Malaysia airlines imposes limit on liquids

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) announced that they will follow United States, Britain, European Union nations, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and the Philippines, in carrying out the recommendation by International Civil Aviation Organisation, to impose restriction limit on liquids for all international flights departing from Malaysia. This is announced by Department of Civil Aviation director-general.

They plan to use a transparent resealable plastic bag as the carrier for a maximum one-litre capacity. The transparent plastic bag must be taken along by the passenger and presented to security personnel at the security checkpoint for separate X-ray screening.

The exemption is only given to those who were carrying infants with them. They would be able to bring baby formulae onboard.

The implementation date will be announced later. In the meantime, the relevant agencies such as Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, airlines and retail shops are getting ready for it. I will update again when it is implemented.

News are also covered by : Channel New Asia; ANTARA; and The Star

Update:
This rule has been implemented effective from today, 22 May 2007 for all international airport i.e. KLIA, LCCT, Penang, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.

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Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary, Pahang

Elephant ride

Visitor feed elephant

A visit to this elephant sanctuary will surely leave you feeling awe-struck. Elephants located here are rescued from the wild and taken for rehabilitation to teach them to co-exist peacefully with man. Children enjoy bathing with elephants; the experience starts with a ride on the pachyderm's back before plunging into the cool river. These creatures are well trained, very gentle and obedient.

Other activities include feeding and grooming these magnificent animals. Showers and toilets are on hand and rustic wooden houses are available as picnic and relaxation spots.

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5 most endangered species in Malaysia

I'm very very sad to hear about this new. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International released that tiger, Asian rhinoceros, elephant, a red and pink jewel-like coral species, Corallium borneense and orang utan are included in as most endangered species in the world.

Among the main reasons for their extinct are poaching, illegal trade, loss of habitat, forest conversion, over-harvesting and the destruction of entire colonies by bottom trawlers and dredges.

All these are caused by human, which is us. Thus, we can change this. Stop buying these animal as pets or for their horn or for their meat. We need to make that our children will be able to see these animals. What will left to them in the future?

Full story at New Straits Times


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5 ways to avoid Bad Taxi Driver in Kuala Lumpur

There has been so much complaints about taxi driver in Malaysia especially in Kuala Lumpur. It is number 2 top complaint that we received so far. Therefore, I would like to give 5 basic tips of how to avoid these kind of taxi driver:

1. Never talk to the touts when you arrive at KLIA. There are plenty of touts that come and approach you. Excuse yourself nicely and go straight to taxi counter to buy the ticket or you can opt for KLIA express for RM35 each way.
2. Never take the taxi that is waiting at the taxi stop especially at top tourist spots. Find a good spot beside of the road to stop a taxi. Taxi driver earn when they move around to pick passenger but not waiting for passenger. They are willing to wait in order to charge higher.
3. Always ask the taxi driver to use the meter. If they refuse, just step out of the taxi and wait for another taxi. It is illegal to charge passenger without using the meter.
4. Before travel using taxi in KL, make sure you check with your map; how far is your destination so you can estimate your journey. You don't want the taxi driver take you in circle before send you to your destination. Rules of thumb, anywhere in KL must not exceed RM20.
5. All taxi drivers are compulsory to wear clean white shirt, tug in, clean taxi and display your picture, name and taxi number in front of the passenger seat. If you find it differently, just step out and wait for another taxi.

I hope these points will be able to guide you on how to avoid bad taxi driver. If you face any problem with the taxi driver, just write down the taxi number and send your complaint to our police station. They have special unit called Tourist Police to deal with this problem.

Special thank to Dosh Dosh for teaching me to be a better blogger.

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