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PUTRAJAYA FLORIA 2009 ( FLOWER AND GARDEN FESTIVAL 2009)

PUTRAJAYA FLORIA, the Putrajaya Flower and Garden Festival, will be organised once again in Putrajaya, to showcase the beautiful landscapes, gardens and parks in the Garden City of Putrajaya. The nine-day festival will take place from August 1st until 9th, 2009.

PUTRAJAYA FLORIA is an international event that is owned and jointly-hosted by the Ministry of Federal Territories and Perbadanan Putrajaya (Putrajaya Corporation). The event will showcase a spectacular display of flora creativity as well as local and international garden designs.

This year’s theme ‘Celebration of Colours’ is based on these reasons: • To reflect the exciting and vibrant colours of flowers and plants. • To celebrate the Malaysian lifestyles with multicultural background. • To display the spectacular landscapes of Putrajaya for photo opportunities. • To inculcate a respect for nature, love for colours, flowers, plants and Gardening among visitors • To establish Putrajaya as one of the main venues for flower show in the region.

Covering an area of 15 acres, Putrajaya Floria 2009 will highlight the following flower and garden attractions;  Garden Bazaar  Floria Showcase Gardens  School and University Show Gardens  Special Orchid Highlight  Hort Mart  Corporate Garden  Kiddy Garden  Floral Pavilion

The theme flower for this year’s event is orchid thus the above attractions will have the elements of orchids. Visitors may have the opportunity to view various orchids including the rare ones.

Beside visiting the flower and garden attractions, for the whole nine days, the organisers will line up various interesting activities and programmes ranging from talks, forum, competitions on flowers and gardens to Malaysian cultural and traditional performances.

Visitors will have no problem to find a place to eat as there will be some 30 food outlets offering all types of food at the site.

Putrajaya Floria 2009 is open to the public from 9 am - 10 pm on Monday through Thursday and 9 am - 12 midnight Friday through Sunday. At night all the attractions will be lit up with lights that give a spectacular view of the flowers and gardens which blend well with the lights from the buildings, structures and bridges of Putrajaya.

ADMISSION TO PUTRAJAYA FLORIA 2009 IS FREE.

ACCESSIBILITY TO THE EVENT SITE :

1) Express Rail Link (ERL) – Hop on the ERL at Sentral Station and disembark at Station. From the station, Nadi Putra bus will ferry you to FLORIA 2009 venue. Cost: only 50 sen per trip.

2) BUS ROUTE – Bus Service : 9.00 am – 11 pm  Route 1 (Every 15 minutes) Putrajaya Sentral – FLORIA 2009 venue  Route 2 : (Every 30 minutes) Precinct 8/9/10/11 – Floria 2009 venue  Route 3 : (Every 30 minutes) Precinct 14 – Alamanda- Jalan P16 – FLORIA 2009 venue

Organised by : Putrajaya Corporation (Local Authority of Putrajaya) Ministry of Federal Territories

Promoted by : Ministry of Tourism (Putrajaya Tourism Action Council)

Venue : WATERFRONT, PRECINCT 2, PUTRAJAYA

Date : 1 – 9 AUGUST 2009

Operation Hours : MONDAY – THURSDAY : 9 am – 10 pm THURSDAY – SUNDAY : 9 am – 12 midnight

FREE ADMISSION

For more information : Putrajaya Corporation : Tel 603-8887 7000 Website : www.ppj.gov.my Putrajaya Tourism Action Council : Tel 603–8888 8854

------Issued by: Communications & Publicity Division, Tourism Malaysia Date: 23 July 2009 Tel: +603 2615 8188; Fax: +603 2615 8299 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tourismmalaysia.gov.my