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Monday, November 7, 2011

Kuantan wins silver award for environment management

Our little home called Kuantan is steadily growing. Kuantan has recently won the silver award for environment management at the annual Livcom Awards.




The Livcom Awards, otherwise known as "The International Awards for Liveable Communities", named Kuantan as silver award recipients in Category D, including towns with a population between 150,001 - 400,000.

Kuantan fought off 14 other towns and cities in its category to attain this silver award.

This is some recognition for Kuantan, which is steadily growing with buildings and business opportunities such as The Zenith Hotel, the Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention Centre, Zenith Tower and Putra Square. Clusters of new housing projects are sprouting up around the town too, the project in Bukit Ubi a prime example. Kuantan's rivers are being cleaned up, with the addition of walking paths and children's playgrounds along river fronts, in an effort to beautify and make the areas more liveable.


The Livcom Awards are endorsed by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)


Hopefully Kuantan can now enjoy numerous benefits from this award, including greater publicity nationally and internationally, with an expected increase in tourist arrivals. It's an exciting time to be in Kuantan!



So what are you waiting for? When are you booking your tickets to Kuantan?!












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6 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 7, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Duncan you can't imagine how much I would love to spend time there but I am afraid it is much too far and would be very expensive. However I am blessed to be able to see it's beauty and growth through your eyes. Have a great week.
    Odie

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  2. ordinary malaysianNovember 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM

    Had no idea about the award. But am glad for Kuantan. It's not often that Malaysia has something to be proud of. Thanks for the infor, Duncan.

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  3. TaleiNovember 9, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    I would love to visit Malaysia one day! Environmental awards are pretty hot these days, you are lucky to live in such a beautiful place. ;-)

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  4. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerNovember 9, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Hey Odie, I totally understand the difficulty with long-distance travelling. It's not easy!

    ordinary malaysian, it was only a friend who alerted me to this honour for Kuantan, otherwise I wouldn't have known about it too!

    Talei, good to see you back here again! We'll be waiting for your visit :)

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  5. Fidelia Sawai HorneNovember 10, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    We are lucky to be staying here in Kuantan. I hope Kuantan will win this award every year and aiming for gold next!

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  6. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerNovember 11, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    Yes Fidelia, so glad I stayed here and didn't go leaving you here to find work elsewhere (KL)! Kuantan is great!

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