KEYNOTE ADDRESS: FUTURE GREEN CITIES

15TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON MELAKA TWIN CITIES 2015
RT. HON. DATUK SERI IR IDRIS BIN HARON,
CHIEF MINISTER OF MELAKA.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
FUTURE GREEN CITIES
11– 12 MAY 2015
HOLY QURAN CHAPTER AL-MUJADILA VERSE 7:
“O LISTENER! DID YOU NOT SEE THAT ALLAH
KNOWS ALL WHATEVER IS IN THE HEAVENS AND
ALL WHATEVER IS IN THE EARTH? WHEREVER
THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THREE, HE IS
THE FOURTH PRESENT WITH THEM, AND AMONG
FIVE HE IS THE SIXTH, AND THERE IS NO
DISCUSSION AMONG FEWER OR MORE EXCEPT
THAT HE IS WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY MAY BE;
AND THEN ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION HE
WILL INFORM THEM OF ALL WHAT THEY DID;
INDEED ALLAH KNOWS ALL THINGS.”
(HOLY QURAN CHAPTER AL-MUJADILA VERSE 7)
15TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON MELAKA TWIN CITIES 2015
RT. HON. DATUK SERI IR IDRIS BIN HARON,
CHIEF MINISTER OF MELAKA.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
FUTURE GREEN CITIES
11– 12 MAY 2015
MELAKA UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CITY
VISIT MELAKA MEANS VISIT MALAYSIA
RECORDED 15.03 MILLION TOURIST ARRIVALS IN 2014.
MELAKA POPULATION AND STATISTICS
FLOODS IN STATE OF KELANTAN, MALAYSIA 2014
MALAYSIA HAS EXPERIENCED THE WORST FLOODS IN DECADES IN
2014 ALONG ITS EAST COAST WHERE MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE
WERE AFFECTED.
TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN BANDA HILIR, MELAKA
ESTABLISHED MELAKA GREEN
TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
IN 2013
TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN MELAKA IS WORSENING EVERY MINUTES
ESPECIALLY AT BANDA HILIR WHERE UNESCO HAS STAMPED THE
AREA AS A HERITAGE SITE SINCE JULY 2008.
FLOODS IN THAILAND, 2011
DUE TO FLOODS. AT THE END OF 2011 THAILAND SUFFERED ITS
BIGGEST QUARTERLY CONTRACTION IN GDP (9% YEAR-ON-YEAR)
SINCE THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1997-98.
“MALAYSIA IS ADOPTING AN INDICATOR OF A VOLUNTARY
REDUCTION OF UP TO 40% IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS INTENSITY
OF GDP BY THE YEAR 2020 COMPARED TO 2005 LEVELS”
DATO’ SRI MOHD NAJIB BIN TUN ABDUL RAZAK, PRIME MINISTER
OF MALAYSIA AT COPENHAGEN (COP15) ON 17TH DECEMBER 2009
MELAKA GREEN TECHNOLOGY CITY STATE BLUEPRINT
ESTABLISHED GREEN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL AND MELAKA
GREEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION TO OVERSEE AND MONITOR
THE EFFORTS IN ACHIEVING MELAKA’S GREEN VISION
A GREEN CITY CAN BE DEFINED AS A CITY THAT IS RESILIENT,
INCLUSIVE, MANAGES IT’S NATURAL RESOURCES WELL, AND
PROMOTES LOW CARBON GROWTH TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE
AND ENHANCE LIVABILITY FOR ALL IT’S RESIDENTS.
GREEN BUILDING
ENERGY COMMISION, PUTRAJAYA – GBI PLATINUM GREEN BUILDING
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION
FUEL CELL POWERED ELECTRIC BUS, LONDON, UK
SMART GRID SYSTEM
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM WIND TURBINES
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
36 PERCENT OF TRIPS TO WORK OR SCHOOL IN THE DANISH CAPITAL
ARE MADE BY BIKE, AND MORE THAN 20,000 CYCLISTS ENTER THE
CITY CENTER AT PEAK HOURS, FILLING COPENHAGEN'S 249 MILES OF
CYCLE TRACKS.
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
COMBINE HEAT AND POWER PLANT (CHP)
GREEN CITY INITIATIVES
GREEN CITY ACTION PLAN (GCAP)
6 MAIN AREAS IN MELAKA GREEN CITY ACTION PLAN (GCAP)
MELAKA HAS ESTABLISHED AN INTERNATIONAL GREEN
TRAINING CENTER (IGTC) THAT WAS AGREED UPON IN THE
IMT-GT LEADERS’ SUMMIT IN NA PI THAW, MYANMAR IN
MAY 2014.
MELAKA IS A PROUD MEMBER OF ICLEI
SINCE NOVEMBER 2014.
MELAKA ONCE DUBBED AS “VENICE OF THE EAST”
A PORTUGUESE'S HISTORIAN, TOME PIRES WROTE AND I QUOTE:
“WHOEVER IS THE LORD IN MALACCA, HAS HIS HAND ON THE
THROAT OF VENICE.”
UNTIL 1980’S THE RIVER MOUTH OF MELAKA AS ONLY A
FISHERMEN’S JETTY
GREEN AMBASSADOR AWARDS FROM THE GREEN
ORGANISATION, UNITED KINGDOM FOR
TRANSFORMING THE MELAKA RIVER
TO PROVIDE VALUE EXPERIENCES
(Guided By Digital Malaysia)
WELLNESS
BUSINESS
GREENING OF CITY FUNCTIONS
(Guided By Green Tech Foresight 2030)
ENERGY
WATER
LEARNING
SAFETY, SECURITY
& DISASTER
TOURISM
LIFESTYLE
WASTE
TRANSPORT
INDUSTRY
BUILDING
NATIONAL SMART COMMUNITY PROGRAM
– TO DELIVER GCAP)
HANG TUAH JAYA GREEN CITY, MELAKA
MELAKA WORLD SOLAR VALLEY, REMBIA
AUO SUNPOWER – THE BIGGEST SOLAR MANUFACTURING FACILITY
IN MALAYSIA
SOLAR FARM IN MELAKA
8.0 MEGAWATT SOLAR FARM IN HANG TUAH JAYA GREEN CITY
LAUNCHING OF MELAKA ELECTRIC BUS
MELAKA GREEN SEAL
NO PLASTIC BAGS EVERYDAY
STARTING 1ST JANUARY 2016.
“DON’T MESS WITH
MELAKA”
NO POLYSTYREN USAGE
STARTING 1ST SEPTEMBER
2015.
ASEAN SUSTAINABLE
CITY AWARD
MELAKA HISTORIC CITY COUNCIL
MELAKA TO BE THE HOSTING STATE FOR
THE RESILIENT CITIES ASIA FOR 2016.
15TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON MELAKA TWIN CITIES 2015
RT. HON. DATUK SERI IR IDRIS BIN HARON,
CHIEF MINISTER OF MELAKA.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
FUTURE GREEN CITIES
11– 12 MAY 2015