BERNAMA-SARAWAK TOURISM WALKHUNT 2011 - News

Extracted from The Star (17th July 2011)
Tourism Walk Hunt to promote state


KUCHING: The Bernama-Sarawak Tourism Walk Hunt 2011 got underway here yesterday morning with about 250 participants.

The event, held for the first time in Sarawak, was flagged off by Bernama general manager Datuk Hasnul Hassan at the Kuching Waterfront. The hunt, themed “Jejak Warisan Bumi Kenyalang” (Heritage Trail of the Land of Hornbills) was divided into three categories namely for members of Kelab Kakitangan Bernama (KKB), members of the public, and students.

Trivial Challenge: Hunters figuring out
the clues along Gambier Road

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF IN DISCOVERING MALACCA

MALACCA 2 JULY 2011: According to Hikayat Melayu (the Malay Annals), Parameswara, a fugitive prince from Singapore accidentally discovered Malacca around the year 1400. What attracted him and his entourage at that time was a smart white kancil (mouse deer, not Perodua car) outwitting his hunting dog at the location of modern day Malacca Town.

Miraculously in 2011, the participants of GBS Charity Treasure Hunt 2011 re-discovered Malacca Town, thanks largely to another ‘colour creature’.  Not to be outdone, COC Purple Antz attempted to cryptically hoodwink the hunting group at precisely the same location on 2^nd July.