Model city to be tourist hot spot

Model city to be tourist hot spot

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia will soon promote its new
administrative capital as a prime destination for foreign
visitors who appreciate town planning and architectural grandeur,
a senior tourism official said on Sunday.

The government will try to get travel agents to include
Putrajaya, about 40 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur, in their
tour packages, Deputy Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen was quoted as
saying by the national news agency, Bernama.

Putrajaya, a sprawling 4,580-hectare metropolis of landscaped
gardens and domed buildings, is Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's
pet project and the current seat of government.

Over the past two years, government departments have begun
moving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city, into Putrajaya
under an ambitious scheme to have all government employees
working from and perhaps living there by mid-2002.