Category: Community
Breast Prosthesis Presentation
Under the National Welfare Foundation’s Belayan programme, the Pink Champions Society Perak recently assisted 80 underprivileged breast cancer survivors in obtaining a free prosthesis and two bras, worth about RM900 per set. This project, organised in such a large scale for the first time by Pink Champions Society Perak and in conjunction with Mother’s Day, [...]
Mothers’ Day Celebration at KPJ ISH
Mother’s Day is a time of commemoration and celebration of moms everywhere. It is a time for breakfasts in bed, family gatherings and precious gift giving to show mom how much you care. But, for mothers who are patients at KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital, their not being home to celebrate with loved ones has prompted [...]
31st Vaisakhi Games
The Perak Sikh Union (PSU) held its 31st Annual Vaisakhi Games at Ipoh Padang recently. According to the PSU President Gurjeet Singh Rhande, the annual Vaisakhi Games is one of the core annual activities for PSU. It is held with the objective to foster brotherhood, sportsmanship spirit and healthy living among the Sikhs. The games [...]
Pavement Defects
Thumbs Down By A. Jeyaraj Recently when I went shopping in Little India, for the first time I parked my car in front of Siva Sakthi Restaurant on Jalan Sultan Yussuf (Belfield Street) and walked to Lahat Road. I was shocked to see the condition of the pedestrian walkway which is not safe to walk. [...]
Easter Potluck Dinner
Eat, sing and play, that was the order of the evening during the recent Easter potluck dinner organised by the Portuguese Eurasian Association of Perak at the OMPH cafeteria. About 60 members and guests had a fun-filled evening feasting on a sumptuous spread of local and Eurasian dishes, especially the signature debal curry, seku/ladarr curry, [...]
Kiosks for the Poor Not Fully Utilised
Under the Urban Poverty Eradication Programme, the Ministry of Federal Territories and Urban Well-Being allocated funds for local councils in the country to build kiosks for the poor to enable them to set up their own businesses. MBI received an allocation of RM600,000 and 40 kiosks were constructed in different parts of the city. The [...]
Volunteerism Reaches Out
After the launching on March 26 of ‘Volunteerism II: Continuing the Legacy’ campaign, which is a continuation of ‘Volunteerism Campaign: Volunteers Work for Change’, Public Relations (PR) students of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) initiated the outreach activities for the campaign on April 13. The first volunteerism campaign was held in 2011 where final-year UTAR [...]
Doh Family Matriarch becomes Nonagenarian
It is always a joyous occasion when someone celebrates a birthday, and even more so when the celebrant is the matriarch of the Doh family who reached 90 years of age! The Doh family, inclusive of the three grandsons, Dato’ Doh Jee Chai, Dato’ Marcus Doh and Dato’ Jimmy Doh, held a grand celebration for [...]
Kinta Heights Upgraded
MBI’s flats at Kinta Height and the neighbouring flats at Jalan Silang and Jalan Bijeh Timah were recently upgraded under the government’s National Blue Ocean Strategy My Beautiful Neighbourhood programme. Dato’ Seri DiRaja Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir officiated at the handing over ceremony after the completion of the project. Zambry was accompanied by Ipoh Mayor [...]
Pasir Pinji Master Plan
BN’s candidate for the state seat of Pasir Pinji Dato’ Thong Fah Chong, opened his campaign for Pasir Pinji by unveiling his ‘Pasir Pinji – Master Plan’ which pledged six important points, one of which is a proposal for a Community Bus to ferry “Pasir Pinji community folk to town while passing by UTC, the [...]
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