Tag: ipoh echo issue 133
Impiana Wine and Dine Evening
Impiana Hotel Ipoh celebrated its inaugural “Wine & Dine” evening held at The Bistro recently. The 5-course specialty dinner was complimented by prestigious award-winning Australian wines from Kooyong Estate and Braided River.
Sunway Lost World of Tambun to Promote VPY 2012
Sunway Lost World of Tambun has become the first corporation to promote Visit Perak Year 2012 and in a big way too with a Family Countdown Festival 2012. The Festival is organized by event management company Tango Team with sponsorship from Digi and has the full support from Perak Tourism. The Countdown starts on the [...]
Mass Wedding 11/11/11
A hundred couples, from in and around Ipoh, tied the knot on this auspicious day – 11/11/11 (November 11, 2011). They picked the date for a reason – good luck. “It’s indeed a momentous occasion for these newly weds, as the date holds a special meaning for them all,” said Dato’ Ooi Foh Sing, President [...]
VPY 2012 Countdown – Photography Competition
Perak Tourism, in collaboration with the Society of Foto Imej Perak (FIP), has organised a photography competition in conjunction with Visit Perak Year 2012. The competition was launched recently and attended by Senior Exco for Tourism Dato’ Hamidah Osman and officials from Perak Tourism and FIP Society. The competition is open to all photographers and [...]
SeeFoon Goes Grazing in Bercham
By See Foon Chan-Koppen The one lament I have as I find myself adding yet another year to my age, is a constant reminder of the admonition from my beloved grandmother of “wide eyes, narrow stomach”. This is happening with increasing frequency, especially as many friends keep inviting me to try this and try that. [...]
Spousal Abuse on the Rise
“It’s an accepted fact that spousal abuse is on the rise today,” Dr Sharifah Halimah told reporters after speaking at a forum on domestic violence and child abuse in Jelapang recently. The one-day forum was organised by the Perak State Health Department and assisted by government agencies and non-governmental organisations. The President of the Perak [...]
Subsidies for Schools
Approximately RM1 million was disbursed by Executive Councillor for Health and Local Government, Dato’ Dr Mah Hang Soon, on behalf of the Perak State Government, to 18 mission and 17 national-type secondary schools in the state. This was part of the state’s allocation to pay for the schools’ utility bills and miscellaneous expenses for the [...]
At a Loose End in Ipoh (part III): Taiping Night Safari
By Mariam Mokhtar A visit to the Kinta valley would not be complete without a trip to Taiping’s night safari. Far from its image as a retirement town and a sleepy hollow, Taiping and its environs, seem to be packed with activities for every age-group, from jungle trekking to coastal fishing. On the Taiping night [...]
Ironman Danny’s Heart Race
Danny Ng, an Ipoh boy was a student of St. Michael’s Institution, Ipoh in the nineties. He is currently the senior sales manager at the Four Seasons Resort in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Danny lives with his wife, Julie, two sons and a daughter in Squamish, B.C. He is my family friend. I first heard [...]
Help Make VPY 2012 A Success
The launch of the Perak Tourism Newsletter by Dato’ Hamidah Osman on July 26 at Heritage Hotel, Ipoh is most timely in view of Visit Perak Year (VPY) 2012. Hamidah’s message in the inaugural issue of the newsletter reinforces the state government’s commitment in making the event a reality despite the predictions of the many [...]