RESORT HOSPITAL IN MELAKA

Melaka plans resort style hospital

A specialist hospital with a resort concept, Hospital Pakar Hang Tuah, will be built in Ayer Keroh here with an estimated cost of RM150 million.

Melaka Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, said work on the 12-storey hospital with 120 rooms will soon start on an one-hectare site with the completion date due in 2013.

The hospital will be built by Anggun Diversified Sdn Bhd, a Sarawak based property developer.

"Besides the various facilities of a specialist hospital, the building will also feature a swimming pool, recreational park and a rooftop helicopter pad," he told reporters.

He earlier witnessed the signing of a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the land for the hospital between the Melaka State Development Corporation (PKNM) and Anggun Diversified.

PKNM was represented by its Chief Executive Officer Datuk Yusof Jantan while Anggun Diversified was represented by its Managing Director Jeffery Lai Upeng.

Mohd Ali said the hospital would be able to attract more medical tourists to the state.

Meanwhile, Anggun Diversified's Chairman Datuk Yahya Bujang said that among the considerations made for the building of the resort-like hospital was accommodation for caretakers who accompany patients checking into the hospital.

The hospital would offer various specialist services including cardiology. - Bernama

FACELIFT FOR HISTORICAL HILLTOP

Monday April 18, 2011

Historical hilltop to get facelift ‘

MALACCA: The historical site of St John's Hill here is poised to receive a major facelift after the state government gave approval for upgrading works at the hilltop.

Malacca Historic City councillor Ronald Gan Yong Hoe said he was informed by a state executive councillor that the allocation was approved during a special exco meeting following a report in The Star on Thursday about couples having sexual trysts on St John's Hill and St Paul's Hill.

“The city council has given the go-ahead for the installation of solar-powered lamp posts at the hilltop and to improve the surrounding areas,” he said after a visit to the site yesterday.

It was reported that Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ali Rustam had directed the local council to curb undesirable activities after he was briefed on the discovery of used condoms at the unlit St John's hilltop and lovers having their rendezvous at St Paul's Hill.

Gan said plans would be implemented to turn the hill into a tourist attraction.

Among them were asking the local authorities to acquire a plot below the hilltop to be turned into parking bays for tourist buses, public toilets and other tourist amenities.

“Currently, there are only a small number of tourists going to St John's Hill.

“More tourists will come if improvements to the facilities are carried out,” he added.

LOVERS HAUNT ST. PAUL'S AND ST.JOHN'S HILLS

Thursday April 14, 2011 CM blows his top over hill trysts By R.S.N. MURALI murali@thestar.com.my
MALACCA: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam is hopping mad over reports that young couples have been having sexual trysts on the historical hilltops of St John's Hill and St Paul's Hill. He immediately directed the local council to thwart the undesirable activities after he was briefed on the recent discovery of used condoms at the unlit St John's hilltop and also the sighting of lovers having their rendezvous at St Paul's Hill.

“These historical sites have been turned into havens for unsavoury acts. I want all those responsible for the maintenance of the sites to meet me. “I will not hesitate to issue show-cause letters to council workers who have been tasked to supervise the sites,” he said yesterday. Lovers’ spot: St John’s Hill in Malacca has been turned into a haven for unsavoury acts. Mohd Ali will make suggestions for both St John’s Hill and St Paul’s Hill to be lit extensively.

Mohd Ali said he will make suggestions for the sites to be lit extensively using solar-powered lamp posts. “I will work on the costs and expedite the upgrading work of the lamps. A gotong-royong programme will be carried out very soon to clean up the surrounding areas, especially St John's Hill,” he added. He also said enforcement agencies will be asked to intensify patrols at the areas.

“I don't want the sites to be known for the wrong reasons and I am surprised that the authorities are unaware of this,” he added. A check by The Star yesterday showed some spots at St John's Hill had been turned into a meeting point for people who were believed to have been involved in sexual trysts.

Joggers going up the hill also reported sighting dozens of used condom packs strewn all round the historical site, including the fort where the 18th century Dutch cannons are. Locals had also observed lovers gathering at the hill during late nights.

Founded in 1571 by Portuguese conquerors, the hilltop has been recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. The site once housed the remains of Roman Catholic missionary St Francis Xavier, who was buried there in 1553 before his body was moved to Goa, India.

Tourists throng the sites daily, which are famous for their unique ruins and the breathtaking view of Malacca town.

MALACCA PLANETARIUM'S FUN WITH DRY ICE

'Fun with dry ice' programme at Malacca Planetarium

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MALACCA: Students will have a chance to be a scientist for the day at Malacca Planetarium's "Fun With Dry Ice" programme.

The programme will be held on two weekends on April 23 and 24 and April 30 and May 1.

The programme will feature two main experiments using frozen carbon dioxide or dry ice.

Programme director Gomathy Ramasamy of Planetarium Melaka Sdn Bhd said the first experiment would be the classic dry ice bubble demonstration.

"In this experiment, after dry ice is added to a cylinder of coloured warm water and dish washing liquid, students can see a cascade of bubbles vanish in a puff of fog.

"This is a definite 'must-try' experiment," she said.

"There's just something extraordinary about using dry ice as science teachers call the process as solid turns into gas sublimation but for the children, they simply find it amazing."

The second experiment is for deep space object lovers.

"It would feature a 'do-it-yourself comet demonstration', also using frozen carbon dioxide and other materials which you can easily obtain from local stores.

"This activity will introduce the members of the community to the structure of comets, which are in the solar system, and learn the interaction between the comets and the Sun.

"They can make a miniature comet and watch it sublimates, just like when a real comet being heated by the Sun.

"We use dry ice to make a comet because when a comet is far away from the Sun, the carbon dioxide compound remains frozen in the form of dry ice. As it approaches the Sun, the dry ice sublimates and leaves the remains on the location of impact."

For more information, log on to the Planetarium Melaka's website at www.melakaplanetarium.com, or call 06-232 2122/2424.

MALACCA WORLD HERITAGE CONFERENCE

The Malacca World Heritage Conference Links Tourism, Heritage and Culture in Malaysia – July 2011

World Heritage sites are iconic tourist attractions in most countries, experiencing similarly dynamic growth in tourism, from international and domestic markets. The overall mission of the sustainable tourism program is to aid the World Heritage Committee and the site management using tourism as a positive force to retain WH site values and to help mitigate site threats. The program engages the tourism industry to maximize tourism’s benefits and minimize its impact.

Chief Minister YAB Datuk Seri Ali Rustam of Melaka says:

“Global recognition of the country’s ability to protect our unique heritage will not only preserve Melaka’s rich heritage, but tourism and the service industries will bring economic benefits to the people.”

Conference Overview

Melaka World Heritage Site is proud to welcome delegates from around the world to the city, bringing together tourism and tourism planning experts in the fields of preservation of historical and archeological monuments, and scholars from various disciplines in tourism.

The conference will analyse the situation, success stories and experience gained in the utilization of World Heritage sites for tourism purposes and put this experience to good use in laying foundations for sustainable management plans.

Discussions will focus on models, theories as well as factual knowledge of protected historical centers, using examples from other World Heritage Sites.

The conference will examine the relationship between the conservation and management of urban heritage and the development of cultural tourism.

Delegates will study the mechanism and conditions in which tourism has become an important economic driver for the Heritage Sites.

Other key topics to be highlighted:

• Assessing, planning, preparing and marketing cultural heritage tourism. Successful stories of heritage tourism.

• Creating awareness among policy makers Heritage Sites are cultural assets which can be turned into a commodity.

• Building know-how on the ways to connect local initiatives with global networks and markets.

• Building the capacity of World Heritage sites to deal with tourism.

• Framework, guiding principles and steps for successful and sustainable cultural heritage tourism.

• Using World Heritage Sites as a lever for local economic, social and cultural development.

• Promoting the benefits of cultural and heritage tourism as a way to build audiences.

• Training of local community members in environment, cultural preservation and tourism related activities for tourism’s benefit.

• Lessons to be learnt from good and bad examples worldwide. Lessons will focus on how to develop and manage cultural heritage tourism.

• Meeting the challenge of increasing tourism through the promotion of authentic, unique cultural and heritage offerings.

• Creating a forum for fresh ideas and renewed vitality among cultural and heritage tourism professionals and the industry through networking, professional development and mentorship.

• Tourism + culture + heritage = sustainable economies.

• Building increased awareness of the objectives of the 1972 World Heritage Convention and other UNESCO conventions to the tourism programs, activities and policies for local and national public tourism authorities, industry officials and tourists.

Melaka & George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca.

Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca.

The influences of Asia of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible.

With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates that early stages of this history originating in the 15th century Malay sultanate and the Portugese and Dutch periods beginning in the early 16th century.

Featuring residential and commercial buildings, George Town represents the British era from the end of the 18th century.

The two towns constitute a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia.

World Heritage Center

UNESCO

The venue is the beautiful country of Malaysia.

Email for more information:

leman@malaccaheritage2011.com

http://malaccaheritage2011.com/Malaccaheritage2011/Welcome.html

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INFINEON EXPANDS MELAKA MANUFACTURING PLANT

Infineon Expands

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MALACCA, Malaysia -- Infineon Technologies (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY)

today announced it will invest 160 million US dollars this year to expand

its production capacity, research & development and to upgrade its

manufacturing facilities in Malacca, Malaysia. The investment will mainly

increase the capacity to produce power semiconductors for energy

efficiency applications and will add 350 jobs in Malacca in 2011.

Today, Infineon employs nearly 7,000 employees in Malacca.

This investment is another step by Infineon to expand its presence

in Asia and to integrate more tightly into local market structures.

In the fiscal year 2010, Infineon generated 42 percent of its revenues

in the Asia region including Japan, thus being the front-runner in that

category among all big German companies listed on the DAX stock

exchange index. “In order to be successful in Asia you have to do more

than just business. It is about recognising the culture and becoming a

part of society. We aim to create local value added, contribute knowhow

and employ and groom talents,” says Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon

Technologies AG.

In recent years, Asia has developed into a key market for global semi

conductor sales. Infineon continuously expands its Asian business.

In January, Infineon opened a new entity in Beijing, China, called

Infineon Integrated Circuits (Beijing) Co., Ltd. In addition to sales and

marketing, application R&D and central functions, the new entity houses

a technical center for automotive solutions and an IGBT stacks

manufacturing facility.

IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) are power semiconductors

used for instance to drive electric motors in cars or high-speed trains

and in renewable energy generation systems.

Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE/Frankfurt: IFX)

GENDANG NUSANTARA FESTIVAL (APRIL 1ST TO 30TH.2011)

Get into the rhythm of percussion and drum music from all over the world. Dance to the best of dondang sayang, joget and zapin as well as world music from countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, Korea and Brunei.