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Do you want to see a village in Melaka town? Melaka has a Malay village located right in the middle of this historic city, called Kampung Morten (in malay, Kampung means Village). The village is regarded as a living museum since many people still practice the way of traditional Malay lifestyle. The village has many uniqueness especially in their housing designs.

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The village is named after JF Morten, a British Land Commissioner when the commission was established in the early 1920s. Morten was involved in the development of this village, which was used to be a mangrove swamp. Othman Mohd Noh was credited as the founder of this village.

Kampung Morten is located next to the Melaka River, the one which is popular with its Melaka River Cruise. For those who took the ride on the Melaka River Cruise, you will get an brief history of Kampung Mortern by the narrator. It’s very colorful at night, and you see the uniqueness of the houses during the ride. I am very sure that once you took the ride, you would want to visit Kampung Morten the next day.

There’s another big news in Melaka. Melaka Biotechnology Corporation has made an agreement with Malaysia BiotechCorp to develop Melaka Pharma Park in Alor Gajah. The first ever pharma park in Malaysia. The RM1.5 billion park will be built in an area of 200 hectares in the Alor Gajah.

The Melaka Pharma Park was an an idea developed during a dialogue with YAB Chief Minister of Melaka during an event with Biotechnology Industry and Halal Malaysia’ on 31st July. In the event, Melaka Biotech Corporation proposed to Malaysia BiotechCorp to establish the Melaka Pharma park for health and pharmaceutical industrial entrepreneurs. Following the idea, the Malaysia Biotech Corp has agreed to develop Melaka Pharma Park as a ‘Public Private Partnership’. The partnership has been made among Malaysia BiotechCorp, Melaka Biotech Corporation, Capipharm Sdn Bhd and DRB-Hicom Berhad.

The signing of the proposed collaboration between Malaysian Biotech Corporation, Melaka Biotech Corporation, DRB-Hicom and Caphiparm Development Sdn Bhd was witnessed by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and Chief Minister. AJ Jomaiah, is an associate company of Saudi Arabia’s Holding Sdn Bhd, will invest an initial US$100 million in various biomedical projects including a RM150 million vaccine manufacturing plant in the Melaka Technology Park.