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Photography Assignment | The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Official Birthday Celebration
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | The First Battalion of The Royal Malay Regiment Mounting a Guard of Honor at National Palace Square © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Guard of Honour Getting Ready Outside Malaysia National Palace During Malaysia King Official Birthday Celebration. © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak, Salutes an Honor Guards During Official King Birthday Celebration © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia King, The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Queen Raja Permaisuri Agong Sit on The Throne at National Palace © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Investiture Ceremony Held at National Palace in Conjunction With Malaysia King Official Birthday Celebration. I have had the honor to photograph Malaysia…
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Family Days Out | National Palace | Istana Negara Kuala Lumpur
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Family Days Out | The Throne of (Old) National Palace | Istana Negara Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia A photograph of my family taken during Pameran Raja Kita “Our King Exhibition” held at (Old National Palace), In conjunction with the coronation of the new Malaysia King the 14th, King Tuanku Abdul Halim Shah Mu’adzam, an exhibition about the history and anything related toward the king of Malaysia are being held at the old National Palace starting from 16 April 2012 to 15 June 2012. Open to the public from 9 am to 5 pm and entry is free. The Istana Negara (Malay for National Palace) along Jalan…
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New Istana Negara Kuala Lumpur | National Palace
This is our new National Palace or “Istana Negara” in Malay. It is the official residence of His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the King of Malaysia. The flag of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was raised for the first time at the new Istana Negara at 10.25am on 15th November 2011, just under an hour after the symbolic closing of the gates of the old Istana. Istana Negara began shifting its operations to the new complex in Jalan Duta in stages since Oct 19 while the assignment of guards from ATM began on 14th November 2011. The new Istana Negara, built with Islamic and traditional Malay features, is located on a 96.52 hectare…
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Malaysia & Palestine | The Official Assignment
Kuala Lumpur | May 27 2010, Yang di-Pertuan Agong ( King of Malaysia ) Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin had a 30-minute audience with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas at Istana Negara. Just a quick update about my “Normal” job, this is what I do for a living as a government photographer ( I’m not the only one ) , I’m not going to talk about “World Issue” here but just wanted to share about this assignment at National Palace or Istana Negara in Malay. Usually when there is a world Leader visiting Malaysia, we will get their itinerary few days in advance, so we can plan our assignment, where to go…
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Malaysia New Prime Minister Sworn In
First of all I would like to say thank you for all visitors to my blog, I’ve written anything lately, just pictures, actually I do have a lot of stories to tell but my time was very limited, this past few days was really busy for me and my department, we are working very hard to document a history for our country, we just have our new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak sworn in as a Malaysia’s Prime Minister before Malaysia King, you can see the picture above. In order to cover this event we must all the necessary preparation and there was a rehearsal to attend to, we cannot make any…