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5th. February 2010

The new Aeon Jusco Melaka has been opened. Due to an unfortunate incident, the opening in December 2009 had to be postponed until today.

Located at Pringgit, next to Tesco Melaka, Jusco Melaka is the second Jusco mall in Melaka. The earlier one is sited at Bukit Baru. The new one is very much bigger.

Certainly, the half of Malacca will be there to view and check out the premises. Being the newest kid in the block, the new shopping mall will draw crowds prior the Chinese New Year next weekend.

Webmaster: Luckily, the historic Batu Berendam airport terminal has been retained. This airport was the first stop by our first prime minister who came back from Britain after obtaining Malaya Independence in February 1956.
Why not convert the old terminal into an aviation museum which register the historic trip back to Malaya by our first prime minister?

Friday February 5, 2010

Make Malacca airport soar

February 04, 2010 21:16 PM

Najib Comes Away Impressed After Melaka Walkabout

MELAKA, Feb 4 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak went on a walkabout in the heart of this historic city today and came away impressed with the peace and harmony prevailing in the place "where it all began".

Monday February 1, 2010

Ong launches CNY carnival in Malacca

MALACCA: More than 10,000 people gathered along Jalan Kubu and Jonker Walk here for the launching of the state’s month-long Chinese New Year carnival by MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

The ceremony on Saturday night was made more auspicious with Ong given the honour of inscribing the Chinese character Wang – meaning king – onto the frame of the largest lion head in the country to mark the start of festivities here.

January 27, 2010 20:56 PM
New UiTM Campus In Melaka To Be Completed In 2013
JASIN, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- A new Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus costing RM300 million will be built in Seri Mendapat, Semujuk, here, replacing an earlier proposal to build it in Serendah, Rawang, Selangor.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the campus, with a capacity of 5,000 students, would be built on a piece of land belonged to Melaka Foundation and expected to be completed in 2013.

January 27, 2010 19:41 PM

Melaka Government Offers To Take Over Management Of Airport Terminal

MELAKA, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- The Melaka government has expressed interest to take over the management of the new RM190 milion international airport terminal in Batu Berendam here.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the state government and its partner, Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd, had forwarded the offer to the present operator, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB).

Chettiars, the founders of credit companies

During the colonial times, the Chettiars were mainly dependent on the credit business for living, and their credit companies expanded all over Singapore, Melaka, Hong Kong and other places, and were among the principal economic activities during those years.

In late 15th and early 16th centuries, Indians from Coromandal shores, Kalingapatnam and Tamil Nadu in southern India had to lay their hopes on distant settlements in Southeast Asia such as Melaka due to poverty and social unrest back home.

Sunday January 17, 2010

Organ donor girl’s body cremated in Malacca
By MARTIN CARVALHO

MALACCA: The remains of 21-year-old Sandra Wong May Yue (pic), whose corneas and marrow went to give others a new lease on life after her death in a road accident last Thursday, have been cremated.

The ceremony at the Jelutong funeral parlour yesterday was a poignant affair attended by at least 100 family members and friends.