Besides the Johor Zoo, there is yet another Zoo located right in Johor Bahru. And this is perhaps the more educational zoo, especially for your kids.
Located within Danga Bay, the Danga Bay Petting Zoo (mini-zoo) feature over 180 species of animals and birds. What makes the zoo really stands out is on how personal you can get to the animals. You get to:
1. PET on rabbits, monkeys, parrots.
2. FEED the deer and pheasants.
3. TOUCH the lion, tiger and black bears.
4. SEE a full grown elephant within 3 metres of you, and with absolutely no fences!
With over 20,000 visitors since its opening in 2007, you can’t go too wrong to check this place out.
Seeing a lion eye to eye, at Danga Bay Petting Zoo
The next regular series of the PIKOM PC Fair 2010 (II) will be held at the usual venue: Persada Johor Bahru, from 9th Jul – 11th Jul 2010.
Besides laptops and netbooks going on sale, you can expect an increase in OEM printer ink sales. Recently, OEM manufacturers had began to sell not only OEM printer inks, but also resorted to modifying printers to extend print cartridge into the external of the printer for easy refills. It remains to be seen whether such manufacturers will sell such printers outright in PC fairs such as PIKOM.
Refer to the image below for the full schedule of PIKOM PC Fair in Malaysia.
PIKOM PC Fair Schedule, 2010
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You may finally be able to bet on World Cup matches in Malaysia, legally.
This will happen after all the fiasco on soccer betting in Malaysia is finalised and all politicians are consistent in any news announcement.
The long and short of it
Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd is a company 70% owned by Sri Vincent Tan. Tan had first obtained the football betting licence way back in 1987 but due to less than ideal conditions, he “asked the government to take it back”. Tan, however, retains the right of first refusal if the government decided to re-issue the licence in future. This means that the soccer/ football betting license will be awarded to him first, if he choose to accept it in future.
On 12th May 2010, Berjaya Corp issued a filing that Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd had been re-issued the prized football/ soccer betting license which was returned on 1987. Why did Berjaya Corp make the announcement on Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd? Because Berjaya Corp has an intention to buy over all 70% of Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd held by Vincent Tan, worth some RM$525 million.
Berjaya Corp’s CEO and Chairman is also Vincent Tan.
Berjaya Corp Logo
And then the fiasco started.
12th May 2010 – Berjaya Corp share prices started to rise, after filing is made that “the Minister of Finance (Malaysia) had given its approval for the re-issuance to Ascot of the licence to carry out sports betting operations upon certain terms and conditions”
6th Jun 2010 – Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (Penang) said the state government would deny Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd, which has been given a sports gaming licence, to carry out such betting activities in the state. In addition, all three Pakatan Rakyat (PKR) states of Selangor, Penang and Kedah have banned sports betting – indicating that they will revoke the premises licence of betting outlets that collect sports bets.
7th Jun 2010 – Prime Minister Najib told Parliament that the government is still discussing the licensing terms and conditions for the sports betting license while getting feedback from various parties. It is consideringissuing the licence to help reduce illegal betting activities in the country. Prime Minister Najib is also the Finance Minister, whose ministry awards any football betting license.
This means that the license had not been issued – against the filing made by Berjaya Corp Read on…
