Sunday, January 16, 2011

Nation's Roundest Roundabout

MALACCA- Recently announced by Malaysia's Book of Records that the nation's roundest roundabout record are held by the state of Malacca. The said roundabout it located opposite to Malacca International Trade Centre (MITC), are in perfect round shaped as it is being measured by officials of the records department. It is said that it took 100 engineers to construct the roundabout into perfect shape as Malacca Chief Minister would not be happy with any mistakes as it is his lifetime achievement to uphold Malacca's name in public arena.

According to a spokesperson, Andrew Thomas, this roundabout took 3 years to erect to its perfection. "This roundabout is all about our technics of execution and is our pride of engineering feat. We see countries erect tallest towers in the world such like in Taipei or longest bridge such as in China and we feel we are upto our standards to compete with the world with our roundest roundabout in the world."

The roundabout currently hold one of the greatest tourist attraction, Malacca Planetarium, as its strategic location and shape made many people visit all the way to Malacca. One of the tourist, Sharina Shah, commented her awe on such iconic engineering feat, "Wah, betul-betul bulat!".

At present, the country still awaits the roundabout to be measured by officials from Guiness World Book of Records to certify the title of "Roundest Roundabout in the World". -Lynn-

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