Archive for April, 2011
Media Statement
The office of Menteri Besar Perak wishes to rebut the article headlined “Perak Tak Cadang Haram: Tiada cadangan sekat artis tidak bermoral” (Perak doesn’t prohibit immoral artistes) which appeared on page 3 of Malay daily, Sinar Harian dated Thursday, April 28. There was no such statement made by the Menteri Besar at the press conference [...]
Local Authorities not Promoting Tourism Industry
State tourism chairman , Dato’ Hamidah Osman, took local authorities to task for not contributing to the improvement of the tourism industry in their districts. “Only 2 local authorities, Taiping and Manjong have made the effort to develop their tourist industry,” and added that Kampar and Grik with strong tourism potential are not doing [...]
International Hockey Tournament
The 20th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, an annual international hockey tournament, will be held here from May 5 to 10. Seven teams, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, India, Pakistant, South Korea and Malaysia, will participate. They are among the top 10 teams in the world. The opening ceremony will be held at 8.00 p.m. on [...]
12th State Assembly in Brief
The fourth session of the 12th Perak State Assembly held over four days from April 12 to 15 went on with few hitches. Notwithstanding that, the sitting, a follow-up of the postponed March session, which was construed as an attempt to deny Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen the opportunity to canvass in the Sarawak state election on [...]
A Welcome Relief
Moi Yuen Sing, 38, owner of a shoe-making factory at Bukit Merah, Lahat, can heave a sigh of relief. She was granted micro-credit worth RM20,000 by Yayasan Bina Upaya Darul Ridzuan (YBU). Moi is thankful to YBU for coming to her aid. A cheque for the said amount was presented to Moi at her factory-house [...]
Spreading the Goodwill
Seventeen non-governmental organisations representing charities and welfare homes in Perak received cash donations worth RM200 each during a ceremony at YMCA, Ipoh recently. Dato’ S. Veerasingham, advisor to the Perak Menteri Besar, gave away cheques to representatives of the NGOs on behalf of Persatuan Wira Kinta (Kinta Heroes’ Society). “The poor, the handicapped and the [...]
KPJ ISH’s Second Baby
KPJ ISH Baby hatch KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital (ISH) Baby Hatch received its second baby at 12.45 p.m. on April 5. The adorable baby boy, estimated to be about 3-4 days old, weighing 2.4 kg, was found active and in good health. The baby, believed to be a Muslim, was found with a copy of [...]
Vaisakhi Nite
Vaisakhi, a Sikh religious festival, marks the beginning of a new solar year and a new harvest season. It falls on the first day of the Baisakh month in the solar Nanakshahi calendar, which corresponds to April 13 in the Gregorian calendar. It also comme-morates the establishment of Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh. In India [...]
Example of a Dedicated Councillor
On a Wednesday morning when I went to open the gate of my house I noticed that the road in front was littered with cow dung and the place stank. For the past few months I have been complaining to MBI about the stray-cow problem in my area and no action has been taken. My [...]