Smart city of Malaysia

Putrajaya is a wild land, without rivers and trees, about 30km south of Kuala Lumpur. Since 1995, Malaysia has started to build this new city with the intention of turning it into the nation's new capital. Prime Minister Mahathir is giving the idea of ​​building this "super project".

Planning experts have turned Putrajaya into a city, where information technology coexists alongside lush orchards. Along Putra Avenue, the backbone of the city, the two sides are huge buildings and offices, but not stifling because they are greened with trees, flowers and flowers . Even the entrance of the escalator into the area air-conditioned commercial center on the river, also planted flowers and trees inside.

Malaysians are proud to call Putrajaya a smart city. All administrative buildings, schools, hospitals, cinemas, parks . in Putrajaya are associated with the word 'smart' and managed by the most advanced computer applications.

Each resident of the city is provided with a magnetic card stating all personal information, blood type, job information, finance, payment . Magnetic cards are used instead of keys for every door, when go to supermarkets, to theaters, clubs even change travel documents to Thailand, Singapore countries. Children in Putrajaya go to school and do not have to wear a heavy bag, but study entirely on computers, do homework, give lessons, and communication between the school and parents through the computer network very quickly and timely.

As the "young" city of Malaysia, Putrajaya street is very open and the environment is clean. Nearly 40% of the city area is reserved for trees and shade, so visitors always feel like they are in the forest. Putrajaya does not aim to become a megacity, but is expected to have only about 300,000 people.

Lake Putrajaya is an artificial lake that flows around the city and is likened to Putrajaya's heart. Lake 650ha wide, made for the purpose of air conditioning in the city.

Today, it becomes an area that organizes sports activities such as the F1 Motorboat Race and the Asian Canoeing Tournament.

There are all 9 cable-stayed bridges crossing the Putra river with many designs from the image of the sail boat, the dome, the bell tower . extremely impressive.

The most famous is the Seri Wawasan, the cable car bridge shaped like a boat sailing. The bridge has 3 lanes in each direction and 18.6m in width, made of concrete with bearing steel cables.

Malaysia has successfully built a new city with many modern features that are not separate from tradition as well as meet new trends in green cities. Patrayjaya is also directed to become a new destination in the journey of travelers in Malaysia.

Putra Mosque is one of Putrajaya's outstanding architectural highlights, which is illuminated by Lake Putra, completed in 1999. It is one of the most modern mosques in the world. The building is a perfect combination of traditional and modern Islamic architecture, built of pink granite. The tower of the 116m-high Cathedral is designed in the architectural style of Sheikh Omar Cathedral in Baghdad, which can accommodate up to 15,000 worshipers.

Perdana Putra, an extremely beautiful and vast building of the Prime Minister's Office located on a hill, built from natural stone materials. From here you can see the lake and Putra Cathedral. The large 6-storey building is divided into 3 zones. The biggest center is the Prime Minister's Office. The west wing is the office of the deputy prime minister, the east is the secretary general of the parliament.