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| Kuala
Lumpur came
into being in
the late 1860s
when a band of
prospectors in
search of tin
landed at the
meeting point of
the Klang and
Gombak rivers
and
imaginatively
named the place
Kuala Lumpur
means 'Muddy
Convergence'.
More than half
of those first
arrivals died of
malaria and
other tropical
diseases, but
the tin they
discovered in
Ampang attracted
more miners and
KL quickly
became a noisy,
brawling,
violent boom
town. |
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| Langkawi
- a group of 99 tropical islands lying off the north-western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, about 30 km form Kuala Perlis and 51 km from Kuala Kedah on the mainland. The main island is popularly known as Pulau
Langkawi. In addition,
it is a duty-free shopping haven offering an attractive range of local and imported goods for those with a yen for shopping. Most of the island's shopping establishments can be found in and around
Kuah.
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| Kuching is the capital city of Sarawak which is, at 125,000 square kilometers, the Malaysia's largest state situated on the island of Borneo. It enjoys an extensive coastline of 720 kilometers on the South China Sea, bounded by Brunei Darussalam on the north, Sabah on the northeast and Kalimantan Indonesia on the south. Like much of Malaysia, Kuching has a tropical climate with average daytime temperatures hovering between 24 and 32 Celsius.
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| Kota Kinabalu is a city of exciting contrasts as a result of a combination of ethnic group diversity. People of modern day Sabah are composed of 32 different ethnic tribes, ranging from Sea gypsies in the east coast to the isolated inland up river communities. The seriously commitment to religious plurality and economic equality has brought Malaysian enduring harmony and peace in this multicultural society.
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| Melaka or previously known as 'Malacca' is one of the thirteen states belong to Malaysia. It is located on the south-western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, about 147 km or a 2 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur. The state is divided into three districts; Melaka Tengah or Central Melaka, the District of Alor Gajah to the north and the District of Jasin to the south, the capital of the state is Central Melaka, and almost all the interesting and historical sites are located in Central Melaka and mostly in the town area. Also Melaka was dubbed as Malaysia's Historical City. |
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| Kuala
Lumpur came
into being in
the late 1860s
when a band of
prospectors in
search of tin
landed at the
meeting point of
the Klang and
Gombak rivers
and
imaginatively
named the place
Kuala Lumpur
means 'Muddy
Convergence'.
More than half
of those first
arrivals died of
malaria and
other tropical
diseases, but
the tin they
discovered in
Ampang attracted
more miners and
KL quickly
became a noisy,
brawling,
violent boom
town. |
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