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The credit go to MCA Muar for coming out Muar tourist map

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I have looked into 2012 Muar city map beta 1, it’s still not perfect but is much better than Melaka tourist map.

Kudos to MCA Chris Lee Ching Yong, who is a serious contender for Bakri parliamentary seat. MCA top leaders are suck in the national policies, but its grassroots leaders are easily outdone DAP.

DAP may be wanted to bombard MCA for the “poke-eye” English and English version is limited to introduction and map markings.

There are a number of English grammar errors in the map.

When Malacca felled to the Portugese,….fell should be used when a nation was captured by the enemy.

the Fortaleza Muar the defend…should be “the Fortaleza Muar to defend…

Leisure Activities #133: Fishmen Village should be Fishermen Village.

Landmark #135: The train locomotive is not a replica, it is a real one.

I found an extra spacing due to typesetting error.

Another area for improvement is English version for the briefing of Muar history, economy, places of interest and origin of Muar name should be included for foreign tourists.

The logo for Chris Lee should NOT be there because the map is a state property.

What PR Selangor government has done to promote tourist attractions like Sekinchan? Sekinchan DAP MP has to look for funds from the private donors for tourist map unlike Johor BN government paid for Muar tourist maps.

What Elizabeth Wong is doing in her Selangor shining campaign? Selangor is definitely richer than Johor to fund tourism promotions like printing local tourist map.

Don’t blame me to bombard PR Selangor again, this is another factual example on how suck is suck PR Selangor.

What other tourist product should be installed in Muar?

I think with a floating music fountain in Muar river, tourists and city dwellers can enjoy the spectacular and romantic sunset view and music fountain display from Tanjung Mas and Muar riverbank.

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Ministry all out to woo tourists

By CHONG CHEE SEONG

THE Tourism Ministry has drawn up an aggressive programme to bring in more tourists this year.

Chris Lee Ching Yong handing over copies of the Muar City Map to Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen. Pic courtesy of Nanyang Johor

Its Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, said the focus would be on the Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern and Asian market.

She said a total of 24.78 million tourists visited Malaysia last year, spending more than RM5 billion.

Dr Ng said the ministry expects the number of tourists to increase to 25 million this year, with a total spending of RM6 billion.
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21/02/2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Tourism
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The shortage of Mandarin-speaking tour guides drive away Mainland Chinese tourists

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Chinese tourists spent the whole trip taking photos of themselves...

I can understand if someone tells me that Malaysia has insufficient supply of English-speaking tour guides, but with about 95% of Malaysian Chinese are enrolling into Chinese primary school, yet China travel companies complained no Mandarin-speaking tour guides to entertain 1,500 Chinese tourists from a cruise ship berthed at Port Klang during this CNY.

This incident has caused Malaysia losing one million ringgit to Thailand.

Malaysia Chinese newspapers are off during CNY, no wonder our Chinese tour guides are also off during CNY.

This is no an isolated case, Kepong Forest Reserve FRIM is also off during weekends and holidays.

This is truly a bad service culture among Malaysians.

08/02/2012 | Tags: , | Category: Tourism
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Lantern Festival @ FGS Dong Zen temple

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This is my first trip to FGS Dong Zen Temple at Jenjarum. I thought I could arrive there before 7PM for sunset shooting, but I was misled by the Dong Zen road sign at a junction which pointed to Tanjung Karang. So wasted about 45 minute to locate the temple.

Today (7th Feb 2012) is the last day of lantern festival.

The full moon is in the right position, looks like a dragon ball.

07/02/2012 | Tags: , | Category: Tourism
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Sawah Ring Tangkak is more picturesque than Sekinchan Selangor

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With the legendary Gunung Ledang as its background, Sawah Ring in Tangkak District is more picturesque than Sekinchan Selangor. Selangor Tourism Exco, Elizabeth Wong may be protesting against my assessment, but I invite her to visit Sawah Ring. Besides, Tourism Minister, Ng Yen Yen is also welcomed to see herself that Sawah Ring is worth to be promoted as a natural sighting.

The paddy field is an ideal location for your wedding photography especially in one or two weeks before the harvesting session.

I used to catch fighting fishes and trap small birds in the paddy field during my childhood days. We small kids were allowed to roam freely in the wild by our parents because child kidnapping was an unheard story in 70s.

The water quality in old days was much better than today, those muddy water channels served as free swimming pool and we kids all swum with full nude body like the buffaloes. The buffaloes also being replaced by tractors!

I still do not understand why Sawah Ring is still not included in the Muar travel brochure as a natural sighting and bird watching attraction.

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Below photos were taken after the harvesting session.

05/02/2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Tourism
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Petaling Street is a third world makeshift shopping place

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The number of hawkers should be reduced to make walkway more spacious. A middle row of hawkers should be removed if Petaling Street wanted to be an attractive shopping place for local and foreign tourists.

Besides, more foreign workers or bosses are returned to Petaling Street and 90% of stalls are selling same products.

I will not buy anything from Petaling Street.

Petaling Street hawkers stage protest

By STEVEN DANIEL

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 100 hawkers staged a demonstration at the Petaling Street hawker centre here Tuesday, protesting against the issuance of new stall licences.

They claimed some parties had applied for licences to open new hawker stalls in the area and were concerned this would cause overcrowding.

There are 773 stalls in the area now, and the hawkers claimed the parties had applied for licences for another 100 stalls.

The protest began at 10.30am with the group shouting and holding up placards demanding that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) cancel all the new applications.

Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun, who was at the scene, said he would bring up the issue with the mayor Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail during a meeting Friday.

03/01/2012 | Tags: | Category: Tourism
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