Archive for October, 2011
Blood Donation Campaign
The Perak Qiong Hai Association recently held a blood donation campaign which took place at the Gunung Rapat basket ball court. Held from 930am till 130pm the campaign saw 150 donors come forward to donate blood. Unlike other blood donation campaigns this campaign saw each donor being presented with a Zenne brand Eco-friendly gas cooker [...]
MBI’s Press Night 2011
Ipoh City Council feted the local media to a dinner recently titled “Press Nite 2011” held at the picturesque location at Gunung Lang. Seated together with the media members at the dinner was the respective Heads of Departments from City Council as well as City Councillors. Ipoh Mayor Dato’Roshidi Hashim has throughout the year held [...]
FMM 43rd Annual Dinner
The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) recently held their 43rd Annual Dinner where Perak Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Zanbry Abdul Kadir was its guest of honour. Other VIPs present at the dinner included FMM Vice President YM Raja Dato’ Abd Aziz bin Raja Muda Musa, Perak Exco for Industry Dato Hamidah Osman and Perak FMM [...]
CONNECTING BERCHAM
If all the plans laid out by MBI and JKR move according to schedule, residents of Bercham will be able to enjoy a new access and exit road by the end of this year. Although both the entrance and exit roads are in the southerly directions “ it will still help to reduce traffic congestion [...]
PMR Final Exam at PCSH
On October 10, a candidate in the midst of PMR Examination at SMJK Poi Lam found himself taking the examination at the Perak Community Specialist Hospital (PCSH) instead of in school. Ng Chen Weng (pic middle) had abdominal cramps, vomiting and dizziness and was suspected of suffering from acute appendicitis which eventually turned out to [...]
Conference on Organisational Excellence in Manufacturing
A one-day conference on “Organisational Excellence in Manufacturing” is being organised by FMM Institute Perak at Impiana Hotel on Oct. 19. FMM Perak Branch chairman Dato’ Gan Tack Kong said that the conference would serve as a platform to bring together both international and Malaysian experts to share their knowledge in manufacturing. It would focus [...]
SADC Signs MOU with UPM
State Agriculture Development Corporation (SADC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with University Putra Malaysia (UPM) which was witnessed by Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri DiRaja Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir. Deputy Chancellor of UPM, Prof. Dr. Tai Shzee Yew signed on behalf of the university and CEO of SADC Ahmad Rizal Abdul Rahman signed on behalf [...]
Manis’ Dream Comes True
Manis bt Mad from Kampong Headwork, an Orang Asli settlement in Langkap, can now heave a sigh of relief, thanks to Yayasan Bina Upaya Darul Ridzuan (YBU). Her dream of owning a new house has come true. The 60-ish lady, who lives in a dilapidated wooden house which is almost 50 years old, built by [...]
How Are We Showcasing Our History?
Many words have been spoken, many plans have been drawn and laid out, many money making schemes by unscrupulous people have been planned and all of this is to be in conjunction with the Visit Perak Year of 2012 next year. What I find most disturbing is that there has been nothing, absolutely nothing that [...]