract with Orient Venture Properties to carry out renovation works on the property.


“The RM461 million property sales and RM412 million fit-out contract are expected to contribute positively to our 2017 financial results,” Boo added.


The group is also finalising and securing an investment and/or financing of about RM800 million from Golden Bridge United Holdings Group (H.K.) Limited (Golden Bridge) to facilitate the implementation of the Impression Melaka and Impression City projects.  


Yong Tai has also entered into five separate agreements with Golden Bridge, HuaXin PuHui Asset Management Co Ltd, Orient Venture Properties, the 6th Engineering Bureau of China City Construction Holding Group Company, Apple Impression Sdn Bhd, GTC Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd and Guangxi Gulf Culture Star Co Ltd to kick start the RM5.4 billion gross development value Impression City project today.


The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka Tun Utama Mohd Khalil Yaakob and Chief Minister of Melaka Datuk Seri Idris Haron.

DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM QUONGCHOW TO MALACCA

You can now fly from Malacca to Quongchow, China and vice versa.

HAPPY MALAYSIA DAY

Happy Malaysia Day to all Malaysians 

MORE CHINESE TOURISTS COMING

putrajaya: Malacca can look forward to more tourists from China from next month, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Liow said the Melaka Interna­tional Airport in Batu Berendam would receive the first direct flight from Guangzhou on Sept 29.

Malacca, he told reporters here yesterday, was also poised for more economic cooperation with China.

“Investments of billions of ringgit from China have flowed into Malaysia,” he said, citing US$10bil (RM40bil) in the Malacca Gateway project.

A deep seaport and ocean park, he said, would be built in the Malacca Gateway project as part of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

The project, set to become the largest private marina in South-East Asia, is scheduled for completion in 2025.

TRACING MACHEH CONTRIBUTION IN MALACCA

MALACCA: Hong Kong is keen to research the history of macheh, a group of domestic helpers who arrived on our shores long before maids from Indonesia and Cambodia.

A research fellow from University of Shanghai in Fudan, China, was commissioned by the Hong Kong government to research and compile records about the history ofmacheh in Malaysia.

The macheh from southern China were brought in for affluent Chinese households in Malaya then.

The research fellow Thong Meng Wei, who is a Malaysian, was here recently to complete the task with help from Ng Yap Wei Kun Association of Malacca to locate ancestral tablets as well as graveyards of the macheh as part of her research.

“The Hong Kong government has given my university a grant to do this research in South-East Asia in order for them to publish a book about the macheh,” she said.

President of Ng Yap Wei Kun association, Mak Chee Kin, said his association members will give full cooperation to Thong.

“As the macheh were of Cantonese origin, they are significant to our ancestry both historically and culturally.

“We are honoured to be able to contribute and assist Thong in her research,” added Mak.