CONCLUSION

During the trip we have learned a lot of knowledge and got many experiences. This task not only made us to accomplish it but it made us realized how important to get know the history of that place and the story behind all the building that stay in Malacca. It is a good thing because the government decided to keep those buildings for everyone especially youth’s watch. For the example, Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan or in English, Memorial Declaration of Independence at first was a building for British, Malacca Club. Besides that, we also amazed with all the signs and notes at each places which really help us to understand and the information there guided us

                

BECA/RICKSHAW

The best way to celebrate and appreciate the panoramic city of Malacca to walk slowly while sitting rest rickshaw ride. The rickshaw will take you through the streets and alleys in the center of this historic city, which often will be missed if you decide to walk alone. This spot can be rented by the hour or by the distance of the journey and it is based in Stadthuys. The rickshaw are beautifully decorated with amazing and unique design and the cost of the ride is RM 30 per hour for each rickshaw can be sit by 2 average weight adult with probably a child. And there is a clear signboard located near Jonker street entrance and the clock tower that states clearly the rental rates.This rickshaws are quite happening, some are fully equipped with sound systems and PA speakers so as the rider takes the customers around, you can hear music coming out from the rickshaw. There was a Malay family and one rickshaw played Malay songs or the others song when they ride it. The tourists also can have so much fun and great experience by riding the rickshaw that take through the streets of historic city.

Melaka Stamp Museum

This building was the former Melaka State Museum, also known as the ‘Sekolah Gambar’. It was originally used as the residence for Dutch dignitaries living in Melaka.

The building has the shape and characteristics of western architecture with local roof, doors and windows. It was constructed using local materials. This museum opens every day from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The ticket price for adult citizen and adult foreigner is RM 3.00. The price ticket for children citizen and children rofeigner is RM 2.00.

The Museum building was originally used as the residence for Dutch dignitaries living in Malacca until the end of World War II after which the building into the Malacca State Museum.

On 19^th  March 1954, G.E.Wisdom  the Resident Commissioner of Melaka converted this building to a museum. However, in 1982, the museum was moved to the Stadhuys. Now it houses Melaka Stamp Museum.

The Malacca Islamic Foundation took over the building and used it for several years until the Enforcement Unit of the Malacca Municipal Council took over.

In 2004, the building was restored by the Department of Museum and Antiquity and handed over to the Malacca State Government. In 2007, the state government, in cooperation with Pos Malaysia, decided to set up the Malacca Stamp Museum at the building.

Results Pos Malaysia Cooperation with Government Melaka, Melaka Then comes the STAMP Museum In 2007, with the tagline ‘’ Keranamu, Dunia Menjadi Indah ‘’.

Stamp not only represent the payment has been clear for mail delivery, it also represents a country, a nation and a recording of natural beauty and a reminder of certain milestones.

The Department of Museums and Antiquity has gazetted it as an ancient monument according to Section 15 of  the Antiquities Act 168/1976

RIVER CRUISE MALACCA

The Malacca River is the river that cuts across Malacca town, on its way to the Straits of Malacca. It separates the civic district clustered at the foot of St Paul's Hill, from the residential and commercial district of Heeren Street and Jonker Street. A flotilla of small boats transports sightseers up and down past historic buildings, old warehouses (godowns), interesting mangrove stands, churches, and villages. The 1998 Sean Connery movie Entrapment was partially filmed here. Tours last about 45 minutes in boats ranging from 20- to 40-seaters, and normally a minimum of eight passengers is required before departure.

Their open hours are 9.00am until 12.00am and there is no any holiday.

The admission fees are for non My card holder; Adult-RM15.00 and Children RM7.00. While for My card holder; Adult-RM10.00 and Children RM5.00. And for those who have student will get special price, RM7.50 per person.

JONKER WALK

Jonker Street isthe centre street of Chinatown and was once renowned for its antique shops. However over the years it has turned to clothing and crafts outlets as well as restaurants. The best part of Jonker Street is the night market on Fridays and Saturdays that sells everything from tasty treats to cheap keepsakes. The street houses many shops selling antiques, textiles, handicrafts and souvenirs. On the weekends, starting Friday night at 6pm, the road is closed off for traffic and turns in a very crowded night market. Nice experience in night market when we use to gathered with family and friends , buying and searching for a unique and amazing things such as crafts, bracelets and others thing.

DATARAN PAHLAWAN MELAKA MEGAMALL

The biggest lifestyle shopping megamall in Melaka that houses international fashion brands, international and local F&B favourites, entertainment centres, movie cinema, karaoke etc. Linked to 2 hotels (Hatten Hotel and Estadia Hotel), Dataran Pahlawan is located right in the middle of UNESCO Heritage Sites and alongside the famous A Famosa.

The current tenants, Padini Concept Store, Mac City, Golden Screen Cinemas, Charles & Keith, Royal Selangor, Brands Outlet, F.O.S., Urban Food Hall, KFC, Ms READ, Skechers, Uniqlo, Esprit, MNG, Terranova, Subway, Sakae Sushi, JOM Coffee, BBQ Plaza, Dragon-I, Souper Taang, Voir Gallery, Adidas, Cotton On, Black Canyon, Guardian, Watson, Wongkok Char Chan Teng, Aldo, Victoria Secret, SK Jewellery, Guess, G2000, Sub

TAMING SARI TOWER

The tower was opened to the public on 18 April 2008 and officiated by Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam on 17 May 2008. The height of the tower is 110 meters. The capacity of the carriage is 80 passengers and the ride lasts for 7 minutes. The name is adapted from Sari Keris, a mythical weapon is said to has possessive power belongs to the local legendary warrior Hang Tuah. The structure design of the tower follows the shape of the Keris. Operation hour 10.00am to 11.00pm – Daliy. Admission fee, Adult Rm23.00 and Child Rm15.00(Below 12 years old). Mykad holder, Adult Rm17.00 and Child Rm11.00(Below 12 years old).

MEMORIAL PENGISYTIHARAN KEMERDEKAAN

The warmth of the anniversary of national independence 54th [2011], which will be celebrated on August 31 this increasingly felt by more and more people show national flag as a sign of their patriotism to the country. Accordingly, a very suitable place to visit is the Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan, the "hole" that stores a variety of information about the history of the country's independence. Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan is located in Bandar Hilir, Melaka and close to historic landmarks such as City and Replication A'Famosa Malacca Sultanate Palace. Faced with this memorial is Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall. The establishment of this memorial is to honor and commemorate the service and sacrifice of the fighters of freedom and independence of the country free from colonialism interchangeably. The struggle that began as early as 1511 took 446 years and ended with the declaration of independence on August 31, 1957. The memorial recalls the history of the struggle for independence by displaying a variety of materials such as documents, pictures, souvenirs, newspaper articles, official clothing, pens, a dagger, a seal, the ballot box and audiovisual.

Exhibits on display in certain sectors for visitors to know and understand the intricacies of the struggle for independence. These sectors are:

-Sector Introduction to Malay and,

-Sector Challenges of Foreign Power,

-Sector Rise of National Spirit,

-Sector against the Malayan Union,

-Sector United Malays National Organization,

Facing

-Sector Communist Movement,

-Sector towards Independence,

-Sector Independence,

-Sector Monarchy,

-Sector Head of State and Government, and

-Sector Establishment of Malaysia.

 We also met Mr. Rossli Bin Adnan, professional procurement officer and research unit, who was willing to help us to get know more about Malacca. He told us from the history of Malacca until it develop. He also told us that this building for the first known as ‘Malacca Club’ which was built around 1911 and architecturally show features a mix of local and British. The building was chosen because it is in front of Padang Bandar Hilir which is where the late Tunku Abdul Rahman declared the independence of the country on his return from London Merdeka delegation. Events that occur on February 20, 1956 was an important episode in the history of the struggle for independence. The opening of the memorial was done Tunku Abdul Rahman on August 31, 1985.

Mr. Rossli also gave us a notebook for each one of us as a souvenir. This is the most memorial experience.

The time visit at Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan is, Tuesday-Thursday; 9.00AM-6.00PM, Friday;9.00AM-12.00PM/3.00PM-6.00PM and Saturday-Sunday;9.00AM-6.00PM. They close every Monday. The fees to get in is just free.

TAMAN LARANGAN

The Palace of the Malay Sultanate of Melaka was constructed together with botanical garden known as the Forbidden Garden. This Forbidden Garden has the same concept of the play area for royal princesses during the era of the Melaka Sultanate. Although, it has never been clearly recorded that the garden actually existed at the palace, by comparison with other state palaces of the Malay world, it can be visualized that such a garden did exist in Melaka too. As was related by a Chinese traveler, there were various types of trees that grow grew luxuriantly. In the said garden various types of vegetation are grown, including flowering plants, such as jasmine, frangipani, ‘kenanga’ (fragrant greenish yellow flower), as well as herbal plants such as lemon grass, ‘Tongkat Ali’ and others. 

MUZIUM ISTANA KESULTANAN MELAKA

The Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum (Malay: Muzium Istana Kesultanan Melaka) is a museum located in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. The building is a modern reconstruction of the palace of the Malacca Sultanate. It showcases the history of the region.The museum building was constructed in 1984 and became a cultural museum. The museum was officially opened on 17 July 1986 by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. One important area is a tourist attraction in Melaka City is the Mount St. Paul who was once the center of the Empire of the Malacca Sultanate. On the Mount St. Paul is or was formerly known as Melaka trusted hill lies a beautiful castle probably belonged to Sultan Mansor Shah as illustrated in Malay History essay Tun Sri Lanang. To maintain awareness of the effects of history, a replica of the Malacca Sultanate Palace had been established with the aim to build the spirit and the glory of the golden age of the Malacca Empire.Replica of the Malacca Sultanate Palace This highlights the subtlety of art carved floral patterns and local plant as seen on the walls and pillars carved palace. Aside from being a replica of the palace, the building also serves as a cultural museum first of its kind in Malaysia.According to the Malay Annals, this palace has 17 spaces long, and each measuring 87.5 meters and has 40 doors. However, this scaled down replica of the castle to be 67.2 meters long, 18.5 meters high and 12 meters wide.

Showrooms including the Throne Room, which depicts the reign of the Sultanate of Malacca as a ceremonial audience with King and other court regulations in place on the first floor. Also located on the second floor exhibition contest where the king and the rooms, while the third floor houses du luggage all the treasury.

Replication construction objectives Melaka Sultanate Palace.

·         To demonstrate to the general atmosphere at the Malacca Sultanate Palace and certain rooms such as the Throne Room, Beradu hall and characteristics of Customs rulers in the days of the Malacca Sultanate.

·         To show the greatness of the monarchy as the cultural heritage of the Malay race ever to Malacca was once well recalls the history of the battle between Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat and lessons from these events.

·         Replica of the castle was built in 1984 and used as the Cultural Museum was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia on 17 July 1986. The entire building is made of hardwood, while the roof of the pieces of wood purchases. The construction is characterized by craftsmanship of Malacca where the joints of the building is reinforced by pegs only.

Overall, this museum shows the function and role of the palace when it displays the Throne Room, the Royal Beradu room and halls which symbolizes the civilization of the Malay community.

Construction of the replica of the Malacca Sultanate Palace has been added to the building history of the country and demonstrate to the public a center of the largest empire in Southeast Asia in the 15th century appeared in Melaka.

Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum is open daily from 9.00 am - 5.30 pm. The entrance fee is $ 3.00 for adult citizens, foreign citizens RM5.00 for adults and RM2.00 for children are also citizens and non-citizens.

A Famosa

Kota A Famosa: "The Famous" in Portuguese. It’s was a Portuguese fortress located in Jalan Parameswara, Bandar Hilir, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in south east Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only part of the fortress which still remains today.

In 1511, a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque. His forces attacked and defeated the armies of Malacca Sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains, Albuquerque had the fortress built around a natural hill near the sea. Albuquerque believed that Malacca would become an important port linking Portugal to the Spice Route in China. At this time other Portuguese were establishing outposts in such pleaces as Macau, China and Goa, India to create a string of friendly ports for ships heading to Ming China and returning home to Portugal.

The fortress once consisted of long ramparts and four major towers. One was a four story keep, While the other held an ammunition storage room, the residence of the captain and an officers’ quarters. Most of the village clustered in town houses inside the fortress walls. As Malacca’s population expanded it outgrew the original fort and extensions were added around 1586.

The fort changed hands in 1641 when the Dutch drove the Portuguese out of Malacca. The Dutch renovated the gate in 1670, which explains the logo “ANNO 1670” inscribed on the gate’s arch. About the arch is a bas-relief logo of the Dutch East India Company.

The fortress change hands again in the late 18^th century when the Dutch handed it over to the British to prevent it from falling into the hands of Napoleon’s expansionist France. The English were wary of maintaining the fortification and ordered its destruction in 1806. The fort was almost totally demolished but for the timely intervention of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore, who was sent on sick leave from Penang to Malacca in 1807. Because of his passion for history, this small gate was spared from destruction.

In late November 2006, a structure part of the fort, believed to be the Bastion Middleburg was accidentally uncovered during the construction of 110 meter revolving tower in Malacca Town. The construction of the tower was ceased and its site was subsequently shifted to the popular district of Bandar Hilir on Jalan Merdeka where it was officially opened to the public on 18 April 2008. Malacca Corporation suspects the structure was built by the Dutch during the Dutch occupation of Malacca from 1641 to 1824. Earlier in June 2003, a watchtower named Santiago Bastion was discovered during the construction of Dataran Pahlawan.

TAMAN BUNGA MERDEKA

     If there is one criticism of Melaka, it’s that it s a bit lacking in parks and open green spaces. One park that does exist in the city centre is along Jalan Kota, facing the People’s Museum and the strip of other museums in that street. It is known as Taman Bunga Merdeka but still remembered as Coronation Park, a name given to commemorate the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne in June 1953.

At that time the park was facing the sea and was considerably bigger but successive land reclamations have pushed the sea back a considerable distance and city development has nibbled away at the edges of the park.

As well as providing much needed green space for tourists and the residents of Malacca, it also serves as an outdoor museum by displaying various transportation related exhibits indeed the park is sometimes referred to as the Malacca Transportation Museum.

Here are some of things you can find in this park :

1)      Malacca Memorial Obelisk

It is a Malacca Memorial Obelisk with inscription on four sides commemorating those who died for the British side in the sungai Ujong war of 1875 to 1876. It is perhaps surprising the memorial still stands given that the war was fought against Malay chief’s rebelling against British colonial taxes.

1)      Diesel Locomotive Railway

A decommissioned Diesel Locomotive named Sungai Lukut 2111 (built in Japan in 1965) together with an attached vintage railway carriage which is now used as a souvenir shop. A vintage yellow fire engine.

1)      St. Francis Xavier and Bastion Mauritius

This stone is known as “The City Cross”. It was originally located in the sea but as since been moved in land want reclamation work was done by the British circa 1937-1939. During the Portuguese reign in Malacca, The Bacarro records depicted that this stone had once been adorned by a steer crucifix. The stone is believed to be the location where St. Francis Xavier first set foot in Malacca during is visit in 1512. It is also believed that the stone will not sink. This is due the curse that St. Francis Xavier had put on it. There is an excavated area revealing foundation stones, all that remains of a bastion in the city walls of Malacca which were built by the Portuguese and Dutch and demolished by the British. 

Trip To Malacca 23 February 2017

INTRODUCTION

Malacca/Melaka is a historical city, a state in Malaysia and located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Straits of Malacca.It has numerous historical places and buildings. In order to preserve those sites, numerous museums have been built to preserve those legacies. Most of the museums in the state are managed by Malacca Museum Corporation. It is a city that full of historical and uniqueness which is many foreigners choose to visit Malacca in their bucket lists.

We, team SPAIN decided to join the trip with our class members to visit Malacca in 23 February of 2017 until 25 February of 2017, which is 3 days and 2 nights. This trip is consists with accommodation and transportation which we just paid for the accommodation, RM45.00 per person and the transportation is sponsored by our college, Kolej Yayasan Pahang. The breakfast, lunch and dinner are on our own. This trip are lead by our classmate, Nur Syafika and guided by our lecturer, Sir Azam. The amount of all the participants including the driver, the lecturer and a junior are 23 people. At first, most of us were kind of clueless as this is our first time visited Malacca as class trip but in the end we can develop with the situation.

In first day, half of gathered at Tanjung Lumpur Hostel while the other at City Times Hostel. The reason why we separated is because there are some of us stay outside (not a hostel student). In the beginning, we planned to depart from the hostels in the morning but as the other students need the bus for morning class then we change the plan to afternoon. At 3.30 pm, we departure from the both hostels to Malacca. During the journey, we stopped for eating and washroom and then we continued without stop to Malacca. We arrived Malacca around 9.00pm and we stopped at Faiz’s, our classmate restaurant for dinner. We were so grateful and lucky as Faiz’s mother treat us delicious dinner. Around 11.00pm we arrived at our accommodation, Asrama Indah Kembara.

The next day, we gathered at 8.00am in front of our accommodation. Sir Azam gave us a brief for our tasks that day. After that we ride the bus and went to Bandar Hilir. Before we started our task, we decided to breakfast first. Around 9.00 am we started our tasks. At night, we went to river cruise and jonker walk. The last day, there’s nothing much we did. We went to Bandar Hilir again and bought souvenir.

ATTRACTION

There are a few of attraction we have visited during the task.

1.      Taman Bunga Merdeka

2. A Famosa

3. Istana Kesultanan Melaka

4. Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan

5. Menara Taming Sari

6. Dataran Pahlawan

7. Jonker Walk

8. River Cruise

9. Stamp Museum

10. Beca/Trishaw

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THE DIGITAL FIRM : ELECTRONIC BUSINESS AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

A.INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIGITAL FIRM

-Information Technology Infrastructure : The internet provides a universal and easy-to-use set of technologies and technology standard that can be adopted by all organizations.

-Direct Communication Between Trading Partner : Disintermediation removes intermediate layers.

-Round the Clock Service : Web sites available to consumers 24 hours

-Reduced Transaction Costs : Costs of searching for buyers, declines

B. The Changing Economics of Information

= Information Asymmetry :One party in a transaction has more information than the other. The internet decreases information asymmetry.

=Increases Richness : The internet increases the depth, detail and scope of information.

=Increases Reach : The internet increases the number of people who can be contacted efficiently.

 C. INTERNET BUSINESS MODELS

- Virtual Storefront : Sells goods or Services online ( Amazon)

-Information Broker : Provides information on products or services ( Edmunds)

-Transaction Broker : Provides online transaction facility ( e-trade, Expedia.com)

-Online Marketplace : Provides a trading platform for individuals and firms (eBay)

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D. CATEGORIES OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

- Business-to-customer (B2C) : Retailing of products and services directly to individual customers ( walmart)

-Business-to-business (B2B) : Sales of goods and services to other businesses (Grainger, ariba)

-Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) : Individuals using the Web for private sales or exchange (eBay)

E. ADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE

-Customer- Centered Retailing : Closer and more personalized relationship with customer is possible

-Web Sites : Provide a corporate – centered portal for the consumer to quickly find information on products, services, prices, orders.

-Disintermediation : The elimination of organizations or business process, responsible for certain intermediary steps in a value chain, reducing costs to the consumer.

F. THE BENEFITS OF DISINTERMEDIATION TO THE CONSUMER

Manufacture à Distributorà Retailer à Customer ( spend more example, $48)

Manufacturer à Retailer à Customer ( spend lesser than above example, $40 per product)

Manufacture à Customer (spend lesser for example 420 per product)

G. BENEFITS OF INTRANETS

- Connectivity : Accessible from most computing platforms

- Can be tied to internal corporate systems and core transaction databases

-Platforms for interactive applications

-Scalable to larger or smaller computing platforms

H. FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS OF INTRANETS

Finance and Accounting

Human Resources

Sales and Marketing

Manufacturing and production

I.MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

~  New Products and Services

~ New Distribution Channels

~ New Avenues for Marketing and Sales

~ New Business Models

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