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Heritage advice, please

Posted on April 2, 2011 by

I READ with great interest Chin Mui Yoon’s article in StarMag last Sunday on heritage buildings in Taiping ( Heritage help , Spaces , March 27), my hometown. I am currently especially curious about these matters as I intend to renovate my grandparents’ house situated in the town itself. Continue reading →

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Perak Govt to Standardise Swiftlet Breeding Regulations

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

TAIPING, 9 FEBRUARY, 2011 : The Perak government will standardise regulations in the implementation of swiftlet breeding, especially in terms of licensing and rates for quit rent of breeding sites. Continue reading →

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Firm to recruit villagers for bee-rearing farm scheme

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

REARING of honey bees is an alien activity to villagers in Taiping but this would soon change. Continue reading →

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Assemblyman alleges favouritism in Perak civil service

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

IPOH, DEC 2 — The procedure for promoting civil servants in Perak should be revised because of cases of favouritism, according to state assemblyman for Belanja Datuk Mohd Zain Abu Hasan. He alleged that some civil servants had been promoted because they were close to “high up people.” This was a deviation from the usual practice of promoting … Continue reading →

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Perak sends clean water supply to Kedah, Perlis

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

IPOH: The Perak government today send humanitarian aid, comprising food items, drinking water and clean water supply to Kedah and Perlis which are badly affected by the floods. Continue reading →

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Federal Court strikes out appeal against RPK’s release

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — The Federal Court struck off this morning the home minister’s appeal against the release of controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, better known as RPK, under a habeas corpus application. Raja Petra was arrested on September 12, 2008 as he was deemed a threat to national security and was ordered to be detained under the … Continue reading →

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Ngeh-Mah debate on Nov 1 to take place in Taiping

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

IPOH: State executive councillor Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon will take on Perak DAP chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham in a debate to compare Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat administrations of the state. Continue reading →

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Perak: Beautician burnt to death in car crash

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

IPOH (Oct 4, 2010): A beautician was burnt to death when a car driven by a male friend skidded and rammed a concrete wall before bursting into flames at the 196.4km North-South Expressway near Kerian yesterday. Continue reading →

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Civil Defence Department Training Centres To Be Ready By End Of 2012

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

KOTA BAHARU, Oct 3 (Bernama) — The construction of two Civil Defence Department’s (CDD) training centres, which were supposed to be completed under the 9th Malaysia Plan (9MP), will be resumed and completed before end of 2012. Continue reading →

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Karpal: DAP should adopt one candidate-one seat policy

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

By Athi Shankar GEORGE TOWN: The DAP national chairman Karpal Singh wants his party to adopt a “one candidate-one seat” electoral formula in the next general election, with one exception. The exception is to allow the Penang chief minister to contest both the state and parliament seats to safeguard public and state interests. Karpal said DAP should do away with its 44-year-old practice of … Continue reading →

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