Perodua is getting a head start on the Merdeka Day and Malaysia Day celebrations by having Malaysians write their Merdeka wishes and hopes on an Alza, which will then be shared to the general public via Perodua’s on-the-ground events. A convoy of 2 Myvi and 1 Alza vehicles will tour the country beginning today from Sungai Choh and make its way all over west Malaysia to end its journey on the 12th of August in Kuala Lumpur.
“The tour will take the crew to 11 locations within 5 days and along the way collecting the people’s aspirations of the nation as we move towards becoming a developed nation,” Perodua Managing Director, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said. He added that this programme, dubbed Kembara Merdeka Perodua 2012, is the first of its kind by Perodua. Aminar said that Perodua hopes that the Alza unit used to collect these wishes will be showcased during the Merdeka Day Celebration at Dataran Merdeka. The Alza unit will then be displayed during on-the-ground promotional activities and finally be displayed at Perodua headquarters in Sungai Choh. “This exercise is our way of recording the hopes of today’s Malaysians in a unified voice and sharing them in our own way, because here at Perodua “You Matter Most”,” Aminar said. The time and venue for each state are as follows:
Date
State
Town/City
Time
Place
08/08/12
Wednesday
Perodua HQ
– Flag off
9am
Sungai Choh
Perak
Ipoh
10.30am
Ipoh Railway Station
11.30am
Random stop (as needed)
Penang
Georgetown
3.00pm
By ferry
3.30pm
Gurney Drive/Gurney Plaza
Random stop (as needed)
09/08/12
Thursday
Kedah
Alor Setar
8.00am
Depart to Kedah
10.00am
Alor Star Branch
10.30am
Rumah Merdeka
11.00am
Pekan Rabu
11.30am
Random stop
12.00pm
Depart to KB
10/08/12
Friday
Kelantan
Kota Bahru
9.00am
Pasar Siti Khadijah
10.00am
Random stop (as needed)
Terengganu
Kemaman
11.00am
Kedai Kopi Hai Peng (Jalan Sulaimani) / Kemaman Kopitiam
11.30am
Random Stop (as needed)
Pahang
Kuantan
3.00pm
Kompleks Teruntum
Satay Zul (optional)
11/08/12
Saturday
Johor
Johor Bahru
8.30am
Sultan Ibrahim Building
JB causeway
9.30am
Random stop (as needed)
Melaka
Melaka Town
2.00pm
Jonker Walk / Dataran Pahlawan
Random stop (as needed)
12/08/12
Sunday
Negeri Sembilan
8.00am
State border / Seremban’s bus station
Kuala Lumpur
KL
12.00pm
Dataran Merdeka
Random stop (as needed)
