Category Archives: Community
PORT launched to elevate the status of Perak’s arts and its community
The launching of the People of Rare Talent (PORT) centre in Ipoh last night is an exceptional move by a state government to assist in the development of its art community while elevating the status of modern and traditional as well as performing arts in the state. The centre will also help Perak to pool [...]
Single mother gets restored home
After many sorrowful years of living in a rundown hut, a single mother of two can now breathe easier as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) under its Baiti Jannati project had come to her rescue and restored her dilapidated house at Kampung Batu 3 Temoh, near Tapah. The key to the house was presented recently by [...]
Cycle Safely Around the World 3
Some 220 children took part in a Children Road Safety Campaign which was held in conjunction with Kiwanis Children Day 2011. With the theme “Cycle Safely around the World, the event was jointly organised by the Perak Road Safety Council and Kiwanis Club of Meru Valley. It took place at the Dr. Seenivasagam Park’s children [...]
A show of Odissi for charity
By Jeya Letchumi Ponnuma – Persatuan Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti Buntong (PPDKB), in collaboration with the Sutra Foundation, recently held a fund-raising show called “Odissi Stirred” featuring Ramli Ibrahim and the Sutra Dancers. The show at the Perak State Secretariat Building in Ipoh was officiated by Sultan Azlan Shah and also gracing the occasion were Raja [...]
PeKA and MICCI Perak branch sign mutual cooperation agreement
By Bella – To bolster its strategic partnerships with relevant bodies and institutions, the Pusat Kerjaya Amanjaya (PeKA) has signed a memorandum of collaboration with Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) yesterday. The signing ceremony between PeKa’s Executive Director Aminudin Hashim and MICCI Perak Branch Chairman Leong Hua Kaie is meant to realise [...]
YBU Microcredit – RM1.7million loans given, 70% payback rate
By Bella – Yayasan Bina Upaya (YBU) has given out a total of RM1.7million in microcredit facility to 216 recipients since starting the programme middle of last year in an effort meant to empower people from the lower strata of the society. YBU also expects to dispense another RM3million microcredit facility to an additional 250 [...]
Food aid for Perak’s poor starts this month
By Bella – In a noble move to alleviate the sufferings of poor people in Perak, the state government through Yayasan Bina Upaya (YBU) will be distributing food for the needy through a programme which is meant to benefit up to 5,000 families a month. The food aid programme (Bantuan Ikhlas Bina Upaya) which starts [...]
Hardy birthday wish – Kinabalu’s Via Feratta
Balloon parties may be a kid’s idea of a great birthday, and it may graduate to club parties, hotel bashes, even holidays abroad or something very grand, which are among the norms for those who can afford to do so. While straining every muscle in the body and gasping for air above 4,000m may not [...]
Dazzling fireworks display at Station 18, courtesy of Keris Properties
By Bella – A spectacular five-minute fireworks display lighted the night sky above and thrilled a huge crowd below at Station 18 near the southern end of sprawling Ipoh city. Hosting the RM40,000 display was Keris Properties Sdn Bhd, an active developer for many commercial and residential projects in Ipoh and its surroundings, including the [...]
Compulsory for disabled-friendly public transportation soon.
Story by Bella – Malaysia intends to make it compulsory for all public transport companies to provide facilities for the disabled. Chairman of Land Public Transport Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said he has often received complaints from various associations regarding the lack of facilities for the disabled in our public transports. He then [...]