"The Mines Shopping Mall is the most special shopping mall in kuala lumpur, its a must visit destination whenever u travel there. This place will give you different mall experience and a best place for those who would like to have a romantic date at night .Its a nice place for a romantic dinner with various kind of food to choose from."
The story started a hundred years ago, when a Chinese immigrant Chan Wing came to Malaysia and discovered tin ore in a site abandoned by Europeans earlier. This became the largest tin mine in the world. Mining in the area left a gaping hole 2 kilometres long and a kilometre wide, and 200 meters deep. Gradually rain water began to fill the crevice and thus was the humble beginning of the two great lakes you can see today.
In 1988 a man with a vision, Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew built Mines Resort City (MRC), with the seven wonders of Malaysia you see today linked by boat cruise for all people to enjoy the beauty of water on the lake with luxury
entailing.There are two main lakes in the Mines Resort City and this posed a slight problem to the engineers linking at different height levels. To be precise: 7 meters. Thus was developed the
unique water lock. The North lake is 7 meters lower than the South Lake.
The water taxi's are departing in the middle of the shopping centre. A ticket for the cruise can be bought at the counter.
The taxi's depart daily from the grand canal. Specially a boat trip in the North Lake is special. The boat driver stops the boat in various places to enable passengers to feed the fish, birds and ducks. The driver has fish food for sale. You'll pass the Mines Wonderland, the Golf Course, the Palace of the Golden Horses (hotel).
Dr. Mahathir (ex-prime minister) owns a house at this lake.
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The larger North Lake covers 150 acres and is 200 meters deep. It runs from The Mines shopping mall, past the mines Waterfront Business Park, the blue-domed Sapura Group HQ building and the Mines Resort & Golf Club. Two smart hotels also back onto this lake: the Palace of the Golden Horses and The Mines Wellness Hotel.
The smaller South Lake is bordered by the Heritage condominiums, some luxury bungalows and the Australian School.
Both lakes are connected via a 1054 meter canal. The entire system took 1½ years to build at a cost of RM15 million. It takes 7 minutes to discharge or refill water and the volume of water in the lock is 61600 gallons.
At the right you see lock 1 and lock 2. Both gates are blue. The lock at the right has been opened for the
boat. The one on the left is discharging water: a boat must be coming down. The lock gates work on a hydraulic system. There
are 3 types of safety feature: Manual lock, Mechanical lock and Hydraulic Emergency system.
The entire system was designed by the Design Institute of Water and Conservancy & Hydropower of Inner Mongolia Peoples Republic of China.
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The Mines Wonderland, built around a former mining-pool, is a recreation park that is fast becoming one of Kuala Lumpur's most popular family weekend stops.
The Wonderland offers water sports, amusement rides, a winter-house with snow as well as restaurants and various other facilities.
There is also a Mines Shopping Fair. It was launched its new name & logo on 10th March 2010. The Mines Shopping Fair is a shopping mall with major upgrading works inclusive of creating additional retail space, revamping the car park system, changing new wash rooms, creating additional link bridges and new sets of escalator inside the mall.
The Mines provides a fun and amusing entertainment platform to shoppers of all ages such as TGV Cinemas and 6D Cinema, and edutainment centers of Rockstar Gym, Chatoys and Kids Paradise, etc. Shoppers can enjoy variety of dining options while enjoying the cruise along the canal and have more to choose from the range of F&B outlets. The mall includes a large number of computer and IT stores - they call it DigitaMart and
they claim it's the largest IT centre in South KL.
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Mines Golf Club is a venue for World Cup Golf.
The 18-hole world-class golf course was designed by world renowned Robert Trent Jones Jr. A club so prestigious it has been selected to host the World Cup Golf 1999.
It was the first ever international golf event to be held in Malaysia.
The Mines Resort & Golf Club only opens its doors to a selected few.
Membership is by invitation only - to people who expect the best of what the
world has to offer, from service and clubhouse facilities to the golf
course.
The Palace of Golden Horses
Palace of the Golden Horses is situated on the shores of a magnificent 150-acre lake in The MINES Resort City. Just minutes from
Kuala Lumpur city centre, this luxury hotel with 480 rooms and suites offers a harmonious blend of Moorish architecture and Malaysian culture. It is the ideal setting for experiencing
the wonderfully rich and diverse heritage of Malaysia.
Strategically located in The Mines Resort City, the hotel is 20 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur city centre.
It is 35 minutes from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
