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| Special events at Central Market Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:45 AM PDT Pasar Seni or the Kuala Lumpur Central Market, has lined up several events in July and August to add some excitement for locals and tourists. The events are as follows: 1Malaysia Mega Sale Photo Contest Open to all Malaysians and expatriates residing in Malaysia aged 18 and above only. To enter, participants must make a minimum purchase of RM10. The receipt must be exchanged at the Central Market Information counter for an entry form (1 entry form per receipt). The contest period is until Sept 30. Exhibition and workshop on postcard making (July) This is a special exhibition featuring interesting postcards including a workshop for those who want to design their own unique postcard. It is open for free to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm at Art Lane, Lower Ground Floor, Central Market Annexe. Cultural Performance at Kasturi Walk (July and August) This is a special dance performance by the Citrasari Dance Troupe in Kuala Lumpur. They will perform various traditional Malay dance such as Joget, Zapin and Inang alongside various Indian and Chinese dance performances. The dance performances are held at 9pm from Sunday to Friday at Kasturi Walk. Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia Dance Performance (July and August) The Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia Dance Performance will showcase a dance performance from the various races and ethnic groups in Malaysia. It will combine seven dance elements comprising the Malay, Chinese, Indian, the ethnic tribes of Sabah and Sarawak, orang asli and the Siamese. There will also be a singing performance by Sri Kenchana Group who will play live music and sing folk songs in Malay, English, Hindi, Tamil, Arabic as well as Mandarin songs popularised by Teresa Teng. The Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia Dance Performance is held at 9pm every Saturday at Kasturi Walk. Free Heritage Walk (July and August) The Central Market Heritage Walk is a special guided tour by Be Tourist for enthusiastic tourist and locals who wish to know more about the history of Kuala Lumpur and its early establishment. The tour is free and begins at 10.30am every day. The meeting point is the Central Market Information Counter. Malaysian Open Shuffle King Champion-ship 2011 (July) This is the semi-finals of the dance competition organised by Worldwide Far East Berhad in conjunction with Fiesta Belia 1Malaysia. Consisting of five zones (zone A to zone E). Zone A will perform at the Central Market Stage today from 10am to 9pm. The finalists of Zone A will compete in the finals at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Selangor. Chinese Opera (in English) in August This is a special traditional Chinese drama and musical which will be performed by Choy Him Heong, the oldest and famous Chinese Opera Troupe in Kuala Lumpur. It is also the only opera group who can perform in English. The performance is at 8pm on Aug 13 at the Cen-tral Market stage. Job Placement Programme This is an open day walk-in interview from 10am to 5pm on July 9 and 10 for employees whose company is registered under the Labour Department. The interviews will be conducted at the Central Market Walkway, Main Entrance of Central Market. These events are open for free to the public. For details, visit www.centralmarket.com.my Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Awards given for outstanding planning and ad placements Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:42 AM PDT GLITZ and glamour came in the colours of black and white for media planners, clients, media owners and creative agencies recently at the Malaysian Media Awards 2011. Held at the One World Hotel in Petaling Jaya, the media specialists got recognised for their outstanding planning and placement of advertisements in the various media. Hosted by Media Specialists Association, the night saw 12 awards being contended by various media agencies representing several brands. The categories include utilising the best out of television, newspaper, radio, magazine, digital media, sponsorship, out of home media, digital sale, point-of-sale, branded content on television, small budget and the usage of integrated media. Points were awarded according to the position received by the agency when results were announced with first place being the Gold Award followed by Silver and Bronze. "The awards were about recognition and it has delivered strong business results for clients, via excellent strategy, solution and execution. "It is about recognition of people behind the success of these campaigns," said Media Specialists Association President Ranga Somanathan. Organising chairman Andy Miller said media planners had achieved a high degree of status at a time when there is an ever increasing amount of award show options being put into place by everyone. This year, the organisers invited the Malaysian Advertisers Associa-tion (MAA) and Association of Accredited Advertising Agents (4As) members to join their judging panel together with the contingent of MSA members and clients as well as major sponsors which brought up to their largest ever jury of some 40 people. After the scores were tallied, Universal McCann clinched four gold, two silver and two bronze medals which gave them the top two prizes — Agency of the Year and the Grand Prix award. Mindshare Malaysia and Vizeum Media Services came in second and third respectively. Meanwhile, Dutch Lady bagged the Advertiser of the Year award. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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