Tag: ipoh echo issue 127
Perak Tourism Bhd Appoints CEO
Encik Ahmad Fathil Abdul Ghani has been appointed CEO of Perak Tourism Berhad. Fathil comes to Perak with a wealth of tourism experience having served with the Terengganu State Tourism Board since 1990. Fathil initially began his career as a hotel executive in 1988 before joining the Terengganu State Secretariat in 1990 as its Tourism [...]
Hari Raya Gloom
Two families’ hopes of a cheery Hari Raya Adil Fitri went up in flames when their rented wooden houses in Sungai Rokam were gutted by fire on Thursday, August 18, barely two weeks before the big day. Halifah Md Som, 35, escaped with her 6-day old infant child, Dewa Armadan Ismail. She was [...]
Batu Gajah Heritage Trail
Batu Gajah (BG) now also has a Heritage Map. It is called “Batu Gajah Heritage Driving Trail”. The map was produced by the Kinta Heritage Group in collaboration with Perak Tourism and Batu Gajah District Office. It was recently launched by State Exco for Tourism Dato’ Hamidah Osman. The map starts from the Sri Subramaniyar [...]
SeeFoon discovers authentic ‘Mah Lat’ taste in Ipoh
Most readers will have discovered by now that my taste in food is somewhat eclectic, and while not as adventurous as Very Serious Foodie Andrew Zimmern in his programme called Bizarre Foods, where he will pop live worms and insects into his mouth and apparently enjoy them
They Deserve Our Compassion, Too
We live increasingly compartmentalized lives; we barely know the cultural traits of our neighbours who may belong to another faith. Some of us may take great pains to be aware of how others live
Raja Bilah Centenary Celebration
A buzz of activity enveloped the usually quiet town of Papan recently as more than 200 descendants of Raja Bilah of Papan, gathered in their ancestral house, Rumah Besar Raja Bilah, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of their illustrious ancestor.
Cataract
Ipoh Echo’s Eye Health Series continues with Consultant Eye Surgeon Dr. S.S. Gill talking to us about Cataract. The lens in our eyes plays a crucial role in vision. This lens is transparent, crystalline and focuses light on the back of the eye (retina). When this crystalline lens becomes cloudy, it is called a cataract [...]
Photography Exhibition
Kolej Poly-tech Mara held a photography exhibition recently in which 20 photographers from all over Perak participated. The objective of the programme was to expose the finer points of the subject to its students. College director Norizan Noordin said that photography was a popular subject among her students. However, most of them need exposure to [...]
Orphans Hosted by Soroptimist International Ipoh
Over 90 children including all of the Salvation Army Orphanages in Ipoh and 17 from the Home of Peace in Canning Garden, were treated to the Nationwide Charity Premiere of Cars 2 hosted by Soroptimist International Ipoh (SII) recently. The event was part of Soroptimist International Region of Malaysia (SIROM)’s inaugural nationwide charity premiere which [...]
MBI Acts on IE Reader Alert
On August 3, Ipoh Echo received a call from a reader that a “dangerous looking building renovation” was ongoing at the junction Jalan Tahwil Azhar and Jalan Mustapha Al-Bakri. A drive to the location revealed that the building had its inner sections removed but left the “original walls” intact. The walls were tied with cables [...]
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