It's Just Art in Ipoh

Art Ipoh .... it's at Tin Alley 

the roads is closed off ...well Sat 17th evening it will ...

Abu's house 

Artists .... Azhar/ Capt Jack and Marcus Lim  

Capt Jack 'builds boats'

Artsy No!

Go round the back of the block .... Animals?

more ...

CHOI! ...Touch Wood!

Heritage Decor ..... its just Art

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Eighteen MBI Councilors Take Oath of Appointment

Eighteen Ipoh City Councilors  (MBI) not including Mayor Datuk Ahmad Suaidi Abdul Rahim took their oath of appointment today 16 August 2019.

The duration of their appointment is effective from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2021.

The Chairman of Housing, Local Government, Public Transport, Non-Muslim Affairs and New Village Committee Paul Yong Choo Kiong was present.

The Local Authority (PBT) can appoint up to 25 members for the councilor post, however today only eighteen councilors took office.

 They consisted of four each from Bersatu (PPBM) and Amanah while ten were from DAP. Party PKR and the NGO post are still pending.

Paul Yong said he hoped that Councilors would do their job well and bring positive changes to the local authorities in all aspects as well as meet the needs of taxpayers and the local community.

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Caving Group Hands Over 107 Fossils To JMG For Verification

2nd from right in blue Ching Boon Tat and supporters. 6th frm right.Ling Nan Le y followed by Mat Niza, JMG and Ain Maisyara from Perak State Park Corpn. 

Caving group Kinta Valley Watch handed over 107 specimens of fossils to JMG (the Department of Mineral and Geoscience Malaysia) on Tuesday 13 August.

The purpose of the handover of fossils was to determine the age and what animal it is from. 

The group led by Ching Boon Tat and several of his supporters presented the specimens to Mr Ling Nan Ley, Director (Geoscience) at the JMG offices. Also present was Mat Niza Abdul Rahman of JMG and Perak State Parks Corp Ain Maisyara Yazrol .

Ching said the fossils were found in an un-named cave in Gunong Rapat.

“The fossils was near the surface but was covered in mud. The condition of the cave was wet and muddy.

There were six type of mammal fossils belonging to wild boar, deer, porcupine, wild cattle, monkey and rhinoceros.

 

Part of 107 fossils for verification

The lower molar of a Rhinoceros

Ching sent photographs of the fossils to Paleontologist Lim Tze Tshen to identify the type of mammal. 

Lim subsequently advised Ching to present the specimens to JMG for verification. There was five specimens not identified and were possibly bone fragments.

Lim is the President of the Paleontological Society of Malaysia and is based with Sarawak Museum. He was in Ipoh a forth night ago and found 30 specimens of fossiled teeth of various animals.

Ling from JMG said the paleontology was one of the functions at the department.

‘Upon receiving the specimens it will be dated. If the age is significant, up to 10,000 years we can have it displayed at the museum within JMG premises’

The fossil display at the museum at JMG premises

Ling said that the department would provide Ching an acknowledge of receipt for the specimens delivered.

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Wah Idris - My Journey From KL-Ipoh Took Eight Hours

Datok Wah Idris 8 hours to Ipoh!

“My journey from KL to Ipoh took 8 hours using the North South highway” said popular composer Dato Wah Idris.

Wah Idris was returning to Ipoh on Saturday 10 to attend a book launch event by Sultan Nazrin at the Syuen Hotel schedule at 4pm

"I departed KL at 8am. It was bumper to bumper all the way going north bound so I exited the highway halfway and used the trunk road and reached the hotel just before the arrival of Raja Nazrin".

Unlike Wah Idris their highness' Raja Nazrin together with Tuanku Zara Salim and children Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah and Raja Nazira Safya had taken the ETS train. They left KL at 9am and arrived at Ipoh station two hours later.

Relaxed. Raja Nazrin and family on board the ETS train to Ipoh (pix from KTM Berhad)

With Hari Raya Haji falling the next day, Sunday and today being the start of the school holiday break the highway was bound to be congested and it truly was. 

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Sultan Nazrin Launches Book on ‘Titles and Ceremonial Traditions of the Royalty and Nobility’

 Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah today launched the book 'Titles and Ceremonial Traditions of The Royalty and Nobility of the State of Perak, Malaysia' held at the Syuen Hotel.

Sultan Nazrin was accompanied by Raja Permaisuri Perak, Tuanku Zara Salim.  

Also present at the ceremony was the Orang Kaya Bendahara Seri Maharaja Tan Sri Dr. Mohd. Zahidi Zainuddin, Minister of Human Resources M Kulasegaran, Speaker of the Perak  Assembly Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham and State Secretary Zainal Abu Seman. 

 The 1000 page book was written in English by Dr Adib Vincent Tung Abdullah and published by the Perak Academy.

Dr Adib said he first became interested in the topic during the time when the late Sultan Idris passed away and the Raja Muda, then Raja Azlan Shah was proclaimed the 34th Sultan of Perak.

“Since that time having witnessed the ceremonies related to funeral, proclamation and enthronement of Sultans I got interested and wanted to know more.

 Initially I got answers from the late Panglima Kinta, Dato Seri Azizul Hassan bin Hj Abdul Rani, and Dato Seri Abdul Wahab, the Territorial Chief of Perak Tengah who was the head of ceremonies inside the Istana”.

Eventually he had to go out to interview people to understand what is Adat and so began his research which culminated after twenty years with the publication of “Titles and Ceremonial Traditions of the Royalty and Nobility of the State of Perak, Malaysia”

The book covers the Perak Sultanate since its establishment in 1528 , its rich customary rites and rituals which has withstood turbulence and survived to date that  its traditions and practices have been copied and absorbed into the royal courts of other states within our country.

The book includes the genealogies of Perak Sultans, hereditary chiefs and noblemen and also touches on topics as diverse as court etiquette, election and appointment of the Sultan, heirs presumptive, titled princes and hereditary chiefs and birth of a prince of blood royal to his eventual ascension to the throne.

  

Adib (6th from right) with the Territorial Chiefs of Perak

After the launch the book was presented to each of the Territorial Chiefs of Perak.

The book is priced at RM399 each and is available at the Perak Academy branch or in person from Adib Vincent.

Members of Perak Academy 

Members of  Kelab Bakti Gunung Kledang

An autographed book for future reference

For the family album. Their royal highness' with Adib's family (from left) Daniel Ariff, Adib, Putri Norizan and Sofea Azlena.

Persatuan Panca Indera Seni Silat Lintau Malaysia

Members of Perak Academy greet their Highness' upon arrival

From left. Tan Seri Lee Oi Hian, Dato Gan Tack Kong, M.Kulasegaran, Chan Kok Keong, Dr Tan Chin Yong. Ir David Lai, Dato Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaludin, Harold Kong

Left photo. Commander Ian Anderson and wife Meng Wai. (r) Khoo Salma Nasution and Abdul Razzak Lubis

From left. Putri Rafidah Megat Noh, Hardeep Kaur, Mohd Taib, Maggie Ong and Tan Mei Kuan

Dato Anwar Hassan, Chan Kok Keong, Dato YC Lee and Madam Ng Yeok San

Dato’ Seri Abdul Puhat bin Mat Nayan, Tan Sri Dato' Chang Ko Youn, Meor Razak and Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham

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Caught ... Napping In A Pipe ...!

On Kuala Kangsar Road at Klebang I noticed this man slipping into the pipe ...presumably to take a nap

...he noticed me too ...... 

..hurriedly he wriggled inside ....

till he was out of sight .... 

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State To Meet Quarry Operators Says Tan Kar Hing

(left) Tan Kar Hing (right) Caving group exploring Gua Air, Gunong Lanno

State Tourism chairman Tan Kar Hing said that the state would meet with quarry operators in the next forth night to see how to address the issues of Gunong Lanno.

“The state is aware of this issue since over month ago. I personally raised the issue earlier at the weekly exco meeting.

At the last exco meeting it was decided to call a meeting to be led by the state secretary, myself and state related agencies with the quarry operators and see how we can address the issues.

At this stage I cannot promise any outcome from this meeting but we will try to come away with a win-win situation for the state and for the country”.

Tan made the comments after the launch to announce the Perak tourism ambassador.

Gunong Lanno is one of the largest mountains in Kinta Valley which caving group Kinta Valley Watch is trying to preserve from the threat of quarry activities.

The mountain has 36 unique limestone caves housing a rich and natural biodiversity of flora and fauna and fossils. Within one of its caves, Gua Gatsch houses remains of the tin mining activity which the group is trying to preserve to showcase the industrial heritage of the Kinta Valley.

Tan also confirmed that Gunong Lanno had been recently gazetted as being part of the Geopark but could not provide details saying he would disclose them later.

He also confirmed there was no order to stop quarry- blasting operations around Gunong Lanno.

When alerted that the quarry operators have blasted into the 500 meter buffer zone Tan replied that he was not aware of it.

He added that if there was anything illegal both JMG (Mineral and Geosciences Department) and PTG (Department of Land and Mines) are monitoring and would take the necessary actions.

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