By JACK WONG

KUCHING: Malaysia’s biggest pictorial book, which features tourism attractions in the Land of the Hornbill, is vying for a place in the Guinness World Book Of Records.

Produced by former freelance tour guide Francesca Ang Beng Ling, the 50-page full-colour book measures 3m by 4.4m when open and weighs 250kg.
Titled simply as “Biggest Pictorial Book” and entering the Malaysia Book of Records as the country’s biggest pictorial book three months ago, it left here on a Malaysia Airline aircraft on Friday on its way to Dubai.

It will be put on display at the Dubai Shopping Festival to promote Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2007 and showcase Sarawak’s unique tourism assets.

The book will then be exhibited in other provinces in ther United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) sponsors the special air freight handling to transport the book.

Otheriwse, Ang would have to fork out RM16,080 in freight charges to transport the 466kg cargo (book in its packaging).

Ang, 40, said Saudi Arabia-based Tiger International, an investment company, had offered to buy her book, and was making arrangements for it to bid for a place in the Guinness World Book of Record.

“The world’s biggest pictoral book is from Bhutan and produced by an American photographer. It measures 2.13m by 1.52m. … [source]