Georgetown Penang - UNESCO World Heritage Site: August 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

15 Malaysia

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.

15Malaysia是一个短篇电影活动，由15个马来西亚导演创作的15部短片电影组成。这些电影探讨的不只是马来西亚的现今社会和政治课题，更招来了国内许多知名人物，包括演员、音乐家和政治领袖参与其盛。您可以把这些影片当成是由15个马来西亚人为马来西亚人民制作的超酷小电影。

15Malaysia adalah satu projek filem pendek. Ia terdiri daripada 15 filem pendek dihasilkan oleh 15 pembikin filem Malaysia. Filem-filem ini bukan sahaja memaparkan isu-isu sosio-politik di Malaysia, malah turut menampilkan nama-nama terkemuka di Malaysia termasuklah pelakon, ahli muzik dan ahli politik yang dikenali ramai. Anda boleh anggapkan filem-filem ini sebagai filem ringkas funky yang dihasilkan oleh 15 suara hati rakyat Malaysia untuk orang Malaysia.

‘15 Malaysia’ என்பது குறும்படம் தயாரிக்கும் செயல்திட்டமாகும். இத்திட்டத்தில் 15 மலேசியப் பட இயக்குனர்களால் இயக்கப்பட்ட 15 குறும்படங்கள் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளன. இப்படங்கள் மலேசியாவில் காணப்படும் அரசியல் மற்றும் சமுதாயப் பிரச்சனைகளைச் சார்ந்திருப்பதோடு, நாட்டில் நங்கு பிரபலமாகிய பிரமுகர்கள், நடிகர்கள், இசை அமைப்பாளர்கள், முக்கிய அரசியல் தலைவர்கள் ஆகியோரும் வலம் வந்துள்ளனர். 15 மலேசியர்களால் வித்தியாசமான கதையமைப்பில் உருவாக்கம் பெற்ற இப்படங்கள் மலேசிய மக்களின் குரலை வெளிப்படுத்தியுள்ளன.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

George Town Penang Heritage Passport

The George Town Penang Heritage Passport is the official souvenir to commemorate the 1st Anniversary Celebration of George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The George Town Penang Heritage passport is available at Penang Heritage Trust, 26 Church Street during office hours. It is also sold during the 1st Anniversary Celebration, at 12 heritage locations along Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, Lebuh Armenian, Lebuh Aceh and Lebuh Cannon.

The passport features 25 heritage site and the Penang State Museum. It provides a description of the significant heritage sites within the core and buffer zones of the George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site. For each of the heritage site featured in the passport, a unique heritage stamp is created. Holder of the passport can get the stamps printed on their passport when they visit the 12 locations participating in the celebration on 25 July. For the remaining 13 non participating sites, the stamps will be available at Penang Heritage Trust during office hours.

The purpose of the passport is to encourage visitors to the 12 participating sites during the 25 July celebration. For that purpose, the unique stamps can only be obtained during the celebration, from 5:00 pm until 11:00 pm. Volunteers will be stationed at these location to stamp the passports as well as to sell them on-site. The passport is also intended to create greater appreciation and awareness of the heritage sites in George Town. (source: penang heritage trust)

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Chingay in Penang

CHINGAY PROCESSION is regarded by other news media, as it is taken from the Chinese dialect Hokkien "chin yi" (精艺) in pronunciation, which means true art.

In the past, Chingay procession was held in celebration with the birthdays of the Chinese deities or the procession of the Goddess of Mercy ( Guanyin ), its purpose was to worship and enjoy with the deity. During the earliest procession in more than 100 years ago, the earliest English newspapers Echo ( had stopped publication ) adopted the word CHINGAY PROCESSION for this special event.

Penang Chingay is a unique characteristic civil organization, it is also a traditional Chinese culture which the Chinese society is proud of, it spreads among the ethnic Chinese community and lasts forever.