OMPH Church Merdeka Fellowship Dinner

It was just a fundraising dinner affair for their various programs but it seemed much more.

They sang songs of joy and made like it was Merdeka once again… which was the theme for the night … “Sights and Sounds of yesteryear”.

Food, friendships and good clean fun for all and to quote Fr Patrick Masang, ‘go out and celebrate the victory of our new government’.

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Direct Flights IPH-BKK, Tourism Chairman Listens To Industry Stakeholders

Tan listening to a stakeholder Camees Foong from CycleDios 

Come next year we will have direct flights to Bangkok said Perak Tourism Committee Chairman Tan Kar Hing.

Without disclosing the airline operator he said Bangkok was chosen as it where international tourists worldwide use as a transit hub.

  

He made the statement when meeting tourism stakeholders to get their concerns of the industry and what were their expectations.

Admitting that he (Tan) was the new kid on the block he wanted to hear some feedback from the stakeholders. The turnout saw a fair cross section of the industry in attendance.

There was a lot of feedback though all of it negative. Cleanliness, parking touts, poor enforcement of tour guides and poor advertising of events were some of the issues mentioned.

Tan noted their comments and would look into them.

A fair section of industry participants attended

Its still too early to expect much and only time will tell what we can expect so all the best to Tan Kar Hing. 

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SAMA SAyangi MAlaysia ke 61 - Volunteers Needed

YB's Tan Kar Hing and Howard Lee posing with the volunteers.

Perak state government has got some elaborate plans lined up for this year’s 61^st National Day celebrations.

They have come up with an elaborate 6 week program of activities, starting from the 12^th August, which will cater for all Ipohites to be involved and they need approximately 500 volunteers for their various programs.

According to Tourism, Arts and Culture Committee chairman YB Tan Kar Hing this year’s theme for the National Day celebration is Friendly Malaysia or Sama Sama Sayangi Malaysia.

“It is hoped that through this program we can promote this new era for Malaysia with a new state government and a new Federal Government”.

The program kicks off this Sunday with a talk "Ipoh: Future City from the Past"

 Starting this weekend 12^th August it will kick off with Sama Sama Forum, a series of talks which ranges from ' Ipoh: Future City from the Past (12 Aug)’ to ‘Tourist Trails  (19 Aug) and ‘Development of Local Films (2 Sept).

Besides talks they’ve also got planned Sama Sama TONTON (movie screening in collaboration with FINAS), Sama Sama MAIN (playing traditional games) Sama Sama SKETCH (a marathon sketch at attractive locations), SamaSama ZUMBA and SamaSana DAKI (a hike up Kledang Hill)and much more.

 These activities will take place at various venues in Old Town’s Birch Tower and 22 Hale Street, Kinta Riverwalk and Silver Youth House at Taman DrSeenivasagam, Waller Court and more.

State Youth and Sports chairman Howard Lee who was also present said the programs by the new state government are ambitious and he hoped the youth would use it as a platform to be involved and participate.

A ‘2nd Meet Up’ asking for volunteers will be held at Nam Heong Ipoh Soho this Saturday 11th Aug 2018 at 3pm at Block B, 2-15, Ipoh Soho, Jalan Sultan Iskandar Shah,.

For more info regarding our volunteer program, please visit https://www.samasamaperak.my/blog/volunteer

JAG

Piala Muhibbah KLK – A Tournament At Fostering Friendship

Did you know that we have a football tournament called the Piala Muhibbah KLK and that this is the fourth year of the tournament.

The rules of the game are simple. If the players are from a Malay club then they have to make up a team of 11 players consisting  of 7 Malay, 2 Indian and 2 Chinese to qualify to play, simple. 

William Chang, the organiser

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka has defined ‘Muhibbah’ as  perasaan persahabatan dan kemesraan or feeling of friendship and camaraderie or closeness.

Just what we need at this time when we have a new government and a new liberalism it seems just the right initiative to promote MUHHIBBAH.

According to William Chang the organizer, the tournament is part of Kuala Lumpur Kepong’s CSR project 'KLK Care' with the tagline ‘Values Matter, Society Matters’. 

"That was the sole purpose, fostering friendship. 

It started four years ago. That first year was difficult because the teams found it difficult to grasp the concept and so we relaxed the rules somewhat.

But the second year onward we followed the rule strictly and it’s been following regulation since’.

 

Muhibbah Team Azmihan from Sungai Siput 

This is a two day tournament 4 and 5 August with 16 teams from Ipoh participating. Tomorrow 5th August will be the final and the tournament should end by 2pm.

Chang who is attached with Ipoh Bug a Youth Sports Club had entered his team that somehow overextended the spirit of Muhibbah to make it international.

 

Muhibbah Team Ipoh Bug

with 'imported' players from Finland, Korea and United States

Besides the usual Chinese, Malay and Indian he has included Finland, Korean, American players to the team.

A small tournament but big and timely at this time in history.

JAG

Ipoh’s Local Councillor’s

Twenty two local councilors for Ipoh took their oath of office this morning at the Ipoh City Council in the presence of Housing and Local Government chairman Paul Yong Choo Kiong and Mayor Zamri Man.  

Paul Yong said that every appointed council member must know and must understand their responsibilities which include cleanliness and ensuring the beauty of the city among their other duties.

The councillor's will be assigned to their zones later this week.

Mejar Kamaruddin Abd Aziz (R), Puan Putri Holijah Muhamad Rali, En Ariffin Md.Rafi, En Mohammad Sharif

En Ahmad Khair Faizal b Yahaya, En Shamsul Effendy, En Selvam Kunjambu, Cik Chin Yew Kien, En Mohd Ridzuan

Pn Zuraidah Zakaria, En Lee Tze Hoo, En Tie Tee Siang, Pn Norhayati bt Sani

En Wong Kar Keat, En Aldrin , En Ngo Kok Foong, En Shahari Anuar b Ibrahim

En Wong Hon Long, Cik Lim Mei Hiang, En Chin Yee Hing, En Ganesan Athinarayanan, Cik Chan Wei Sum

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Korean.. Paul Hwang's ... Work, Discovery ...Kinta Holiday,

This is Paul Hwang, a Korean on a holiday and a bit of volunteer work in Ipoh. 

Paul works with youth and had been in town this week but had not seen much of the countryside. 

So yours truly took off one morning to show him the sights of Ipoh and abit …… just a short quick tour of the surrounding towns. We started with breakfast before heading to Tambun. 

onward to buying a Pomelo....

....still in Tambun to get a glimpse of the Polo Club and the beautiful hills 

toward to Gunong Rapat and the big cave temple, Kek Lok Si 

the castle in the middle of nowhere, Kellies Castle ......

Now ...

and what it looked like then .....

William Kellie Smith then, the owner of Kellies Castle ........ 

and now ...... his photo hangs in this Indian temple not far from his Castle

next.... the last standing dredge in the country T.T.5 in Batu Gajah before....

heading for lunch at Tanjung Tualang....

...but first a cool fruit of coconut water ..... 

then savour the delight of Tanjung TokAlang, their monster size prawns

afterwards .....a palong tin mining operation ...... 

then to visit the state park, Kinta Nature Park ..... a bird sanctuary 

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.... and to cap it all a cooling Chendol to end the tour at Lawan Kuda, Gopeng.

......."Now i can say i know Ipoh, hahah.. kamsahamnida" ...Paul Hwang.

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2nd July 2018 - Another Historical Date – New Ministers And Deputy Ministers

The Ministers

Thirteen more ministers and 23 deputy ministers took their oath of office today before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, at Istana Negara.

The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Balairong Seri witnessed by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Deputy Ministers

The 13 new ministers bring to 26 the total number of Cabinet members – the first batch of 13 was sworn-in on May 21.

Darell Leiking, MP for Penampang, Sabah

Darell Leiking, used the occasion to showcase the Siga, the traditional and distinctive headgear of the KadazanDusun.

Leiking is the MP for Penampang, Sabah a hub of KadazanDusun culture. He is also the deputy president of Parti Warisan Sabah.

Gobind Singh Deo and M. Kula who took their oath in May

His headgear is the fourth after songkok, Gobind's turban and M.Kula’s Tamil thallapa. Any more?

Another refreshing change are these beautiful faces of MP's for Seputeh, Kulai, Segambut and Bakri all eloquent in BM and qualified too.

From left, Teresa Kok, Teo Nie Ching, Hannah Yeoh and Yeo Bee Yin.

Though the likes of Yeo Bee Yin seems well qualified to be holding the post she has been appointed to, Minister of  Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment

MP for Bakri, Johore

Ministers

1. Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah – Foreign Minister

2. Darell Leiking – International Trade and Industry Minister

3. Datuk Mohamad Din Ketapi – Tourism and Culture Minister

4. Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail – Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister

5. Baru Bian – Works Minister

6. Syed Saddiq Abd Rahman – Youth and Sports Minister

7. Khalid Abdul Samad – Federal Territories Minister

8. Teresa Kok – Primary Industries Minister

9. Redzuan Yusof - Entrepreneur Development Minister

10. Dr A Xavier Jayakumar – Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister

11. Yeo Bee Yin – Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister

12. Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religion)

13. Datuk Liew Vui Keong – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law)

Deputy Ministers

1. Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah – Deputy Finance Minister

2. Eddin Syazlee Shith – Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister

3. Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan – Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister

4. Datuk Dr Shahruddin Md Salleh – Deputy Federal Territories Minister

5. Dr Lee Boon Chye – Deputy Health Minister

6. Sim Tze Tzin – Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister

7. R Sivarasa – Deputy Rural Development Minister

8. Dr Md Farid Md Rafik – Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (National Integration and Social Harmony)

9. Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin – Deputy Primary Industry Minister

10. Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik – Deputy Tourism and Culture Minister

11. Chong Chieng Jen – Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister

12. Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji – Deputy Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister

13. Teo Nie Ching – Deputy Education Minister

14. Steven Sim Chee Keong – Deputy Youth and Sports Minister

15. Dr Ong Kian Ming – Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister

16. Datuk Mahfuz Omar – Deputy Human Resource Minister

17. Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir – Deputy Works Minister

18. Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli – Deputy Entrepreneur Development Minister

19. Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar – Deputy Transport Minister

20. Datuk Aziz Jamman – Deputy Home Minister

21. Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis – Deputy Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister

22. Mohamed Hanipa Maidin – Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law)

23. Fuziah Salleh – Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religion)

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