gkvaener: July 2008

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Some pictures from 2005(ayusafura.fotopages.com)

Thanks to ayu safura for the pics. I have great memories of the waterfront, starting from the time of 'gerek' with my missus... to the regatta...mooncake..banjir

never knew that there was a map of the waterfront on the pavement...

I remember this fishtail, i was the one running up and down with the dummy... suddenly the Ministry came up with a banner with a different colour scheme... the printing company nearly flipped... luckily the matter was resolved...

Proper lots for hawkers

Regatta Sarawak: 183 tapak penjaja disedia Utusan Malaysia 21 Julai 2008

KUCHING Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU) akan menyediakan sejumlah 183 tapak penjaja bagi menjual aneka barang, makanan serta minuman di dua lokasi sempena sambutan Regatta Sarawak yang berlangsung di Sungai Sarawak, pada 1 hingga 3 Ogos ini.Pegawai Perhubungan Awam DBKU, Norhayati Bidin berkata, dua lokasi yang telah dipilih itu adalah di Jalan Main Bazaar dengan 115 tapak penjaja, manakala satu lagi di India Street Mall dengan 68 tapak.
Menurutnya, tapak-tapak penjaja di Jalan Main Bazaar pula akan dibahagikan kepada tiga kategori iaitu Zon A, B dan C.
''Bagi Zon A, sebanyak 20 tapak disediakan untuk penjaja dan agensi-agensi yang mahu membuat promosi atau jualan produk mereka, manakala Zon B pula, 30 tapak disediakan untuk penjaja yang menjual barang kering seperti tekstil dan makanan bungkus.
''Sementara itu, Zon C yang memperuntukkan 65 tapak adalah untuk mereka yang menjual makanan dan minuman," kata beliau dalam kenyataannya.
Norhayati berkata, bagi tapak yang disediakan di India Street Mall pula adalah untuk mereka menjual produk tekstil dan makanan bungkusan.
Katanya, kesemua tapak yang disediakan itu akan dikenakan bayaran sebanyak RM60 selama tiga hari dan penjaja yang berminat perlu membuat pendaftaran terlebih dahulu.
Beliau menambah, mereka yang berminat dikehendaki membawa satu salinan kad pengenalan dan dua keping gambar berukuran pasport.
''Penjaja yang terlibat dalam proses pengendalian makanan dikehendaki menjalankan pemeriksaan kesihatan dan borang pemeriksaan perlu dikembalikan pada hari cabutan undi untuk tapak di Auditorium DBKU, pada 28 Julai ini,'' katanya.
Dalam pada itu, beliau seterusnya memberi amaran akan mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap penjaja yang berniaga tanpa permit di kawasan tersebut.

Pastikan tindakan tegas diambil...

Use to have trouble dealing with the illegal hawkers...

Paraglider's close shave with death

2008/07/21 By : Desmond Davidson NST

The unidentified paraglider holding his parachute and recounting his experience to a passerby at the Kuching waterfront yesterday. — NST picture by Nik Hariff Hassan
KUCHING: Morning strollers, including several foreign tourists, witnessed a live drama at the Kuching waterfront yesterday as a speedboat crew rescued a paraglider who had plunged into the Sarawak River.
An eyewitness said it took 20 minutes for six men in the speedboat to free the 38-year old paraglider from the motor unit that was attached to him like a backpack and the parachute. The unidentified paraglider, who is from Sibu, almost drowned in the incident. NST photographer Nik Hariff Hassan, who witnessed the drama, said the paraglider had earlier put on a show flying up and down the waterfront. The paraglider, who took off from Padang Merdeka, a few hundred metres from the river, was flying three metres above the water when he plunged into the river. He narrowly missed hitting a longboat whose crew were practising for next month's Sarawak regatta. The longboat's accompanying speedboat crew immediately went to the rescue of the paraglider.
Nik said it took quite some time to free him, as he was entangled in the parachute's cords. The man, who was unhurt, and his motor unit were moved to a pontoon by the waterfront.Sarawak's regional director of the Department of Civil Aviation Huang Tiong Poh said the department was not aware of the incident.He also said air traffic controllers at the Kuching International Airport were not aware of any flying activities above that part of the Sarawak River, which is considered security-sensitive as it houses the Astana, the official residence of the head of state and Wisma Bapa Malaysia and the government secretariat, which houses the offices of the chief minister and other ministers.