Yayasan Sultan Idris Shah for the Disabled (YSIS) is preparing to take on a bigger role in the training of skilled and competent workers in the right techniques of disability management. The Jeyaratnam Campus, which was launched by Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir at the existing complex in Bercham, recently, will provide the [...]
Mariaville Nursery & Kindergarten, which is run by the Good Shepherd Sisters, celebrated its 30th Anniversary with a Family Carnival recently. Chairman of the Perak Turf Club, Tan Sri V. Jeyaratnam, was the Guest of Honour. The support from parents and friends was tremendous. Staff from Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd HQ and their sister school [...]
Traders in Little India are unhappy with the construction of a public toilet in the centre of the business area. The toilet is being built on the location of a memorial fountain. Siew Few Yuen, Proprietor of Ipoh Goldsmith Sdn Bhd said that MBI did not consult them on this. Another trader Amir Bacha of [...]
A talk organised by the Perak Academy Tradition and progress – can one exist alongside the other or are both mutually exclusive? This was the basis of an illuminating talk given by Dr. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti, a Perakean that all Perakeans would be proud of. Dr. Muhammad Afifi emphasised the importance of an equitable balance [...]
A single mother, Chin Peck Yen, 40, appeals for assistance from well-meaning Ipohites to lessen the burden of raising her five children. Chin’s husband, Chong Wei Yoon, 47, succumbed to injuries sustained after falling from his tractor recently. Since her husband’s death Chin has been living a hand-to-mouth existence. She does odd jobs waiting and [...]
MBI is upgrading many roads and pedestrian walkways in the city. The walkways along Jalan Dato’ Onn Jaafar in front of the Store Department Store has been upgraded. The pedestrian walkway has been built with gradient when it meets cross roads to enable people to walk comfortably. Wheelchair-bound people can also use the walkway. Railings [...]
The much awaited Electric Train plying between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur has finally pulled into the Ipoh’s Railway Station. KTMB subsidiary Electric Train Services Sdn Bhd (ETS) which held a familiarization trip for VIP’s, the media and guests two days before their official launch on August 12, received an overwhelming number of day trippers that [...]
Taiko-Straits Developments Sdn. Bhd. held a Living Showcase of their development The Thompson – Flora Tropika Residences recently. In a tie-up with CIMB Preferred Customers Division and Ipoh Motors displaying the latest model of Mercedes-Benz ML and E-Class, more than 400 guests nibbled on posh nosh, drank red wine and oohed and aahed through the [...]
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