Consultative council is willing to work with the authorities. However, they should not drag their feet and remain indifferent…Scarcity of burial grounds A crematorium may not be appealing to the squeamish but for those who have been clamouring for one, it is definitely a necessity. The scarcity of burial grounds in the city is a [...]
Traders impose their will on organisers rather than the other way around. This is not progress… Exposition It is most disheartening to see how well-meaning intentions are being exploited for selfish reasons. The much heralded Wenzhou Brand-name and Quality Products Exposition and the Perak Agrofest 2010 bore witness to this flagrant display of self-serving profiteering. [...]
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari Ipohites, exercise your rights judiciously. Inspect the draft local plan and make your objections and representations known… Local Plan Based on the Town and Country Planning Act 1976, a local planning authority is allowed to prepare a local plan. However, it has to be integral to the state structural plan. This [...]
We have been in publication for over five years and have heard nothing but stony silence from the authorities on issues raised by this paper.
Although the Malayan Emergency was officially declared over on July 31, 1960 skirmishes and firefights occurred frequently throughout the country. The Communist insurgents continued to keep security forces on their toes.
The fate of the 13 protesters charged for illegal assembly outside the Ubaidah Mosque, Kuala Kangsar, continues to be deliberated at the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court.
The general perception among Malaysians is that wife-beating and other forms of abuse (physical, sexual, verbal and mental) perpetrated by husbands, are caused by the women themselves.
A trade exposition in June at Stadium Indera Mulia Ipoh will herald the entry of China into Malaysia, and Perak has, unwittingly, become the beneficiary.
As citizens of a country that not only practises but preaches democratic values, it is our right to demand a clean and efficient government.
Brother Vincent Corkery, who had served a span of over 60 years in educating thousands of our citizens, only wishes to be a Malaysian Citizen and spend the rest of his life in this country.
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