NAME : TEH WEI HONGSTUDENT ID : 0323743MODULE : Effective Public Communication [COM 30103]SESSION : September, 2015LECTURER : PERSIS RODRIGUES SUBMISSION DATE : 27th January, 2016 (Tuesday) PRESENTATION DATE : 27th January, 2016 (Tuesday)

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: ORAL PRESENTATION (PART 2)

Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur

The Lake Gardens is a beautiful vast piece of greenery. It’s probably one of the few pieces of green lands left in this

modern city of Kuala Lumpur.

Historical background of Perdana Botanical Gardens

The colonial-era park was the brainchild of Alfred Venning, the British State Treasurer of Selangor in the late 19th century. In 1888, Venning proposed that a botanical garden be built in the valley of Sungei Bras Bras, and the British Resident Frank Swettenham agreed to the scheme and authorised a small grant from the State funds for the garden. Venning laid out the plan for a park of 173 acres (700,000 m2) which included an "experimental economic garden", cleared the area of scrubs and lalang, and planted ornamental flowering trees and shrubs. The scheme attracted public support, and a leading figure of the Cantonese community, Towkay Chow Ah Yeok, contributed a hundred chempaka and orange trees to the initial planting programme in 1888. An ornamental lake was created by damming up Sungei Bras Bras, which was then named Sydney Lake after Swettenham's wife (the lake is now known as Perdana Lake). The project took nearly ten years to complete, but the garden was formally opened on 13 May 1889, just a year after work began, by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith.

Historical background of Perdana Botanical Gardens

1888a botanical garden’s proposal approved

1888Starting clearing the area, prepared to built

1898It tooks 10 years to complete the whole park

1889The garden was formally opened a year after the work began

Historical background of Perdana Botanical Gardens

Initial namePublic Garden

1975Renamed Taman Tasik Perdana / Perdana Lake gardens

2011Renamed again to Perdana Botanical Gardens

Structure and layout of the Perdana Botanical Gardens

Structure and layout of the Perdana Botanical Gardens

Structure and layout of the Perdana Botanical Gardens

Butterfly Park Bird Park

Deer Park

Type of the park Urban Park - An urban park/metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality. The design, operation and maintenance isusually done by government, typically on the local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a private sector company.

Activities can be done in Perdana Botanical Gardens

Classic Playground Activities

Picnic

Activities can be done in Perdana Botanical Gardens

Playing with your pets

Jogging

Activities can be done in Perdana Botanical Gardens

Cycling

Barbeque party

Activities can be done in Perdana Botanical Gardens

Types of materials used

TurfWood

Cement

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