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After Awarded the World Heritage Site, whats next?…

Published on July 19, 2008 in culture, historical spot, Melaka and News & Update. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

After the inscription of Melaka as a heritage site by UNESCO on 7th July 2008 together with Georgetown of Penang, Melaka State Government surely have a long term plan. The state government will setup a Heritage Steering Committee headed by State Secretary. Datuk Seet Har Cheow Melaka State Tourism Exco said that the committee will work closely with Melaka Historic City Council Conservation Committee as well as NGOs. The state steering committee will be including NGOs as well.

State government hope that Melakkan who still carrying the traditional businesses to maintain their heritage shop houses and state government will assist them on ways to make their compound alive. The committee also will keep in touch with KEKWA (Ministry of Culture and Heritage) to get their authorities to brief as well train the officers in the newly form committee. For info, The World Heritage Committee meets once a year and consist of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention elected by their General Assembly.

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Dutch Middleburg Bastion Near Completion

Published on July 2, 2008 in historical spot. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Middleburg Bastion, a section of once Famous A Famosa Fortress is near completion. Middleburg Bastion located beside Melaka River Bank beside the Tourist Information Center (TIC) at Banda Hilir. Next to it is the new completed Melaka River Watermill. The Bastion founded last year was and excavated by The Heritage Department, under the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry. Excavation teams from Malaysia University of Science (USM) also founded human skeletons when doing the excavation works. They estimated the age of the bones between 600 and 1,400 years old.

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Fredrick Hendrick Bastion Found-New tourist attraction to Melaka

Published on June 17, 2008 in historical spot. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Banda Hilir June 17th, Melaka official newspaper MHI reported that an old fort from the Portuguese era in Melaka once being destroyed by British between 1806 and 1807 was founded. The Bastion, Fredrick Hendrick now being excavates, founded on the construction ground at an old Traffic Police Station base. It is believe that the bastion before was a control post build by Portuguese when invaded Melaka in 1511. Before this, 2 more fort has been found near to the A Famosa Fortress and Middleburg Bastion that accidentally found during the Taming Sari Tower development. Middleburg Bastion rebuild work is now near completion.

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Inside the Melaka A Famosa Fotress

Published on March 27, 2008 in historical spot. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

What inside it? Lets walk in:

inside a famosa

Its nothing! Actually A Famosa Fortress is only a Gate and a single gate with no other building attached to it. 500 years ago it was a fortress build by Portuguese conquerer. In the historical days it was a fortress with 4 main gate. Now just one gate remain. Once upon a time, the fortress covered almost all of the Banda hilir area with city, houses, church and office in it.

inside famosa wall

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Melaka River Water Mill

Published on March 22, 2008 in historical spot and Tourism. 5 Comments

melaka water mill

Water Mill in Melaka River? Yup Melaka will have its own water mill in the heart of Banda Hilir near Quay Side Restaurant and accross it (the river) are the OCBC Bank. This watermill will be powered by the Melaka River and it is said to be name the ‘Melaka Sultanate Water Mill.’ Although the function is not for agriculture irrigation system or crushing a flour, it will soon to be a tourist attraction.

As Chief Operation Officer at Kumpulan Melaka Berhad, a State Own Company Mr. Ismail Lajen Said, the water mill is 90percent complete. The construction for the Melaka water mill started September last year. The 13 meter water mill cost about RM1.5 million. At present, final work on installing the water mill bucket, platform and bricks floor are actively carried out. The water mill bucket will scoop Melaka river water and the water will be poured into a man made pond and goes back to the river again.

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Dol Said, Non Myth Warrior’s Grave

Published on March 7, 2008 in historical spot. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

dolsaid grave

 

Many old warrior grave in Melaka are based on myth.For example, the Legendary Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat grave, a 15th century legend in Melaka Sultanate Era. Old folklore said Hang Tuah iwas just vanished at Melaka River and Hang Jebat died without a trace or thrown out to the sea because he betray the king. So is there really a body inside it?

The Story is different here for Dato’ Dol Said. Dol Said live when British occupied Malaysia (Of Course no Malaysia back then) in early 19th century. Dol Said was a Chief of Naning Territory (A Territory beside Melaka and the community form their own Government) from 1802. In 1829 British Administration from Melaka ask Naning to pay crop tax amounting 1/10 from the total revenue. Dol Said refuse and in year 1831 Naning was attacked by British troop from Melaka. British was defeated by Dol Said with just a local army and no modern weapons and ammunition.

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Megalith Datuk Tua – A Melaka Version of Stonehenge

Published on March 7, 2008 in historical spot. 2 Comments

A Stonehenge
stonehenge

A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. Megalithic means structures made of such large stones, utilizing an interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement.

Before going to Wiltshire England, I suggest you to drop by at Alor Gajah Melaka. Located at Cerana Putih Village Simpang Ampat, here you can witness an ancient megalith stone. Local Authority has gazette the places and named it Megalith Datuk Tua. This stone maybe dated back to pre-historic world. After seeing the stone then try visit Stonehenge in England, maybe you can find a connection… I dont know.

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