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Fraser's Hill is a hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Ridge in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Titiwangsa Mountains is a mountain range that formed the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. ...
State motto: no State motto Capital Kuantan Royal Capital Pekan Sultan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Chief Minister Dato Seri Adnan Yaakob Area 35,964 km2 Population - Est year 2005 1,372,500 State anthem Pahang State Anthem Pahang (Jawi: Ú¨Ù‡Ú ) is the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia, occupying the huge Sungai...
Fraser's Hill derives its name from Louis James Fraser, a British colonial adventurer and fortune hunter. Many colorful stories exist about his life, including rumors that he managed an opium and gambling den frequented by miners in the hills of Pahang. However, in the early 1900's, Fraser vanished without a trace. Fraser's disappearance remains a mystery to this day. In 1917, a couple of clergymen rediscovered Fraser's Hill, and gather support from the colonial authorities to turn it into a hill station to get away from the unbearable heat of the lowlands. Fraser's Hil is measured at 1,524 meters above sea level. Year round temparatures are between 64-68 degrees Fahrenheit / 18-20 degrees Celsius. This resort is situated approximately 64.6 miles / 104 kilometers from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur. Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ...
Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ...
Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ...
A degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ...
A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ...
A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ...
Kuala Lumpurs landmark, the PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur (Jawi:كوالا لمبور) is the largest city in Malaysia and the capital of the federation. ...
Golfing
One of Malaysia's earliest golf courses was constructed on Fraser's Hill in 1925. Cool and invigorating throughout the year, Fraser's Hill remains popular as a site for company retreats and weekends. Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...
Bird watching Fraser's Hill is becoming a center for bird watching afficionadoes. The hill station has over 270 species of local and migratory birds flocking here together. The annual International Bird Race organized by the Fraser's Hill Development Corporation in collaboration with WWF-Malaysia and the Malaysian Nature Society oversees participants throughout the world converging to the hill station to determine which team can sight, identify and record the most number of species of birds as stated in the official checklist. The 2006 Fraser's Hill International Bird Race will be held on 24-25 June 2006 and all participants are welcome! Orders Many - see section below. ...
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