PCCCI Celebrates 110 Years In The Year Of The Rooster

The Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCCI) is 110 years old this year and in the Year of the Rooster they have plans to organize several events with the aim of promoting Perak.

This was announced by the President of the PCCCI Datuk Liew Sew Yee at its New Year Celebration at the Weil Hotel which was attended by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Diraja Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Dato Seri Ong Ka Chuan, members of the state exco, opposition party members and trade organizations.

“Over the past 12 months they have planned to strategise Visit Perak Year 2017 and PCCCI 110^th anniversary by organizing the Ipoh International Food and Beverage Fair (IIFBF) and the first ever event the Ipoh Cultural Parade a jointly organized event”

Menteri Besar Zambry in his speech thanked the PCCCI for working closely with all parties to develop the state’s economy.

“Let us continue to work together to reduce politics and ultimately move forward for the people in this country”

It was wonderful occasion where all work was set aside and where all parties came together to celebrate the occasion which was to celebrate the year of the Rooster.

JAG 

Welcoming The New Year Of The Rooster

The Church of Our Mother Of Perpetual Help started the New Year with a Mass on the 1^st morning of the year.

The mass was very cultural as it incorporated honoring their Ancestor, wishing each other as well as the tradition of offering the ang pow and giving of oranges.

The rite of honoring the ancestors is not a contradiction as Pope Pius in his Encyclical on 8^th December 1939 stated that “ the Liturgical ceremony of bowing in respect to the photographs or the tablets of our ancestors is both reasonable as well as permissible” as long as they do not have the idea of worshiping them as idols.

The flowers represent LOVE and the three cups of wine represent REMEMBRANCE while.....

..the two trays of fruit represent ADMIRATION for our ancestors

The congregation then bow to the priests before to each other.

The last is the giving of ang pow's and the traditional oranges . It is a way of inculcating the Chinese culture into the local Church.

The organising comittee.

The Reunion Dinner

This is annual tradition from time immemorial. On New’s Eve of the Chinese New Year the family get together for that Reunion Dinner

Shops leave a 'red carpet' outside their shops. In a housing estate if  you see car lined up they are home for dinner.....

..or if favorite stall has gone home early.

This is a time when children come home and also the time when shops close early solely for that once a year dinner.

Happy New Year.

Preparing For The New Year In The Year Of The Rooster

The Chinese speaking community came together last weekend to prepare Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church for the Chinese New Year celebration.

Their effort is certainly commendable as they did an absolutely wonderful job of decorating the church.

JAG

Wet, wet, wet...Ipoh

Its been raining 24 hours now and it doesn't show any signs of stopping...but the temperature is cozy. Its been misty the whole day long along the hillside....

At Ipoh Garden East...

The hills of Sunway......seen from Bercham

The Haven....like its in the clouds

The Lost World of Tambun

Bandar Sunway

....and all way to Gunung Rapat

...wet, wet, wet.

Year Of The Rooster

I had gone to Woody Handy Art Gallery at 12A Prsn Klebang Tasek 1, IGB Park to take a photograph of a HUGE Rooster but got more than that.....

 There was Miss Perak Earth present and.. ..

…a family of dog lovers where even the dog got wheeled around...a wonderful morning.

Cheers!

KOHIJAU-iCYCLE Comes To Bercham

YB Cheong and Dr Richard Ng at the launch,

Recycling has come to Bercham in the form of KOHIJAU-ICYCLE its eight outlet that has adopted the system.

The assemblyman for Bercham YB Cheong Chee Khing together with Dr Richard Ng and Dr Tan Chin Seong from KOHIJAU-iCYCLE and members of Ipoh City Watch and Persatuan Keselamatan Sukarelawan  Kawasan Bercham came together to launch the system at PKSKB premises.

Bercham with a population of over 200,000 people or 1/3 of the population makes it the largest Taman in Ipoh.

YB Cheong said that Bercham had a problem with cleanliness but with this system it is hoped that the residents will embrace recycling in the long run.

JAG