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Its plans includes a green city of which will also benefits<br />

tourism. This plan covers water management, renewable<br />

energy and energy efficiency, green transportation,<br />

zero waste, urban forestry and agriculture, as well as<br />

cultural heritage.<br />

As of current, Malacca city has deployed two electric<br />

buses that covers the World Heritage Zone. Forty more<br />

electric buses are in the pipeline pending approval for<br />

a request made and hopefully it will become a reality<br />

soon.<br />

An initiative to transform nine state government buildings<br />

into energy efficient buildings is underway with<br />

the completion of the first phase of the Putra Specialist<br />

Hospital Melaka Building that brought about monthly<br />

savings of RM100,000 to RM150,000. <strong>The</strong> second<br />

phase is underway and is expected to see completion at<br />

the end of <strong>2017</strong>. It is hoped that the completion of both<br />

these phases will bring down electricity cost by some<br />

RM3.5million per year.<br />

Note: This project started in 2013 with the support and<br />

cooperation of the Danish government.

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