TOURIST GUIDING TECHNIQUE: THE INTRODUCTION & TOUR COMMENTARY

Kek Lok Si MAIN COMMENTARY
Temple
Ladies and gentlemen, we had arrived at Kek Lok Si Temple. I just
want to remind you to take care of your own belongings especially your
smartphones and other electronic devices. You are recommended to
wear sunscreens and wear your shades to protect harm of UV get into
your skin. Please stay in a group whatever happen. I want to remind you
that this tour here should be complete at 3pm. Let’s heading to ticketing
counter. Please be patient we need to take a ride with lift which look
alike a cable car that transport us to the other top of the hill. Before we
heading to the complex, we can buy some souvenir in this gift shops.
You will be given about 15 minutes here until we need to take second
lift to meet with statue.

Kek Lok Si For everyone information, The Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple
Temple situated in Air Itam, Penang, Malaysia. It is the largest Buddhist temple
in Malaysia and it is also important pilgrimage center for Buddhist from
Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and other countries in Southeast
Asia. Standing on a hilltop at Air Itam near Penang Hill, Kek Lok Si is
the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. The complex is divided into
three zones while the temple grounds comprise the hill entrance,
sounvenir, foods and drinks stalls and the turtle liberation pond. The
mid-section of the temple houses temples, gardens, the pagoda and the
four heavenly kings pavilion; meanwhile the hilltop plays host to an
enormous statue of the Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin as well as more
gardens and temples. You guys are now can take picture here to make as
memory. Please be safe, I will be here guiding you.
CLOSING COMMENTARY

Hello everyone. Finally, all of you had reached your final time here
touring this Buddhist temple. I hope all of had best experienced in here.
I hope our experience at Kek Lok Si Temple would give you more
knowledge and fun that you will never forget. Before we departing to
the next place, please

In Coach check again all your bags and document. Thank you so much
everyone.
Let’s hop on the bus.
INTRODUCTION (WELCOMING TOURIST)

Hello Assalamualaikum, ladies and gentlemen. Please be attention.
Today is a very nice day for our today, so let me introduce myself. Of
course, you all must be wondering who am I, in front you guys now?
Right? Okay my name is Siti Nur Iquannis binti Rosnan. You guys
can just call me Miss Iquannis. By the way, my license number is
F1017. I am here to be a tour guide for our short trip and will support
you during this tour. It’s grwat and happy to meet you all in Penang.
So, how about you all? Ready for this tour with me? Okay! So, let’s
continue our journey to our final destination, which is the Colonial
Penang Museum. Hope you all enjoy end be happy to this last
destination.

Colonial Penang Next, you need to know the safety measures while in the museum, you
Museum can’t touch anything that is on display because they are very careful
of the historical relics. In addition, you should not make too much
noise when visiting museum. You are allowed to ask questions if you
wish to ask, I hope everyone can work well together.
MAIN COMMENTARY

Hi Assalamualaikum, we ask you all to pay attention. Now we have
arrived at the next destination which is the Colonial Penang Museum.
Tickets to enter this museum, price for adults RM20 and for children
RM12, all have been paid in your package. So, you can enter after
we claim the ticket at the counter.

Please wait a moment in the waiting room, if we say you can enter,
now you can enter. Thank you. I hope you are happy with the
uniqueness of this museum.

You guys, come here gathered I want to tell you some interesting thing
about this place. Basically, this Colonial Penang Museum is a place that
will bring you back to Penang’s colonial past and a lifestyle of the wealthy
merchant of Penang through unique antiques such that reflect a decadent
way of living and reflect the vastness of space in which they used to live.
To add to this, there’s also a personal handwritten document by Captain
Francis Light, the founder of Penang and intricate art pieces from the past
such as sublime marble carving of a young girl asleep on a pillow and
beautifully commissioned stained glass. Most of the exhibits once lived in
large, well-known mansion around Penang.

As we visit this place, we will imagine about the British colonial era in
Penang but this spacious house contains a fantastic collection of antique
furniture, gorgeous stained glass windows and hundreds of priceless
jewellery, artworks and collections. In term of exhibition quality, this must
be among the top museums in Malaysia.

During the colonial era, the British created the conditions for Penang to
become a vibrant, a cosmopolitan free port attracting successful merchants
and traders from all over the world who amassed tremendous wealth and
liked to show it off. Chinese and Peranakans (Baba Nyonya) particularly
thrived under British rule and they emulated and sought favor with the
English by building sprawling European style mansions and filling them
with the best that money could buy from Europe, China and elsewhere.

The founder of the museum, Madam Jasmine Tan assembled this
wonderful collection of artefacts over half a century, gathered from the
mansion of these wealthy merchants in the leafy, opulent districts of
Georgetown, Penang and elsewhere in the region.

In Coach There are so many beautiful pieces in this museum that you must see
for
yourself but here are some of the main attractions such as the charming
19th century white Carrara marble statue of a sleeping girl by R. Bigazzi
of Florence it is difficult to believe it is made of stone.

In addition, this elegant French desk, circa 1890 by reowned craftsman
Francois Linke, would be quite valuable. A similar one was on sale
recently for over USD160 000.

There are a number of splendid stained glass windows on show,
depicting non-religious subjects, created by celebrated Irish artist such
as Kathleen Quigley and Hubert McGoldrick and famous English artist
designer William Morris.

Let me show you the secret space at this beautifully carved Indian-made
captain’s table. In addition, east meet west in this fabulous bridal table
and chair set carved in traditional Chinese style and topped with
Venetian glass etched with dragon and phoenix designs. The color is the
reflection of the stain glass window above.

So, the rest you can see for yourself in the space the uniqueness of the
relics of the past. I give you an hour for you to take picture and find info
about the uniqueness that is here. At 5.50pm, please get on the bus
immediately. Thank you.
CLOSING COMMENTARY (SENDING TO AIRPORT)
Hi guys. Thank you for all the cooperation from you. We from the
management apologize if there is any omission and inadvertence in our
offensive speech. So, the clock shows 6pm, it’s time of us to apart and
send you back to Penang Airport again. Thank you for using our travel
agency services. I happy with you all and see you again.

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