10,000 Women Participated in ‘1 Million Women Purple Walk’ in Melaka

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Last Sunday (17 March 2013 ), there was program of 1 Million Women Purple Walk in Malaysia in conjunction with the celebration of ‘International Women Day’. The program took place simultaneously across the country. The theme for this year is ‘ The Gender Agenda : Gaining Momentum’.

In Melaka, the program was held in Banda Hilir, at the Declaration of Independence Memorial. 10,000 people especially women of various ages and races joined the program. All participants need to wear purple. Puple t-shirts were given free to those who came early. Although it was about women, many men joined in as well to support the  1 Million Women Purple Walk program.

The ‘1 Million Women Purple Walk’ in Melaka started as early 7 am. The people come joined he aerobic session. At about 8.30 am, Chief Minister of Melaka, YAB Datuk Seri Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam officiated the program and gave a speech  Then, all of them walked   from the Declaration of Independence Memorial to the Stadthyus building and it ended at Dataran Pahlawan.  The ‘walk’ was about 2.5 kilometers.

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Cowboy Town, A’Famosa Resort Melaka

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Cowboy Town is located in A’Famosa Resort. We visited in Cowboy Town Dec 2012 when a few relatives came and stayed in Melaka. They wanted to stay in A’Famosa and see the show. Since there was an extra room in the Condotel, we stayed a night and joined the show as well.

Once you are in A’Famosa Resort, getting to Cowboy town is not difficult. It’s near the entrance, so you can’t miss it. You can either drive there or take the resort taxi for a nominal fee. If you are driving there, you better be early as it is packed during school holidays.

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Although we have paid for the entrance fee upfront, we still need to queue to get the armbands. The entrance fee is as below.

Malaysian : RM 30 per adult / RM 25 per child
Foreigner : RM 50 per adult / RM 40 per child

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Majlis Perasmian Menara Persekutuan , Melaka oleh YAB Perdana Menteri Malaysia

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Pada 8 Mac 2013 , YAB Perdana Menteri Melaka telah melakukan lawatan kerja ke Melaka. Pada lawatan tersebut terdapat banyak aktiviti yang dijalankan antaranya beliau menyaksikan pemeteraian perjanjian persefahaman (MoU) bagi pembinaan rumah mampu milik di bawah Projek Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) antara Yayasan Melaka dan PR1MA Berhad. Projek tersebut yang mensasarkan rakyat berpendapatan sederhana di kawasan bandar di negeri ini bakal melibatkan kawasan berkeluasan 299.5 hektar di kawasan Parlimen Bukit Katil. Menurut Pengerusi PR1MA Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis, harga setiap unit rumah tersebut adalah 20 peratus lebih rendah berbanding harga pasaran.

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Majlis Tandatangan MoU antara Pengerusi Yayasan Melaka, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali bin Rustam dan Pengerusi PR1MA Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis sambil disaksikan oleh YAB Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak

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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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