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Terengganu used to be Malaysia's poorest state until oil and gas were discovered off its coastline in the 80s. [49] Terengganu's main industry now is petroleum and gas. There are huge petrochemical complexes near Paka and Kerteh, involving many joint ventures between the Malaysian national oil company, Petronas, and foreign multinationals.
The people of Terengganu refer [clarification needed] to their language as base/bahse Tranung/Tghanung (/bahsə tɣanuŋ/) which means 'the language of Terengganu' or cakak Tranung (/tʃakaʔ tɣanuŋ/) which means 'Terengganu speech'. In Standard Malay, it is known as bahasa Terengganu or bahasa Melayu Terengganu.
The Kingdom of Besut Darul Iman [1] (Malay: Kerajaan Besut Darul Iman; Jawi:كراجأن بسوت دارالايمان) was a historical Malay Kingdom located in the northeastern coast of the Malay Peninsula, precursor of the present-day Besut District and most of Setiu, Terengganu. A principality of Terengganu, the state was established in ...
Wisma Darul Iman is Terengganu's state secretariat building, in Malaysia. It is located at Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Terengganu, the state capital. It locates among the offices of Menteri Besar, State Secretary, and is home of Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. The building is second tallest structure in the state.
Krama Inggil is a polite form of the Javanese language used in daily conversations, [1] especially with older people. The opposite of this speaking manner is called " Boso Ngoko ". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Nowadays, this manner of speaking is rarely used by the residents of Java , often because it is viewed as an outdated or old fashioned manner of ...
On 12 February 1987, the Terengganu officially wrote to the administration of the National Museum, seeking permission to relocate the Inscribed Stone to their State Museum. Only in 1991, the Federal Cabinet granted approval to the request and the Inscribed Stone was returned to Terengganu. It is now displayed at the Terengganu State Museum. [12]
Thus, the name Kuala Terengganu is roughly translated as "the confluence/estuary of Terengganu", referring to the broad expanse of the Terengganu River estuary which empties into the South China Sea. There are several theories regarding the name Terengganu. One such theory attributes the name's origin to terang ganu, Malay for 'bright rainbow'. [9]
The narrow road of Kampung Cina. Kampung Cina is the main Chinese settlement in Kuala Terengganu, situated near the heart of Kuala Terengganu city centre.In 1719, the Chinese village settlement had more than 1000 house compared from its today row of pre-war Chinese shophouses of that which only dated as far as 200-year or its earlier dated that are recorded by foreigners like Alexander ...