Dont Mess With Melaka
Yet two years into the usage of the slogan certain quarters are still laughing at melaka for copying a three decade old texas slogan.
Dont mess with melaka. At the end of jonker walk we stumbled upon a funny don t mess with melaka sign in the style of don t mess with texas signs also a campaign to stop littering and protect the environment. Destination melaka apps 1 discover melaka 3 don t mess with melaka 16 ekspedisi pelayaran bersejarah melaka palembang melaka 1 empat produk pelancongan baharu di melaka perlu dilawati 1 fabulous food 1malaysia street 1 farm trip for media and blogger 1 festival kuih tradisional aidilfitri negeri melaka 1 fokus pelancongan 10. Entrance to jonker walk melaka malaysia. Don t mess with melaka.
The campaign was obviously successful because melaka was gorgeous and litter free. 2 068 likes 584 talking about this. The don t mess with melaka campaign was launched by the malacca state government in 2014 after local authorities realised that the cleanliness levels in the state dropped to abysmal levels. Don t mess with melaka.
It s yet another quirk of melaka s local culture that was surprising but endearing. The don t mess with texas campaign launched in 1986 aimed to reduce littering in the state and was reported to have successfully reduced littering by up to 72 percent between 1986 and 1990. Later after we left the country we found out that it was part of cleanliness campaign to discourage littering. Posted by alpha juliet on april 27 2018 april 27 2018 here s a photo diary of our one day flying visit to the cool and historic town of melaka malacca.
Throughout melaka malaysia there were signs everywhere that read don t mess with melaka no context was given but the slogan stuck with us. Don t mess with melaka we landed in kuala lumpur and went straight away by bus to melaka what takes approximately 2 hours and we felt in love with this small appealing and pleasant town. It was hoped that the slogan would instill discipline in the community to retain the cleanliness levels in the state that prides itself as a tourist destination.