IPOH: Ipoh City Council (MBI) is optimistic of achieving its target of making this city among the most attractive destinations in Malaysia by 2025, due to the various efforts being made towards this.

Ipoh mayor, Datuk Rumaizi Baharin (pix) said MBI was focusing on the 3H, namely, hipster, heritage and health aspects to realise this goal.

“The upgrading works under an allocation from the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) have reached 70 per cent completion involving various facilities such as the bridge, walkways and street lights.

“We are also in the midst of discussing the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras for security and surveillance purposes, and also on providing WiFi facility and a food court,” he told reporters after the pre-launch of the Petting Zoo at Gunung Lang, here, today.

On the Petting Zoo, he said: “It is a new attraction here, more so as it is located at Gunung Lang, which is part of the Kinta Geopark.”

He said the zoo, built at a cost of RM1 million on a 1.8-hectare site, housed 25 species of animals. It operates daily from 10 am to 6 pm with the entrance fee at RM6 for adults and children aged two years and above.