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Penang now has a CD-ROM to boast
about as a travel destination. GeoVision’s
George and Shanti Lee’s creation encapsulates
the best and the latest of Penang for the current
or soon-to-be tourist, especially those planning
their next vacation by flipping through an ever
growing file of CD-ROM ‘brochures.’
For Penang,
Pearl of the Orient, GeoVision photographed,
visited, telephoned, promoted, edited and did everything
else necessary to bring us an excellent guide. In
its final form, Penang, Pearl of the Orient, contains
18 digitized videos, complete with 5 slide shows,
70 movie files and more than 1,000 photographic
and animation images.
This interactive multimedia presentation
has three hours of viewing time and up to 120 pages
of information, all at the disposal of the viewer
from easy-to-follow menu.
There are some extras and treats
as well, such as an audio Bahasa Malaysia tutorial
and local recipes.
- Penang, Pearl of the Orient,
is the second in the Glimpses of Malaysia CD-ROM
Series. GeoVision’s first project was a CD-ROM
on Kelantan State, where
they lived for ten years. George told me that
he first got the idea to produce CD-ROMs of Malaysia
more than five years ago when they were in San
Jose, California. In fact, GeoVision contracted
professional help from the US for their CD-ROM
productions.
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 Penang,
Pearl of the Orient is excellently produced, with
fantastic photos and animation, like the food
section which starts out with a dazzling, visual
of flaming clay pot, a local culinary favourite.
It has just been released for distribution to
Internet Shopping Malls, travel and tourism offices
and agencies, libraries and hotels. -
- Customised Corporate Promotion
Packages are available and Internet-linked viewers
can look forward to receiving information on upcoming
events and updates.
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- It was a full-time, year-long
project, "something like having a baby"
said George, but they couldn’t have done
it alone.
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- Credit also goes to a host
of photographers, freelance writers, musicians,
as well as the Tourism Division of The Penang
Development Corporation (PDC) and Dato’ Kee
of the Penang State Tourism Committee for their
contributions to this project.
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- As for George and Shanti-are
they among the entrepreneurs of Penang?
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- "I wouldn’t call
myself that. Just willing to wear different hats
and trying anything, once," says George.
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