Eight staff from Mahkota Hotel’s Food & Beverage Department took part in a `Floral-Theme Waiter Race’ organized by Perbandaran Pembangunan Sungai Dan Pantai Melaka (PPSPM), in conjunction with the latter’s annual Pesta Sungai Melaka (or Melaka River Festival).
All ready for the race. | Participants ran a 1.3km race alongside Melaka River to be among the fastest to reach the finish line while balancing a tray of glasses filled with water and taking care not to spill the water. Mahkota Hotel staff, Mohd Hazim Bin Wahab won the consolation prize in the Male Individual category.
In his speech, PPSPM’s General Manager for Tourism Promotion, Encik Saari Bin Basiron said that the festival was held to attract tourists, both local and foreign to Melaka; instill the importance of rivers and the need to preserve and keep them clean, and encourage the hoteliers to practice the Go-Green concept. |