Category: Community
Organic Farmer Gets Compensation
Surin Kaur, an organic farmer who lost RM70,000 during the flood in Lim Garden was given a compensation of RM2,000 by the state government. S. Jayagopi, BN Co-ordinator handed the cheque to her. Surin said that she had been in this business for about seven years in the same area. This is the first time [...]
Aiding the Needy
Hedd Industries (M) Sdn Bhd, an Ipoh-based management consultancy, donated RM50,000 to Persatuan Seruan Islam Perak (PSIP) as part of its corporate social responsibility to the local community. A handing-over ceremony was held for the purpose at the society’s hall in Jalan Seruan off Jalan Dr Raja Nazrin Shah recently. The money is for the [...]
Illegal Food Stall to Go
A long-standing impasse between an illegal food stall operator and residents of a small corner of Pengkalan Pegoh has finally come to an end. This was made possible by the timely intervention of Dato’ Hamidah Osman, the Executive Councillor for Entrepreneur Development and Adun for Sungai Rapat. The offending food stall, built by a local [...]
Community Health Campaign at Kg. Timah
Perak Community Specialist Hospital (PCSH) organised a Free Health Screening at Kg. Timah’s basketball court, Tanjung Tualang, recently. The free screening included blood pressure check, blood glucose test, consultation and counselling. Guest of honour, Dato’ Lee Chee Leong, Deputy Home Minister, launched the “Kempen Kesihatan Komuniti” (Community Health Campaign) which was organised by PCSH and [...]
Aiding the Palestinians
Yayasan Bakti Gunong Keledang, in collaboration with Viva Palestina Malaysia (VPM), presented a talk and film show at the Perak Culture and Arts Auditorium in Jalan Caldwell, Ipoh recently. The objective was to collect funds to initiate Viva Palestina 6 (VP6), the sixth aid convoy to help the stateless Palestinians. Fund raising activities by VPM [...]
Honing Skills in Bead-Making
Yayasan Bina Upaya Darul Ridzuan (YBU) is relentless in its pursuit for excellence through its many outreach programmes. The foundation has just ventured into the teaching of handicraft as a means to help the underprivileged and the marginalised to be self-sufficient. It has acquired the expertise of Halina Buang of 1Skill Consultant from Rapat Setia [...]
Gift from Red Crescent Society Gopeng/Kampar
Members of the Red Crescent Society Gopeng/Kampar Branch recently presented 115 blankets to the State Red Crescent Society at its premises in Kg. Simee. Dato’ Mohd Rafiai bin Haji Moktar, Chairman of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, Perak Branch, received the blankets from Mr Desunda Singh, Vice-President of Gopeng/Kampar Branch. Attending the presentation ceremony were [...]
A Wedding to Cherish
Padang Rengas’s Alia Hanah Abdul Rahman and beau, Dario Micael Da Silva Paxao, were married in traditional Malay fashion complete with kompang, bunga manggar and the bersanding ceremony. Micael, a Portuguese, met Alia while studying abroad. They decided to get hitched in Alia’s parents’ home at Padang Rengas. Father Abdul Rahman was a former student [...]
Chow Pai Parking Alert
Scenario: Cecil Rae Lane, Canning Garden. Commercial block of shop lots consisting of mixed traders inclusive of three kedai kopi (coffee shops) and gaming shops fronting the Canning Garden market, a near perfect 1Malaysia street.
Health Equals Wealth
In an effort to drive awareness that one needs health to pursue wealth, CIMB Bank (Tasek, Ipoh) invited Perak Community Specialist Hospital (formerly known as the Perak Chinese Maternity Hospital) to provide free health screenings and diet counselling to the public to launch their “Bijak Malaysia Savings & Protection Plan” Open Day recently. The response [...]
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