October 2010 ~ Penang iChannel

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Penang Bird Park

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Being the first of its kind in Malaysia, the Penang Bird Park is made out of many beautiful aviaries with imitated natural environment, including two huge 'walk-in' aviaries, Geodesic domes, and more than one hundred cages in various sizes which houses more than 300 different species of colourful birds from Malaysia and other parts of the world.

The various birds you can find at the park are swans, pelicans, storks, herons, and other playful waterfowls of which roam freely on and around the two natural ponds and the cascading waterfalls. Other birds such as the macaws, parrots, pheasants, hornbills, birds-of-prey, finches, sunbirds, soft-bills, kingfishers and many others, formed part of the vast varieties of birds being kept at the park for exhibition and breeding purposes.

Penang Bird Park is well-praised for its excellent collection of more than 150 Malaysian bird species.

Penang Butterfly Farm

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The Penang Butterfly Farm is now a household name in Penang and a "must-see" for visitors since it opened in 1986. The farm located right at the end of the tourist hotel strip at Batu Ferringhi stands on a 0.8 hector site in Teluk Bahang, about 17km from George town. It has become one of the most popular stops on Penang's round island tour.

Penang Butterfly Farm is the first tropical butterfly farm ever set up in the tropical world, with an average flying population of 4000 Malaysian butterflies of 120 different species, including the rare Indian Leafl (Kallima paralekta) and the endangered Yellow Bird wing (Troides helena).

Penang Snake Temple

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The Snake Temple (simplified Chinese: 蛇庙; pinyin: Shé Miào) is situated in Sungai Kluang, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia and is perhaps the only temple of its kind in the world.

The temple is dedicated to a deity called Cheng Swee Chor Soo. Cheng Swee Chor Soo is known by the Hokkien as Chor Soo Kong and by the Cantonese as Chou-See Yeah. Both names basically mean the same: "The much honoured Chor-Soo". The temple is one of the oldest in the world and attract many devotees world wide, especially from Taiwan and Singapore.

When you walk into the temple, you can probably see some snakes (green in color) laying on the tree's pot or the bamboo trees. The visitors are advised not to touch the snakes for safety precaution.

Penang Botanical Garden

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The Penang Botanic Gardens, (Malay: Taman Kebun Bunga) also known as the "Waterfall Gardens" because of the cascading waterfall nearby,is a public park situated on Jalan Air Terjun (Waterfall Road) in George Town on Penang Island, Malaysia. The gardens occupy a 29 ha. site in a valley described as "an amphitheatre of hills" covered with lush tropical rain-forests. Its lush greenery and tranquil setting makes it a favourite park and a popular tourist destination. It is Penang's unique natural heritage, being the only garden of its kind in Malaysia.

Inside the garden, you can see many people who jogging around the park. Many just walk in to experience the fresh air and the beauty of the natural landscape and rich diversity of flora and fauna.

Along the walking trek, you definite have chance to see wild monkeys from different species. The visitors are not allowed to feed the monkeys as they will become wild and will hurt the small child. Anyway, it is a great place to go for the weekend or school holidays.

Penang Deepavali Open House 2010

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Date: 5th Nov 2010
Venue: Little India, Penang
Organizer: Malaysian Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Penang
Tel: 04-2620960

A colorful festival that is celebrated by all Hindus worldwide is Deepavali, which is also known as the festival of lights.
Hindus will light oil lamps in their homes on Deepavali morning. It's a way of thanking gods for the happiness, knowledge, peace and wealth.

The Hindus consider Deepavali as one of the most important festivals to celebrate.

It is a Public Holiday in Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Dragon Boat Festival

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Location: Teluk Bahang Dam, Penang
Organizer: PIDBF (Penang Int Dragon Boat Festival) Committee
Tel: 04-6505136, 04-2619012

1) Date: 11th to 12th December 2010 Time: 9am to 5pm
2) Venue: Teluk Bahang Dam, Penang
3) Details event click here

Auto City Juru Penang

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AUTO-CITY is endorsed as a tourist destination by the Penang State Government and it has become a landmark as a 1-Stop for Auto, Food, Entertainment, Banking, Shopping, and Outdoor events/celebrations.

1-STOP AUTO

Selection of 30 Auto brands; 3S centres with big showrooms, genuine spare parts, serviced by specialists and/or trained technicians with up-to-date equipments and tools.

1-STOP FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Selection of more than 30 F & B and Entertainment outlets; offering international & local cuisines, different unique concepts and specially designed decorations.

1-STOP GATED BANKING

Many International & Local banks and Money Changer; Ample car parks; Security

1-STOP OUTDOOR EVENTS/CELEBRATIONS

Concerts; Promo-Tours; Local & International Artistes; Road shows; Carnivals; Fairs; Exhibitions; Countdowns; Motorsports; Festival Celebrations & Fiestas; Tourism Events.

1-STOP SHOPPING

Shopping in the park (or known as SHOP-IN d’PARK) and enjoy strolling through the nightly lighted park, beautiful landscapes and gardens, water features and river; Selection of Fashion Boutiques, Factory Outlets and Fashion Market. Open daily from 5pm to mid night.

AUTO-CITY is strategically located at the North-South Highway Juru Interchange. If you are travelling along the North-South Highway from KL to Penang, you will exit from the last Juru Toll. AUTO-CITY is located 1KM from the Juru Toll and 5.5KM from the Penang Bridge.

PENANG CHANNEL TV is one of the web-partner AUTO-CITY

Halloween Party with 8tv @ Auto City Prai

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Have fun with 8TV artists on 30 Oct 7pm at Auto City Shop in D'Park. Click here to see more photos

Penang Street Food

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One of the unique scene when you are in Penang is the Street Food or Hawker Food. Thousand of street food stalls you can find along the roadside in Penang Island. You probably can taste most of the Penang's food in one street food center. Foods like Satay skewered, Rojak, Chee Cheong Fun and Jew Hu Eng Chai or Cuttlefish Fish served mixed with Hae Ko or shrimp paste. Chinese favorite food in soups or stir fried froms of Char Koay Teow, Hokkien Mee, Wan Tan Mee, Chicken Rice can be found in every corners, roads and lanes. Other favorite food like Nasi Kandar, Popiah, chendol, laksa are Malaysia famous hawker food. But to taste the best Char Koay Teow or Asam Laksa, you got to go specific street food stall. A variety of Malaysian food is not only Nasi Lemak, Thosai, Roti Chanai or Nasi goreng ( fried Rice).

It is nice to be told Penang is the food capital or food heaven of Asia. Some even said Asia's food paradise is in Penang.

Penang Hill Beautiful Panoramic View

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When you come to Penang, beside enjoy the delicious local foods, one place you must not missed is Penang Hill ! If you do not have rush schedules, I suggest you to stay overnight to experience the beautiful of Penang Hill and whole Penang Panoramic View. The night lights and spots are so beautiful and you can just sitting at the balcony of the hotels or bungalow for hours.

If you want to catch the sunrise view, you got to wake up at 6am in the morning. The sunrise is so calm and so beautiful. It is unforgettable experience and memory when you feel the cool air and amazing beautiful sunrise view from the top of 830 meter high (2,750 foot) hill.

It's much cooler than in the city below. It's about 3 degrees cooler than the places near the coast. You may fall in love with the beautiful scenery,cool air and peaceful environment.

Pantai Kerachut Penang

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There are many secrets of Penang. Unlike the famed beaches of Batu Feringghi & Teluk Bahang, which have been pretty commercialized, there are many virgin beaches around.
Pantai Kerachut would be one of them. You will have to trek your way there or take a boat.

One of the special attractions of Pantai Kerachut is the meromictic lake, visible for only six months of the year. The lake has two layers of water of different temperatures. The bottom layer of sea water is normally warmer than the surface fresh water.

The beach is a popular campsite. There is a turtle hatchery at the far end of the beach. If you take the forest trekking trail, you could find the famous eurycoma longifolia. This tree is locally known as tongkat Ali. You can also could find the beautiful sunset if you decided to stay a night for camping at the Pantai Kerachut.

Penang Air Itam Dam

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Penang Air Itam Dam is a common place for people to have morning jog, walk, cycling or excercise. Most of them will hike up here to get a fresh air and stay away from the urban noise. If you want to get here, you might want to follow the way to Kek Lok Si pagoda because they share the same road, and there are two ways you can come up to this dam.

Penang Dam located on top the hill in Air Itam, it is the oldest electric generating dam in Penang. The key of the dam is to generate electric while providing water to thousand of life in Penang. The lake can store thousand of tons of water which also support numerous surrounding flora and fauna. When you jog or walk around the dam, you can probably see and enjoy the forest fresh air and beautiful hill scenery.

Penang Hill Canopy Walk

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The "canopy walk" in Penang Hill is an added attraction to its natural beauty and invigorating air.

However be prepared to walk over a kilometer along a quiet tarred road high up in the hill to arrive there. Awe-inspiring view of Georgetown all the way. But make sure you don't walk all that distance for nothing if it is closed for maintenance. Ask at the counter of the funicular railway when buying your train ticket for Penang Hill.

Penang Aquarium Batu Maung

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If you want to experience feeding the turtles, suggested you pay a visit to the Penang Aquarium located at Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas. It is one of the tourist attractions in the fishing village of Batu Maung. Officially the Fisheries Department Research Institute Aquarium, this medium-size aquarium is located within the Fisheries Research Institute complex in Batu Maung, on the southeast tip of Penang Island.

The aquarium has 25 tanks to showcase various types of marine life, especially those found in the regional waters. Among them are the lion fish, the boxfishes, moray eels, tangs, surgeon fish, cat sharks, stone fish, angel fish, blue spotted stingray, fox face fish, parrot fish, squirrel fish, damsels, bivalves and more. The largest tank measures 15 ft by 10 ft and houses the big fishes such as the snappers, the tudung periuk and the nyior nyior.

CTY Aquarium Penang

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Chew Thean Yeang (周天央) aka CTY Aquarium, the largest live fish shop in South East Asia. Is a ideal location for pets lover to explore. Thousands of fishes are displayed for sale.

The Aquarium is located in the heart of George Town City.

Little India Penang

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"Penang's Little India is a colourful place which offers many specialised Indian stores and eating places. Take time to indulge in Indian specialities like spices, Indian music, garlands, trinkets and gold jewelry."

Covering a cosy area around Lebuh Queen, Lebuh Chulia and Jalan Pasar (Market Street), Little India in the city of George Town, Pulau Pinang, is equally as fascinating as neighbouring Chinatown. Like Chinatown, Little India is a great place to visit if you are seeking an interesting shopping experience. All along these streets, you will find shops selling everything Indian – from gorgeous silk, cotton and brocade saree materials to stainless steel tiffin carriers. And the generous number of money changers sprinkled in this area, particularly along Lebuh Chulia, is certainly a convenience.

As you make your way from one interesting shop to the next curio, you'll be entertained by a number of shops blasting Hindi and Tamil music nearly at full blast.

Another interesting attraction within Little India is the Sri Mariamman Temple, located on the corner of Lebuh Queen and Lebuh Chulia.

Penang Kek Lok Si Temple 极乐寺

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The Kek Lok Si Temple (simplified Chinese: 极乐寺; traditional Chinese: 極樂寺; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki̍k-lo̍k-sī; Penang Hokkien for "Temple of Supreme Bliss" or "Temple of Sukhavati") is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.

Mahayana Buddhism and traditional Chinese rituals blend into a harmonious whole, both in the temple architecture and artwork as well as in the daily activities of worshippers.

The construction of the temple began in 1893 and was inspired by the chief monk of the Goddess of Mercy Temple at Pitt Street. With the support of the consular representative of China in Penang, the project received the sanction of the Manchu Emperor Guangxu, who bestowed a tablet and gift of 70,000 volumes of the Imperial Edition of the Buddhist Sutras.

Kek Lok Si Temple will have lighting up ceremony during the Chinese New Year season. The most magnificent night view and become one of the most visited tourist place in Penang.

Mean Machines 2010 - AutoCity Juru Penang

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The Mean Machines is the largest outdoor performance motorsport and motoring event in Malaysia. More than 500 modified cars, supercars, classic cars and car club cars will be on display together with more than 50 of the leading after-market auto-accessories company exhibiting at the event. Some of notable event at Mean Machines include the Meanest Modified Car Competition, SuperCar Charity Drive and Showcase, Classic Car Gymkhana, Drift Demonstrations, Superbike and Classic-bike Gathering and the Search for Miss Mean Machines.

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Penang Beautiful Beaches

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The famous beaches of Penang - Tanjung Bungah, Batu Ferringhi and Teluk Bahang offer all the scenic delights of tropical island paradise - stretches of golden sandy beaches, clear blue seas and tiny secluded coves enclosed by clusters of rocks. Penang is a resort island in full bloom with numerous hotels of international standard fronting the sea along the beaches on its northern coastlines.

The range of facilities and amenities available here makes it an ideal playground for worshippers of the sun and the sea. Batu Ferringhi is a resort strip stretching along the northern coast of the island, with plenty of international hotels, extensive dining facilities and fun night shopping!

Are you ready for Big Party? Octoberfest Penang 2010

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Event : Octoberfest Penang 2010

Date : 23 October 2010

Time : 7pm onward

Location : Malaysia-German Society

Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September (and running to early October). It is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year, and is an enjoyable event with an important part of Bavarian culture.

The Munich Oktoberfest, traditionally, takes place during the sixteen days up to and including the first Sunday in October.

Here in Penang, the MGS organizes our Oktoberfest Penang now for the 37th time. More than 1400 visitors turned up for this event this year. Making Oktoberfest Penang the biggest Oktoberfest in Malaysia! Not only the German expatriates supported the event, locals too made the event livelier by participating in several contests.