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by Faridah Begum

Fascinating Putrajaya.

Putrajaya is about 20 minutes’ drive from the KLIA. You can exit at the Putrajaya/Cyberjaya exit on the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) or through Puchong. Road signs to Putrajaya are aplenty and one cannot get lost if the sign are observed and followed.

The nation’s administrative city has many attractions that make it a worthwhile place to visit.

1.Perdana Putra

Insipired by former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Perdana Putra houses the Prime Minister’s Department and overlooks the beautiful Putrajaya Lake. The structurak design is strongly influenced by the Malay, Islamic and European cultures.

2. Putra Mosque

The Putra Mosque is the principal mosque of Putrajaya and is located next to Perdana Putra. There is a large squaqre in front of the mosque that has flagpoles flying the Malaysian states’ flag and is a stopover for the numerous foreign guest who visit daily.

3. Putrajaya Independence Square

The Putrajaya Indepence Square or Dataran Merdeka is a city square used for the national day parades and for festivals. It is located opposite the Perdana Putra.

4. Millenniium Monument

This national monument is located in a 25hapark in Precinct 2 of Putrajaya and was the first national monument to be built here. Built in the shape of the national flower-the hibicus-it stands at 68m tall and is constructed of solid metal structures.

5. Putrajaya Wetlands Park

Putrajaya Wetlands Park is believed to be the largest constructed freshwater wetlands in the tropics. It has a total area of 3.35sq km and comprises the Wetlands Park, which is also a wildlife sanctuary which attracts a huge variety of animals to the combined terrestrial aquatic wetland environment.

6. Taman selatan

Taman selatan or Southern Park is a cemetery quite like the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, in the United States. It has 570 grave plots, of which 331 are reserved for Muslims, 94 for Buddhistes, 55 for Christians, 61 for Hindus and the final 29 plots for those of other regilions.Among the notables buried here are the current Prime Minister’s late wife Datin Seri Endon Mahmood and Petronas presedint Tan Sri Azizan Zainal Abidin.

7. Melawati Palace

The Melawati Palace, also known as Istana Hinggap, is a retreat of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Located in Precint 1, Putrajaya, it was completed in 2002.

8. Putrajaya Lake

Located at the centre of this new and latest Federal Territory of Malaysia, it is a 650ha man-made lake that acts as a natural cooling system for the city and is also used for recreation, fishing, water sports and water transport. In September 2004, the F1 Powerboat Championship was held on this lake for the first time and in 2005, Putrajaya hosted the Asian Canoeing Champoinships.

9. Alamanda Putrajaya

Alamanda Putrajaya is the first shopping centre built in Putrajaya and has French hypermarket Giant, Carrefour, as an anchor tenant and 180 other tenants. The shopping centre has a variety of shops, restaurant, bowling alleys, movie theatres and a food court illuminated by natural lighting. The centre also features Malaysia’s first travelator within a shopping complex that connects the retail outlets and provides access directly to car aprks.

10. All Malaysian foods, even those peculiar to the individual states, can be found here especially in the food court adjacent to the Putra Mosque and in the shopping centre, Alamanda Putrajaya.