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  • Down Memory Lane by Dato’ William S W Davidson

    Down Memory Lane by Dato’ William S W Davidson

    DOWN MEMORY LANE by DATO’ WILLIAM S W DAVIDSON THE SPEAKER Dato’ William S W Davidson took his LLB (Hons) from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1956 and was called to the English Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1957. He began his legal career in London before serving as Crown Counsel and legal draughtsman in [...]

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    | May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
  • 2012 CENTURY RIDE MALAYSIA (IPOH)

    2012 CENTURY RIDE MALAYSIA (IPOH)

    CENTURY RIDE MALAYSIA 2012 Going Long..A Journey Of Discovery ! A Great Cycling Event that you shouldn’t miss ! Come and experience yourself ! Distance : 160KM Venue : KINTA RIVER FRONT , Perak. Date : 15 July 2012 (Sunday) – ENTRY FEES : EARLY BIRD 15 Mar 2012 – 15 APR 2012 RM100.00 – [...]

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    | May 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
  • Mutiara Perak Awards 2012

    It was a night to remember, as many remarkable women(s) not only from the state of Perak but from all over the country gather together to celebrate with each other their achievements. Women who have contributed greatly to Perak for at least ten years were recognized and given an award of appreciation based on by [...]

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    | May 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
  • Go Green With Perak 2012

    Go Green With Perak 2012

    Go Green With Perak 2012 was officiated by Dato Hamidah Bt. Osman in Ipoh Parade last Sunday. Pertandingan Merekacipta Model Dengan Bahan-bahan Kitar Semula – Tema : I Love Perak Go Green With Perak 2012 Date : 14th -15th April 2012 Venue : Ipoh Parade, Ground Floor. Time : 10.00am

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    | April 19, 2012 | 0 Comments
  • Impiana Hotel Ipoh presents The Laugh Syndicate

    Impiana Hotel Ipoh presents The Laugh Syndicate

    The Laugh Syndicate features comedic talents such as the mischievous Bibi K. Poh, the up-and-coming “joker” Kuah Jen Han and of course, Joanne Kam Poh Poh – Malaysia’s queen of comedy. They bring with them their notorious sense of humor with promises of a wicked and electrifying showcase that will definitely leave the audience in [...]

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    | April 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

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  • Mutiara Perak Awards 2012
    Mutiara Perak Awards 2012

    It was a night to remember, as many remarkable women(s) not only from the state of Perak but from all over the country gather together to celebrate with each other their achievements. Women who have contributed greatly to Perak for at least ten years were recognized and given an award of appreciation based on by [...]

  • Special Screening of Mantera (International Version)
    Special Screening of Mantera (International Version)

    Menteri Besar of Perak YAB Datuk Seri Diraja Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his wife were the Guest’s of Honour for the Special Movie Screening – “Mantera“ last Saturday. Also accompanied them were Exco Members and Children from Bina Upaya Foundation. “We just witness how a animation film based can be done, it is the [...]

  • Royal Belum World Drum Festival At Dataran Ipoh 2012
    Royal Belum World Drum Festival At Dataran Ipoh 2012

    The energetic performances by the Absolutely Thai managed to steal the focus of more than 3,000 visitors who thronged the Dataran Bandaraya in conjunction with the Royal Belum World Drum Festival event held last Saturday. The event gave the State Of Perak an opporunity to be recognized and to promote it’s uniqueness and it’s culture [...]

  • Royal Belum World Drum Festival At Dataran Ipoh – Videos
    Royal Belum World Drum Festival At Dataran Ipoh – Videos

    Here are some Video’s from last Saturday’s Royal Belum World Drum Festival event held in Dataran Badaraya Ipoh. Y.A.B Dato’ Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry bin. Abdul Kadir, his wife Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli and YB Dato’ Hamidah Binti Osman was the VVIP Guest at the event. Dato Dr. Zambry officiating the Event.. Capoeira Camara From [...]

  • Valentine’s Dance Performance 2012
    Valentine’s Dance Performance 2012

    There was a Valentine’s Special Dance Performance held in Ipoh Parade last weekend. The crowd gathered to watch the twisting and cha cha cha moves performed by children as young as 10 years old! Impressive I must say, hopefully the pictures and video’s that I have for you this week will do justice. Sit back [...]

  • The Haven – Where 5 Star Living Meets Mother Nature
    The Haven – Where 5 Star Living Meets Mother Nature

    Before buying a house or an apartment which you will eventually call your home, there will be certain criteria that you might look for before investing your hard earned money. Some people look for properties located in a strategic location while others look for properties which will get them away from the hustle and bustle [...]

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Perak Berpesta Gol Di Ipoh

Perak Berpesta Gol Di Ipoh

Para pemain muda Perak mencatat sejarah tersendiri apabila berjaya mempertahankan rekod tanpa kalah dalam 13 perlawanan di laman sendiri pada saingan Liga Piala Presiden di Stadium Perak, Ipoh semalam. Perak yang bermain dengan semangat berkobar-kobar telah membelasah NS Betaria 5 – 0. Jurulatih, Abu Bakar Fadzim bersyukur kerana Perak berjaya menamatkan 13 perlawanan di tempat [...]

TPM Umum Timbang Kenaikan Pangkat 24,053 guru

TPM Umum Timbang Kenaikan Pangkat 24,053 guru

Kerajaan akan menimbang untuk menaikan pangkat kira-kira seramai 24,053 guru apabila mereka memenuhi syarat tempoh perkhidmatan mulai 1 Jun 2012 sehingga 31 Disember 2012. Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ketika membuat pengumuman itu berkata, dari jumlah tersebut seramai 8,222 adalah gurusiswazah dan 15,831 guru Diploma dan kenaikan pangkat ini membabitkan peruntukan besar sebanyak [...]

Dr Zambry Honours Teachers With Huge Celebration At His Official Residence

Dr Zambry Honours Teachers With Huge Celebration At His Official Residence

Teachers across the country yesterday celebrated World Teachers’ Day 2012 which was themed ‘Innovative Teachers Accelerate Education Transformation’. Some 4,000 teachers from all over the country country attended an appreciation dinner at the Chief Minister’s official residence in Ipoh. In his opening address, Perak Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir shared his personal [...]

Two men held in Perak for attending Bersih 3.0

IPOH: Police have arrested two men from Perak for participation in the Bersih 3.0 gathering in Kuala Lumpur on April 28. Perak Police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahalan said today a 43-year-old night market trader from Tambun and a 52-year-old plumber from Klebang were picked up at their homes last Saturday. They have been handed [...]

Dr Zambry And Datin Saripah Pays Surprise Visit To Girl Suffering From SMA

Dr Zambry And Datin Saripah Pays Surprise Visit To Girl Suffering From SMA

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a VIP visitor during a hospital stay but a technician from Task in Ipoh was rather overwhelmed when the head of state and wife visited his daughter this morning at the Pediatric Ward of Hospital Besar Permaisuri Bainun. Lau Thim Kam, 42, described how touched he was when [...]

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Down Memory Lane by Dato’ William S W Davidson

Down Memory Lane by Dato’ William S W Davidson

DOWN MEMORY LANE by DATO’ WILLIAM S W DAVIDSON THE SPEAKER Dato’ William S W Davidson took his LLB (Hons) from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1956 and was called to the English Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1957. He began his legal career in London before serving as Crown Counsel and legal draughtsman in [...]

Innovating Malaysia Tour 2012 – Ipoh

Innovating Malaysia Tour 2012 – Ipoh

Organiser Agensi Inovasi Malaysia chief executive officer Mark Rozario said the exhibition was part of a nationwide roadshow to promote innovative and creative thinking among Malaysians. “Visitors can look at innovations and ideas from local universities as well as from research institutes and the private sector. Innovating Malaysia Tour 2012 (Ipoh) will feature 50 booths [...]

2012 CENTURY RIDE MALAYSIA (IPOH)

2012 CENTURY RIDE MALAYSIA (IPOH)

CENTURY RIDE MALAYSIA 2012 Going Long..A Journey Of Discovery ! A Great Cycling Event that you shouldn’t miss ! Come and experience yourself ! Distance : 160KM Venue : KINTA RIVER FRONT , Perak. Date : 15 July 2012 (Sunday) – ENTRY FEES : EARLY BIRD 15 Mar 2012 – 15 APR 2012 RM100.00 – [...]

Weekly Announcements

Weekly Announcements

IPOH STARWALK 2012 Perakians can now register for the Ipoh Starwalk 2012 on Saturdays from 9am to 5pm at The Star Ipoh office at No. 8-10, Lorong Chung Thye Phin. Registration counter is also open during office hours. Participants can also register online Click Here by May 18 for the competition category and June 1 [...]

PIKOM PC FAIR —  4th -6th May 2012

PIKOM PC FAIR — 4th -6th May 2012

PIKOM PC FAIR 4th -6th May 2012 Time: 10am-10pm Date: 4th-6th May 2012 Venue: Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh

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Down Memory Lane by Dato’ William S W Davidson

Down Memory Lane by Dato’ William S W Davidson

DOWN MEMORY LANE by DATO’ WILLIAM S W DAVIDSON THE SPEAKER Dato’ William S W Davidson took his LLB (Hons) from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1956 and was called to the English Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1957. He began his legal career in London before serving as Crown Counsel and legal draughtsman in [...]

Perak Berpesta Gol Di Ipoh

Perak Berpesta Gol Di Ipoh

Para pemain muda Perak mencatat sejarah tersendiri apabila berjaya mempertahankan rekod tanpa kalah dalam 13 perlawanan di laman sendiri pada saingan Liga Piala Presiden di Stadium Perak, Ipoh semalam. Perak yang bermain dengan semangat berkobar-kobar telah membelasah NS Betaria 5 – 0. Jurulatih, Abu Bakar Fadzim bersyukur kerana Perak berjaya menamatkan 13 perlawanan di tempat [...]

TPM Umum Timbang Kenaikan Pangkat 24,053 guru

TPM Umum Timbang Kenaikan Pangkat 24,053 guru

Kerajaan akan menimbang untuk menaikan pangkat kira-kira seramai 24,053 guru apabila mereka memenuhi syarat tempoh perkhidmatan mulai 1 Jun 2012 sehingga 31 Disember 2012. Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ketika membuat pengumuman itu berkata, dari jumlah tersebut seramai 8,222 adalah gurusiswazah dan 15,831 guru Diploma dan kenaikan pangkat ini membabitkan peruntukan besar sebanyak [...]

Dr Zambry Honours Teachers With Huge Celebration At His Official Residence

Dr Zambry Honours Teachers With Huge Celebration At His Official Residence

Teachers across the country yesterday celebrated World Teachers’ Day 2012 which was themed ‘Innovative Teachers Accelerate Education Transformation’. Some 4,000 teachers from all over the country country attended an appreciation dinner at the Chief Minister’s official residence in Ipoh. In his opening address, Perak Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir shared his personal [...]

Two men held in Perak for attending Bersih 3.0

IPOH: Police have arrested two men from Perak for participation in the Bersih 3.0 gathering in Kuala Lumpur on April 28. Perak Police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahalan said today a 43-year-old night market trader from Tambun and a 52-year-old plumber from Klebang were picked up at their homes last Saturday. They have been handed [...]

Letters

Manglish or Bahasa rojak. How can?

Manglish or Bahasa rojak. How can?

The inexcusable translation in our government departments is not just a question of lack of professionalism and education but, more importantly, of attitude, especially of those at the top. Throughout Malaysia’s arms spending history, the government has forked out billions on defence procurement while millions more have allegedly been used for commissions and backhanders. And [...]

Ipoh’s terrible tree

Ipoh’s terrible tree

IPOH is named after the ipoh tree, famous as the source of blowpipe poison. When the Portuguese attacked Malacca in 1511, the native weapon they most feared was the blowpipe with its poisoned darts. It was reported that every Portuguese soldier hit by darts died except one. The Portuguese had cannons. Replicas of such cannons [...]

Students share Christmas Joy with Pertubuhan Jagaan Kanak-kanak Cacat Setia

Students share Christmas Joy with Pertubuhan Jagaan Kanak-kanak Cacat Setia

In the season of giving, a group of student reporters from Sin Chew Daily took the initiative to spread the joy of Christmas to the Loyal Handicapped and Disable Children Home Associations in Silibin, Ipoh Perak. In line with their aim to foster a culture of generosity and reciprocity, these student reporters forked out RM400 [...]

Perak fights to save its British heritage

Perak fights to save its British heritage

Majestic neo-classical or Edwardian buildings, a profusion of Sino-Malay villas, even a supposedly haunted manor. While foreign tourists come in waves to Penang or rush to shop in Kuala Lumpur, they simply forget to stop in Perak, one of Peninsular Malaysia’s states along the west coast. This could be a blessing in disguise. “True that [...]

Ipoh Born Dr. Anderson Wins Science Achievement Award

Ipoh Born Dr. Anderson Wins Science Achievement Award

Dr Wai Cheng Anderson, (nee Chan Wai Cheng) was announced recently as the 2011 winner of the Minister’s Award for Research Achievement in Defence Science, a highly prestigious national award. Dr Anderson was born in Ipoh and was raised in Fair Park by her widowed mother. She attended the Convent school in Brewster Road followed [...]

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A Haven for Vacation, Retirement and Investment.

A Haven for Vacation, Retirement and Investment.

| September 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ipoh is shedding it’s “by-passed” image as more people come to appreciate it’s abundant offerings. So you have finally decided to retire and are in search of a place where the food is great, the cost of living relatively low and the pace of life moves at a slower pace to spend your golden years. [...]

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Perak Dalam Peringkat Akhir Luluskan Pembinaan Litar Lumba F2

Perak Dalam Peringkat Akhir Luluskan Pembinaan Litar Lumba F2

| May 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Kerajaan negeri kini dalam peringkat akhir meluluskan permohonan pelaburan asing bagi membina litar lumba Formula 2 yang merupakan satu lagi projek mega di negeri ini tidak lama lagi. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir berkata kerajaan negeri sudahpun memberi persetujuan bagi membolehkan pelaburan bernilai jutaan ringgit dari syarikat Singapura itu dilaksanakan. Katanya selain [...]

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Baiduri adds to the joy of International Nurses Day celebration at Perak Community Specialist Hospital

Baiduri adds to the joy of International Nurses Day celebration at Perak Community Specialist Hospital

| May 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Perak Community Specialist Hospital recently celebrated the International Nurses Day with Perak Chief Minister’s wife Datin Seri Sharipah Zulkifli along with other members of the Association of the Wives of State Assemblyman and Excos of Perak (Baiduri). Sharipah who is the association President told nurses at the hospital that their role is a crucial [...]

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Perak Peruntuk RM60,000 Bagi Pembangunan Murid SJKT

| May 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Kerajaan negeri telah meluluskan peruntukan sebanyak RM60,000 untuk pembangunan murid-murid di 134 buah Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) di seluruh negeri ini. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir berkata daripada jumlah itu RM30,000 diperuntukan bagi penganjuran acara sukan antara sekolah terbabit yang merupakan acara tahunan yang diadakan. Sebanyak RM30,000 lagi adalah bagi mengadakan [...]

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Pertarungan Antara Albert Bodjongo Dan Bosko Balaban Di Ipoh

| May 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Para penyokong Perak dan Selangor ingin melihat pertarungan antara Albert Bodjongo dengan Bosko Balaban apabila kedua-dua pasukan bertemu dalam saingan Liga Super di Ipoh pada 11 Mei ini. Perak meletakkan harapan yang tinggi ke atas Bodjongo bagi menjaringkan gol seterusnya membolehkan skuad Seladang merangkul tiga mata berharga di gelanggang sendiri. Skuad bimbingan Norizan Bakar itu [...]

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Bayi Diselamat Sebelum Dibaham Anjing

| May 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Pengerusi Rukun Tetangga kawasan Bercham, Tan Swee Kong, menemui seorang bayi lelaki yang masih bernyawa di dalam bungkusan plastik di hadapan rumahnya di Anjung Bercham Indah di sini malam tadi. Bungkusan itu diheret oleh seekor anjing kira-kira pukul 11 malam. “Terdapat kesan gigitan anjing yang cuba mengoyakkan beg plastik itu, tapi saya sempat ambil bungkusan [...]

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