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The Penang Global City Centre is a project located on Penang Island, Malaysia. The design is centered on the idea of creating a new image for the city of Penang. Resembling a sci-fi city, the area will be crowned by two sixty-story towers housing luxury residential units and five-star hotels. Also the complex includes the Penang Performing Arts Center (PenPAC), a high world-class entertainment complex, an observatory, a vast public arena and more….
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The Datai , one of the most prestigious luxury resorts in Malaysia is located on the north-western tip of Langkawi Island . It is 30 minutes by car from the island’s international airport, which is 20 kilometres west of Pulau Langkawi’s main town, Kuah. The resort comprises a central hotel and free-standing villas in the forest. It is located in the cove above a private white sand beach.
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At 4,095 m, it is the tallest peak in Malaysia and proudly overlooks Kinabalu National Park. What makes the park unique is the range of climates, from subalpine flora at the summit of the mountain to tropical hardwood forest on the lowlands. This diversity has allowed more than 6,000 plant species to thrive, many of which can only be found in the Kinabalu. Therefore the park was designated as a World Heritage Site in 2000. Photo by: spooneater
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Pangkor is situated off the west coast of Malaysia, between Kuala Lumpur and Penang and only seven km across from Lumut. It is a small island being only 8 sq km but it has interesting history, having been a major tin producer in the 19th century. The island has some of the best beaches on this side of the Malay Peninsula and these are situated on the west coast. The east coast mainly consists of fishing villages. Photo by: mike’sworld
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This small archipelago is situated just 20 km off northeastern Malaysian peninsula, made up of two inhabited islands, Perhentian Besar and Perhentian Kecil divided by a fast flowing channel, and a few uninhabited islets. The name in Malay language means ‘stopping point‘, also British translation had them signed on maps as ‘Station Islands‘. Mostly populated by fishermen in the past, tourism is now the islands maintenance. Photo by: ABO Jr
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There are nine islands in the Redang Archipelago, which is close to Merang on the coast of Terengganu State. Pulau Redang is popular with Malaysian tourists and those from further afield, and much of the east coast is now taken up with tourist development – even the forest has been cleared to make way for a golf course. Kampung Air (Water Village) was built by the government in 1976 to rehouse the fishing families displaced by hotel building. Like the old village, it is built on stilts over the water and it houses around 1,200 people. Most of the east coast is now lined with up-market resorts. Photo by: gotcha!
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Sipadan is a tiny oceanic island located east of Borneo, Malaysia. It is renowned as one of the top dive spots in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in its marine ecosystem. Sipadan is rated as the best diving destination in the world not without good reason. In the calm clean waters you are likely to see hammerhead sharks, millions of technicolored reef fish, sea turtles, manta rays and other big pelagics.
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