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Jurassic Park in Melaka

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jurasic-dinosourThe Jurassic Park is proposed to be built at the 1Malaysia beachfront. Once completed, it will be the first of its kind in Malaysia and also Asia. It’s good that the state government is promoting tourism, the park will add more tourist attraction to the state. However, we at MelakaCool.com are concern on the traffic problem in the historical city. It is bad on weekends and it gets worse during school holiday. We hope that the tram project will help to clear part of the problem.

Anyway, the Jurassic Park will be all about dinosaurs. It would showcase about 200 species of dinosaurs which would be operated through electronic and hydraulic systems. The dinosaurs would roar when you walk past them.

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Melaka Pharma Park Will be Developep in Alor Gajah

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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.

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Can The Malacca Tram Project Make The Traffic Problem Disappear?

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On any other months, the traffic jam can bee seen only over the weekends, but during the current school holiday, the jams are more frequent. There are jams even on weekdays as the number of people and vehicles coming to Malacca doubles during the school holidays.

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But soon, Malacca traffic jam will be history with the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) giving the green light for implementation of the Malacca Tram project. The RM272 million project undertaken by Mrails International Sdn Bhd in collaboration with Chief Minister Incorporated (CMI), begins in February 2013.

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Powering Malacca With Solar Powered Rooftops.

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Malacca aims to be ‘The Green State” by year 2020 and it is not a surprised to see a company like Green Earth Design Solution Sdn. Bhd. plan to have every rooftop in Malaysia to be covered with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to generate electricity. And if everything goes as planned, they will have all the rooftops in Taman Rembia Perkasa, Alor Gajah, Malacca, covered with electricity-generating solar cells, creating the country’s first community solar project.

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