[hang nadim] NORWAY......Putera, Puteri Mahkota Norway lawat Malaysia

Najib Tun Razak dan Rosmah Mansor bersama Putera Haakon Magnus dan Puteri Norway, Mette-Marit di Dataran Perdana, Putrajaya, semalam.- BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR 8 Mac - Putera Mahkota Haakon dari Norway dan isterinya, Puteri Mahkota Mette-Marit hari ini diberi sambutan rasmi di Dataran Perdana di Putrajaya sempena lawatan rasmi tiga hari mereka ke Malaysia.

Setiba pasangan diraja di situ, mereka disambut oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan isteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Putera Haakon memeriksa barisan kehormat terdiri daripada 103 orang anggota Batalion Pertama Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja diketuai Mejar Mohamad Abdullah.

Pasangan diraja itu kemudian mengadakan pertemuan dengan Najib dan isteri di Pejabat Perdana Menteri.

Selepas itu, Putera Haakon dan Puteri Mette-Marit berangkat ke Istana Negara untuk pertemuan dengan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin dan Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.

Pasangan diraja itu tiba di ibu negara dengan perjalanan darat dari Singapura.

Baginda berdua disambut oleh Timbalan Menteri Luar, A. Kohilan Pillay dan Timbalan Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar, Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, selaku menteri pengiring, setiba mereka di hotel penginapan di sini.

Mereka diiringi rombongan seramai 45 orang termasuk Menteri Perdagangan dan Industri, Trond Giske, Timbalan Menteri Luar, Erik Lahnstein, Timbalan Menteri Perikanan dan Hal Ehwal Pesisir Pantai, Vidar Ulriksen dan Timbalan Menteri Petroleum dan Tenaga, Robin Martin Kass. - BERNAMA









NorwayFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norway (pronounced /ˈnɔrweɪ/ ( listen); Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål), Noreg (Nynorsk) or Norga (North Sami)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east. Scotland and Faroe Islands lie to its west across the North Sea, Iceland, and Greenland lie to its west across the Norwegian Sea, and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Bouvet Island and Peter I Island are dependent territories (Norwegian: biland) of Norway but are not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land, a claim that has been recognised by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.[7] Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.

After World War II, Norway experienced rapid economic growth, with the first two decades due to the Norwegian shipping and merchant marine and domestic industrialization, and from the early 1970s, a result of exploiting large oil and natural gas deposits that had been discovered in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Today, Norway ranks as the wealthiest country in the world in monetary value,[8][9][10] with the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation. In August 2009 the nation's sovereign wealth fund announced that it owned approximately 1% of all the stocks in the world, presumably referring to publicly traded stocks. Norway is the world’s seventh largest oil exporter[11] and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of its GDP.[12] Following the ongoing financial crisis of 2007–2010, bankers have deemed the Norwegian krone to be one of the most solid currencies in the world.[13]

Norway also has rich resources of natural gas fields, hydroelectric power, forests, and minerals. This country was the second largest exporter of seafood (in value, after the People’s Republic of China) in 2006, but its offshore fish populaton had been declining rapidly through over-fishing, a serious problem.[14] Other major industries include shipping, food processing, shipbuilding, the metal industry, chemicals, mining, fishing, and the pulp and paper products from forests. Norway maintains a Scandinavian welfare model with universal health-care, subsidised higher education and a comprehensive social security system. Norway was ranked highest of all countries in human development from 2001 to 2007,[15] and then again in 2009[16] and is ranked the best country to live in.[17][18] It was also rated the most peaceful country in the world in a 2007 survey by Global Peace Index.[19]

Norway is an early adapter of women's rights, minority rights, and LGBT rights.[20] For example, in 1990 Norway was the first country to recognize the ILO-convention 169 about indigenous people, in 1993 Norway became the second country to legalize civil union partnerships for same-sex couples, and on January 1, 2009, Norway became the sixth country to grant full marriage equality to same-sex couples.

Although having rejected EU membership in two referenda, it maintains close ties with the Union and its member countries, as well as with the United States. It is considered a prominent participant in diplomacy and international development, having been heavily involved with the failed Oslo Accords and negotiated a failed truce between the Sri Lanka government and the Tamil Tigers. Norway remains one of the biggest financial contributors to the UN,[21] and participates with UN forces in international missions, notably in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Sudan.

Puteri Mahkota Norway kagum seni bina Malaysia


Putera Haakon Magnus (kanan) dan Puteri Mette-Marit mendengar taklimat daripada Pengurus Kawasan Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan Jotun, Sook Im Saw semasa melawat kilang membuat cat Jotun di Kuala Lumpur, semalam.
Turut hadir (dari kiri), Pengarah Urusan Jotun Malaysia, Peder Bohlin dan Pengerusi Jotun Malaysia, Tuanku Datuk Seri Shahabuddin Tuanku Besar Burhanuddin.


KUALA LUMPUR 10 Mac - Puteri Mahkota Norway, Mette-Marit yang dalam rangka lawatan tiga hari ke sini berharap arkitek negaranya dan Malaysia dapat membentuk jaringan kerjasama dalam bidang seni bina.

Beliau yang mengagumi pencapaian cemerlang ditunjukkan oleh arkitek Malaysia berkata, dunia seni bina kini sudah dipengaruhi oleh perkembangan global tanpa mengira batasan geografi dan budaya.

"Banyak pencapaian besar dalam seni bina sudah dicapai Malaysia, antaranya pembinaan bangunan mesra alam Menara Mesiniaga di Subang, Menara Komtar di Pulau Pinang, Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Putrajaya (PICC) dan Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA).

"Begitu juga dengan Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur (KLCC) dan ini menunjukkan kemeriahan seni bina negara ini," kata beliau sewaktu merasmikan Pameran Alam Semulajadi dan Seni Bina: Perspektif Arkitek Norway di sini hari ini.

Turut hadir pada pameran yang akan berakhir pada 17 Mac itu ialah suaminya, Putera Mahkota Haakon; Menteri Perdagangan dan Industri Norway, Trond Giske serta Timbalan Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar, Tan Sri Joseph Kurup.

Pada majlis tersebut, pasangan kerabat diraja Norway itu sempat meluangkan masa melawat pameran selain beramah mesra dengan beberapa warga Norway di Malaysia.

Selain pameran, seminar seni bina turut dianjurkan yang dihadiri oleh arkitek terkenal Norway iaitu Borre Skodvin, Hakon Vigsnaes and Ingebjorg Skare.

Mette-Marit berkata, seni bina memainkan peranan penting kerana ia menampilkan budaya selain menggambarkan kemajuan ekonomi, struktur masyarakat serta keupayaan sesebuah negara.

Putera dan Puteri Mahkota Norway tersebut tiba Isnin lalu untuk lawatan tiga hari bertujuan mengukuhkan kerjasama perdagangan serta meningkatkan perhubungan dua hala antara kedua-dua negara.

Pasangan tersebut turut melawat kilang cat Jotun di Shah Alam dan sebuah syarikat pengeluar minyak dan gas, Aker Solutions di Pelabuhan Klang sebelum berangkat ke Bangkok, Thailand untuk memulakan lawatan di negara itu, esok.


Norway is a constitutional, hereditary monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with King Harald V as its Head of State. It is a unitary state with administrative subdivisions on two levels known as counties (fylker) and municipalities (kommuner). The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act.

Norway is a founding member of the UN, NATO, the Council of Europe and the Nordic Council, and is a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO and the OECD