The Monsoon Cup 2009 is coming soon

The Monsoon Cup 2009 will offer the largest reward ever offered in any world sailing event, reaching USD454,000 (RM1.57 million), the championship's adviser, Datuk Peter Gilmour, said.

It is the Monsoon Cup season again. The Monsoon Cup 2009 will be held from 1st of December till the 6th of December. The Monsoon Cup in this few years has succeeded in establishing Terengganu as the most remarkable locations for sailing in the world.

The event will once again see the participation of international sailors such as Adam Minoprio from New Zealand, Ian Williams from Britain, Torvar Mirsky from Australia and Fransceso Bruni from Italy.

Bruni makes the excellent Italy’s team

The main aim for Fransceso Bruni in the Monsoon Cup 2009 is to get into the semi-finals.

This is the second time the Italian skipper went into the final stage of the World Match Racing Tour after competing in the first Monsoon Cup in 2005 where his Luna Rossa Challenge crew were the 10th team from the total of 12 teams.

Bruni and his crew has been preparing thoroughly for the Monsoon Cup which will be held in Pulau Duyong, Kuala Teregganu on the coming 1st to 6th Dec 2009.

Bruni is in outstanding form with sailing Italy’s Azzurra Team into the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy. Click here for more information regarding Louis Vuitton Trophy.

"We have had an intense preparation, with the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice and before that a grade 2 event in Bayona (Spain)," said Bruni. Thier team will be going for Australia Cup next week in Perth too, he adds on.

Pudu Jail will soon become a history

The demolition of Pudu Jail first started in October 2009. Standing over a century, this historical building finally have to be demolished for the purposes of shopping mall and road expansion.

Pudu Jail was built by the British in 1895 to house the criminals including drugs offenders, and it was also the place for caning. This prison was closed in November 1996. After that, it has been opened to the public for a short time.

Pudu Jail going to turn into a shopping mall?

According to Sudirman Kamal, an engineer from Khairi Consult Sdn Bhd, the land of Pudu Jail has been bought by UDA from government. A small part will contribute to build a road or tunnel in order to fix the traffic jam problem. However, the remainder of the jail site will be used to construct a mix development shopping mall or residential buildings.

The project of building a road or tunnel is expected to cost RM83 million as mentioned by Syahrul Nizam, a technical assistant for Kuala Lumpur’s City Hall (DBKL).

The demolition of Pudu Jail have brought out some objection, however, it won’t change anything in the development project.