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Kuala Lumpur Oh Kuala Lumpur | Dataran Merdeka | Sultan Abdul Samad Building
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Kuala Lumpur | Sultan Abdul Samad Building The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad; Jawi: باڠونن سلطان عبدالصمد) is located in front of the Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) and the Royal Selangor Club, by Jalan Raja in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The structure takes its name from Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began. The building houses the offices of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture of Malaysia (Malay: Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Malaysia). It formerly housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the…
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Family Photography | Petronas Twin Towers | Skybridge and Observation Deck
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Family Photography at Petronas Twin Tower I used to have an assignment here at Petronas Twin Towers Skybridge, level 41 and at Observation Deck at Level 86. Previously it was free to visit Petronas Skybridge, local and tourist are not charged to visit Skybridge but they can’t visit the Observation Deck at level 86. In the last few years visitors to Petronas Twin Towers Skybridge have to pay for a tickets but they are not only allowed to visit the Skybridge, they also will take you to level 89 Observation Deck, where you can have a chance to have a commanding view of Kuala Lumpur.…
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Basic Photography Tips | Give Your Photographs a Sense of Scale
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | National Monument | Tugu Negara | Kuala Lumpur NATIONAL MONUMENT The idea for the construction of the National Monument was mooted by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, YTM Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Aljhaj in 1963 to commemorate the warriors who died defending the sovereignty of the country. An area measuring 48, 562 square meters facing the Lake Gardens was set aside for its construction. The monument complex encompasses five components, the National Monument, fountains, pavilion, a war memorial and the surroundings gardens The monument embodying seven bronze statues also represents the triumph of the forces of democracy over forces of evil. The monument was…
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Photojournalism | Najib Razak and the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Prince Salman Hamad Al-Khalifa.
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Photojournalism | Courtesy Call at Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak received a courtesy call from the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa on March 22 at Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya. The Crown Prince, who is also Bahrain’s First Deputy Prime Minister, is here on a three-day working visit, and this is the first high-level visit by a Bahrain leader to Malaysia, since 2012. Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Family Day at KLCC | A Sense of Place
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Family Day | Kuala Lumpur City Centre | Petronas Twin Tower Maulidur Rasul or the birthday of Prophet Muhammad is a public holiday here in Malaysia and some other part of the world too, so we decided to spent few hours here at Kuala Lumpur City Centre, actually almost every weekend or almost every month we will be here, it was less than half and hour from our home. The photograph above were taken at KLCC famous water fountain or better known as lake symphony. The Symphony Lake with an approximate area of 10,000 square metres features mesmerising fountain displays. The displays consist of 5…