Making a splash: Malaysian firm turns old tin mine into a money-spinner

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Sungeiway Holdings, a Malaysian quarry and property conglomerate, has scored a marketing success by converting an exhausted tin mine and limestone quarry in Kuala Lumpur into Malaysia's first water-amusement park. Called Sunway Lagoon, the park has attracted over 600,000 people since starting operation in Oct 1992 and will soon pay back the initial investment of 20 million Malaysian dollars. Moreover, the park is but one part of a much larger development that includes Bandar Sunway township with its new homes and shops, a college, a shopping mall and an office tower.

Management, Marketing, Malaysia, Real estate development, Parks, Water amusement parks, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (City), SungeiWay Holdings

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Ex-guerillas find a home in Peace Village

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Members of the disbanded Communist Party of Malaya, who led one of the longest battles for communist rule in history, are now living in three villages set up for them by the Thai government. An accord between Malaysia and Thailand signed in 1989 signalled the official end of the party and the battle. Many of the veterans living in Peace Village, one of the three communities, are over 70 and fought for the cause for over 40 years.

Reports, Thailand, Historic sites, Communists, Homes and haunts, Communist Party of Malaya (Malaysia)

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