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State will highlight 10 tourism icons to foreign media

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:10:34 +0000

PERAK will invite newsmen from several countries to visit the state and also take part in an international media treasure hunt and photography competition this year.

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DPM: Teachers have a say in nation’s destiny

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:16:11 +0000

PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday reminded teachers that they were responsible for nurturing the country’s future leaders and manpower needs.

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Malaysian bus passengers fear night travel

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:12:07 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR – MANY bus passengers are avoiding night travel in the belief that more accidents occur after dark. Random interviews conducted by The Star at several major bus stations found that most passengers were concerned that accidents were more likely to occur at night from speeding or sleepy bus drivers.

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27 killed in Cameron Highlands road bus crash

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:03:00 +0000

UPDATED IPOH: Twenty-seven people, many of them tourists from Thailand, were killed in a tour bus accident at Km15 of the Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai Road south of here today. Twenty-two of them died on the spot, four of them on the way to hospital and one at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, said Perak deputy chief police officer Zakaria Yusof. He said the double-decker bus …

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Ministry’s vehicle vandalised during operation

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:12:06 +0000

Friday, December 24th, 2010 21:20:00 IPOH: A four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle belonging to the Perak branch of the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry was vandalised in an incident late last night. Its director, Mohd Hilmi Mohd Noor, said the Naza Sorento’s exterior was found to have been spray-painted black after an enforcement team inspected a premises in Persiaran Greentown 11 …

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Memories of a political pioneer

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:32:49 +0000

WHEN Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min who was a member of the Sarawak Council Negeri for 45 years takes a look back and compiles his recollection of his speeches made at the Council in a book, anyone interested in the history of the state and nation should take notice.

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Following in Dr Sun’s footsteps

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:46:48 +0000

DESCENDANTS of China’s Father of Revolution Dr Sun Yat Sen walked in his footsteps as they visited Taiping and Ipoh.

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Taiping Zoo: Will they, won’t they prosecute?

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:46:18 +0000

From Sean Whyte (Nature Alert), via e-mail Since denying it was complicit in attempting to have the case dropped against the Taiping Zoo, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) have done nothing to allay either public concerns or perceptions. Following a rumour circulating last week, neither NRE, DWNP or the Attorney …

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Stray cats: Taiping Council declines to help

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:34:22 +0000

I HAVE met a dead end as far as trying to get rid of stray cats is concerned. The stray cat population is increasing around where I live. Elsewhere in Taiping, the problem seems evident by the number of strays in town, residential areas and markets.

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Berapit Twin Tunnels to be Completed in 2011

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:13:48 +0000

KUALA KANGSAR, 1 NOVEMBER, 2010 : The Berapit Twin Tunnels, the longest in South-East Asia, will be fully completed by end of 2011, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.

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