Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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VOLUNTEER & WORKING
TRIPS
The World Wide F und for N ature (or
World Wildlife Fund; & 03/7803-3772;
fax 03/7803-5157; www.wwf.org.my) can
provide assistance to those who are seeking
to do some natur e v olunteering in the
country, or at least direct potential visitors
to those organizations or locations wher e
this could be possible. R esumes should be
forwarded directly to careersjob@wwf.org.
my.
12 STAYING CONNECTED
TELEPHONES
To place a call fr om your home country
to Malaysia: Dial the international access
code (011 in the U.S. and Canada; 0011
in A ustralia; or 00 in the U.K., I reland,
and New Zealand), plus the countr y code
(60), plus the M alaysia ar ea code (Cam-
eron H ighlands 5, D esaru 7, G enting
Highlands 9, Johor Bahru 7, K uala Lum-
pur 3, Kuala Terengganu 9, Kota Bharu 9,
Kota Kinabalu 88, K uantan 9, K uching
82, Langkawi 4, M elaka 6, M ersing 7,
Penang 4, Tioman 9), followed by the six-,
seven-, or eight-digit phone number (for
example, from the U.S. to Kuala Lumpur,
you'd dial 011-60-3/0000-0000).
The nation's fix ed telephone pr ovider,
Telekom M alaysia, also pr ovides I nterna-
tional Direct Dialing (IDD) services from
most better hotels.
To place a dir ect inter national call
from M alaysia: D ial the international
access code (00), plus the countr y code of
the place you are dialing (U.S. and Canada
1, Australia 61, R epublic of I reland 353,
New Zealand 64, U.K. 44), plus the ar ea/
city code and the residential number.
To r each the international operator:
Dial & 108.
Prepaid international calling car ds ar e
available from a number of companies and
can be pur chased at most conv enience
stores. B e warned that not all phones
accept all cards—most likely card-operated
phones are located next to the shops that
sell corresponding cards.
With widespr ead mobile phone usage,
coin-operated phones are becoming a scar-
city. If you find one, local calls are charged
at 10 sen for 3 minutes.
To place a call within M alaysia: You
must use ar ea codes if calling betw een
states. Note that for calls within the coun-
try, ar ea codes ar e pr eceded b y a z ero
(Cameron H ighlands 05, D esaru 07,
Genting H ighlands 09, J ohor B ahru 07,
Kuala Lumpur 03, K uala Terengganu 09,
Kota Bharu 09, Kota Kinabalu 088, Kuan-
tan 09, K uching 082, Langkawi 04,
Melaka 06, M ersing 07, P enang 04, Tio-
man 09).
For local dir
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ectory assistance: D
ial
& 103.
CELLPHONES
Cellular telephone services are provided by
Celcom, DiGi, Maxis, and Telekom Cel-
lular. Celcom sells a Malaysia prepaid SIM
card that can be used with an international
cellular phone that assigns a local tele-
phone number, allows free incoming calls,
and provides a local rate for local calls. I t
can be obtained befor e y ou trav el via
Telestial ( & 800/707-0031 in the U.S.;
800/795-252 in A ustralia; www .telestial.
com), with courier deliv ery. Telestial also
rents cellphones.
 
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