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Genting Highlands
Genting Highlands is a hill station located on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali in the Titiwangsa Mountains, central Peninsular Malaysia, at 1800 metres elevation. Located in the state of Pahang, it was established in 1965 by the late Malaysian businessman Lim Goh Tong. The primary tourist attraction is Resorts World Genting, a hill resort where casinos and theme parks are situated and where gambling is permitted. Many of Pahang's skyscrapers can be found here. History The idea to build a hill resort near the capital city of Kuala Lumpur came from Malaysian businessman, Lim Goh Tong who was inspired by the fresh air in Cameron Highlands during his business trip there in 1963 for a hydroelectric power project. The rationale was that Cameron Highlands was too far away from Kuala Lumpur, and therefore building a mountain resort nearer to Kuala Lumpur would have excellent business potential. After researching Kuala Lumpur's maps and surrounding areas, Lim identified Mount Ulu Kali in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skytropolis Funland
Genting Highlands is a hill station located on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali in the Titiwangsa Mountains, central Peninsular Malaysia, at 1800 metres elevation. Located in the state of Pahang, it was established in 1965 by the late Malaysian businessman Lim Goh Tong. The primary tourist attraction is Resorts World Genting, a hill resort where casinos and theme parks are situated and where gambling is permitted. Many of Pahang's skyscrapers can be found here. History The idea to build a hill resort near the capital city of Kuala Lumpur came from Malaysian businessman, Lim Goh Tong who was inspired by the fresh air in Cameron Highlands District, Cameron Highlands during his business trip there in 1963 for a hydroelectric power project. The rationale was that Cameron Highlands was too far away from Kuala Lumpur, and therefore building a mountain resort nearer to Kuala Lumpur would have excellent business potential. After researching Kuala Lumpur's maps and surrounding areas, Lim ident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hill Stations In Malaysia
Ten hill stations have been built in Malaysia's mountainous areas. Four are in the state of Pahang, two are in Perak, and one each are in Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, and Selangor. Cameron Highlands is the largest hill station, covering of land, as well as the highest, at an elevation of above sea level. The concept of a hill station in the Malay Peninsula began during the colonial period of British Malaya. The British were not used to the environment, especially the hot Tropical climate, tropical weather, endemic illnesses, and mosquito breeding areas. As a result, they began looking for alternative ways to allow British people to stay in tropical countries for a longer durations, as the travel distance and the British government's leave policy prevented any people who had settled in tropical countries from returning to Britain on a regular basis. Due to Malaya's geographical factors and abundant natural beauty, the British government built hill stations in the country. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise buildings. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel frame that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscraper walls are not load-bearing, and most skyscrapers are characterized by large surface areas of windows made possible by steel frames and curtain walls. However, skyscrapers can have curtain walls that mimic conventional walls with a small surfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles, which is leased from Fox Corporation. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by this studio in theatrical markets. For over 80 years, 20th Century has been one of the major film studios, major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation by the merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures, and one of the original "studio system, Big Five" among eight majors of Hollywood's Cinema of the United States#Classical Hollywood cinema and the Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Age. In 1985, the studio remov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox World
FoxNext, LLC was a virtual reality and theme park unit of 20th Century Fox, now known as 20th Century Studios. It was established in 2017 prior to Disney's acquisition of Fox and operated under the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products unit of The Walt Disney Company. It handled the development and publishing of virtual reality and augmented reality titles, as well as the development of 20th Century Studios's theme and amusement parks. The division's president was Salil Mehta, a former executive from NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company, who has been with Fox since 2013 and later returned to Disney after Disney acquired Fox in 2019 until on January 23, 2020, when the company's gaming assets were sold to Scopely. History Formation FoxNext was formed on January 18, 2017, with the announcement of Salil Mehta as division president transferring from his prior post as president of content management for Twentieth Century Fox Film. The division president would answer to chairman an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World Plaza
First World Hotel & Plaza is a hotel, shopping and entertainment complex located at Resorts World Genting in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia which consists of a 3-star hotel and a plaza. First World Hotel, Resorts Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Genting Malaysia Berhad and Genting Group manages the property. It was opened on 26 July 2002 by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The hotel has been the largest hotel in the world by the number of rooms since 2015. First World Hotel First World Hotel is a 3-star-hotel consisting of two towers and has 7,351 rooms. It has held the Guinness World Records title for the largest hotel in the world by the number of rooms since 2015. The hotel previously held the same title in 2006, then having 6,118 rooms in two towers, Tower 1 and 2 until The Palazzo took the title after an expansion of The Venetian located on Las Vegas Strip which was officially opened on 1 January 2008. The hotel regained the title after opening a new block named Tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Of Stars
Arena of Stars is a musical amphitheater in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, built in 1998. The hall has a capacity of about 5,132 seats. It is also known for its famous national and international lion dance and dragon dance competitions. Singers and groups that have performed at Arena of Stars include Deep Purple, 3P, Boyz II Men, Michael Learns to Rock, Cliff Richard, Elton John, Lionel Richie, Guang Liang, Cyndi Wang, Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang, Angela Zhang, Olivia Newton-John, Penny Tai, S.H.E, Joey Yung, Stefanie Sun, Vanness Wu, Wang Leehom, G.E.M, and Twins. History During its initial development, the amphitheater was built without a roof. However, due to the severe weather of Genting Highlands it was later decided that a roof was required. The first show at the amphitheater in January 1998 featured Sally Yeh and George Lam. The 2007 Zee Cine Award show was held at the amphitheater, necessitating an upgrade to the venue's make-up rooms. In 2002, the amphitheat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awana Skyway
Genting Highlands Premium Outlets Cable Car (formerly Awana SkyWay) is a gondola lift system connecting Awana Transport Hub, Chin Swee Temple and SkyAvenue in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia since December 2016. The Awana Transport Hub terminus consists of the new Genting Highlands Premium Outlets Terminal, the station building and a new 8-storey car park while the other terminus is located at SkyAvenue. The Genting Highlands Premium Outlets Cable Car is one of the two aerial lines serving Genting Highlands, with the Genting Gohtong Jaya Cable Car serving as an alternate route. The gondola lift system was launched in 2016, and it replaces the former 2-car aerial tramway system running between 1977 and 2014. The gondola lift system can carry up to 3,600 passengers per hour with 10 passengers per gondola. At the maximum speed of 6 metres per second (21.6km/h), the 2.8-kilometre journey up the mountain peak takes about 10 minutes, though it varies on the weather conditions. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gohtong Jaya
Gohtong Jaya ( Jawi: ڬوهتوڠ جاي, ) is a service township of Genting Highlands named after Lim Goh Tong, the founder of Genting Group and Genting Highlands himself. It has several facilities such as hotels (including one Hotel Seri Malaysia branch), restaurants, shops, apartments, housing areas, a sports centre, one Aminuddin Baki Institute branch, three schools - Sri Layang National Primary School, Sri Layang National Secondary School and Highlands International Boarding School (Saleha Private High School) and two lower stations for the two cable car systems which both ascend to the top of Genting Highlands - the Awana Skyway at the Pahang side and Genting Skyway at the Selangor side. Gohtong Memorial Park is located in this township, burial site for the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. See also * Genting Highlands Genting Highlands is a hill station located on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali in the Titiwangsa Mountains, central Peninsular Malaysia, at 1800 metres elevation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman (8 February 19036 December 1990), commonly referred to as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He previously served as the only chief minister of Federation of Malaya, Malaya from 1955 to 1957, as President of the United Malays National Organisation, President of UMNO from 1951 to 1971, and as leader of the Alliance Party (Malaysia), Alliance Party from 1952 to 1971. Abdul Rahman was the second longest serving Malaysian prime minister and the first to hold the position. As prime minister, he supervised the Malayan Declaration of Independence, Malayan independence process and the Malaysia Agreement, formation of Malaysia. As a result, he is widely regarded as Malaysia's "List of national founders, founding father". Born a prince in the Kedah Sultanate, Tunku studied law in St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and became a Civil service, civil servant and district officer. In 1949, he became a prosecutor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway
Genting may refer to: * Genting, Sarawak, an inhabited place near Kelupu and Labas *Genting Group, a Malaysian conglomerate *Genting Highlands, a mountain resort in Malaysia ** Genting Grand Hotel **Genting Sempah, the mountain on which Resorts World Genting (formerly Genting Highlands Resort) is situated *Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway, a federal highway in Malaysia *Genting Skyway Genting Gohtong Jaya Cable Car (formerly Genting SkyWay) is a gondola lift connecting Gohtong Jaya and Resort Hotel in Genting Highlands, Selangor, Malaysia. Its lower station at Gohtong Jaya township, located approximately northeast of Kuala Lu ..., a gondola lift in Malaysia * Genting Snow Park, Hebei, China, the venue for the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events at the 2022 Winter Olympics {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamad Noah Omar
Mohamed Noah bin Omar ( Jawi: محمد نوح بن عمر; 13 August 1897 – 6 September 1991) was a Malaysian politician, nationalist, and businessman. He was a founding member and the first chairman of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), playing a key role in mobilising Malay opposition to the Malayan Union and shaping early nationalist movements. Following independence, he became the first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat and later served as the third President of the Dewan Negara, contributing to the establishment of Malaysia's parliamentary traditions. Beyond politics, Mohamed Noah was involved in major business ventures, notably co-founding Genting Highlands alongside Lim Goh Tong, and held leadership roles in corporate entities such as the MUI Group. He is remembered as the patriarch of a prominent political family, with descendants including two Malaysian prime ministers and several senior politicians. Early life Noah Omar was born in Bandar Maharani, Mua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
