The Star Online: Metro: South & East
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| Posted: 20 May 2011 10:36 PM PDT Buffet spread Grand Bluewave Hotel is offering an East-Meet-West buffet promotion for the months of May and June. The promotion is ongoing until June 30. On weekdays, the hotel offers a buffet lunch from 12pm-2.30pm at RM32nett for adults and RM20nett for children aged between 5-12. On weekends, there is a hi-tea buffet from 12pm- 3.30pm at RM35nett and RM20nett for adults and children respectively. For enquiries or reservations, please contact 07-2216666. Taste of Italy Italian food lovers can drop by at the Crocodile Rock, located at Lot 4360- B, Lorong Datuk Mahmud1, off Jalan Telok Sisek (not far from Annexe Resthouse). It offers a spread of Italian food such as pizza and pasta. Its speciality is the sunset pizza with toppings of turkey ham, capsicum, mushroom, olive, garlic and oregano while the popular drink is the fruit punch. For reservations, call 09-567 5707. Wantan mee special Hand-made wantan egg noodles are the draw at Kedai Kopi Yuen Kee at 57, Jalan Chui Yin in Bentong. You can choose to have the springly noodles in soup or tossed in dark soy sauce topped with barbecued pork slices. Stall owner Lee Hooi Chee has been in business for 32 years and the service is fast and friendly. The thick, milky coffee at is great too. The shop is closed on Wednesdays. Yong tau foo treat Chia Kee stall in Restoran Lin Chi Kang, Lorong Sri Kuantan 24, Kuantan, is famous for yong tau foo. The family-run stall has been around for 40 years and is regarded as one of the best places in town for yong tau foo. Over 20 types of yong tau foo are on offer. The crunchy fried bean curd skin stuffed with fish paste is among the most popular. Open 5.30am to 10.30pm and closed on Sundays. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 10:34 PM PDT Crime prevention week Prevent crime expedition programme will starts at 8.30am from SMK Kg Raja in Cameron Highlands to Pulau Chekas in Raub, Pahang today Mothers gathering In conjunction with the Mums and Kids Fair, IOI Mall Bandar Putra in Kulai in collaboration with Hospital Temenggong Seri Maharaja Tun Ibrahim Kulai will be organising The Most Pregnant Mum gathering on May 29, from 1pm to 6pm. Activities will include health talks, baby massage demonstrations and "The Most Beautiful Mums-to-be Contest". The event is open to all pregnant mothers. Interested participants can register at the IOI Mall Information Counter. For more information, please contact IOI Mall at 07-5999929. Tourism exposition Tourism Selangor, together with AEON Jusco will be having a "Selangor Shines Roadshow", in conjunction with the "Selangor Shines" campaign. There will be booths featuring health tourism bodies such as Tropicana medical, products from Selangor, as well as travel agencies. The roadshow will be held at East Court, AEON Jusco Bukit Indah on 20 until 22 May 2011 from between 10am until 10pm. Parents day In conjunction with their Parents Day Celebrations, Sutera Mall is giving customers the opportunity to win a free, limited edition stainless steel bowl with all purchases of RM500 and above. This promotion is ongoing until June 19. For more enquiries, please call 07-5589009, or proceed to the information counter located at level 2 of Sutera Mall. Singing contest KSL City in Johor Baru will be organising auditions for a singing contest this weekend at the ground floor stage of KSL City. The best singers will proceed to the subsequent semi-final and final rounds, with the chance to win the first prize of RM 3,000. The contest is open to all who are interested between the ages of 13 and 35. Interested participants may proceed to the information counter and fill up the registration form. For more enquiries, please contact KSL City at 07- 2882888. Open day Sunway College Johor Baru will be having their open day on Sunday, June 19, 9am- 5pm. There will be career tests, campus tours, programme counselling and other activities, including a briefing on Sunway A-Level Scholarships by How Pei Lin, Head of Pre-University Programmes. For more information or enquiries, contact Sunway College Johor Bahru at 07-3596880. Laughing classes The Laughter Yoga group conducts free laughter yoga exercises every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at Taman Suria, Leisure Mall Taman Pelangi, Mount Austin and Setia Indah respectively. For details, contact Siew Mei at 016- 7562443. Unity week Pahang Unity Week 2011 programme will be held today at 9am at several places in Bera, Pahang. As for sports activities to be at SMK Triang, health screening and gotong royong will be at Sang Riang Old Folks Home, Dataran Rest House is ready to welcome members of public to join the traditional games, culture performance, martial arts demo, gymnastic exercises Arts 1Malaysia, booth sales and foods. Community event Members of public in Bentong, Pahang are welcome to join the smart community event which starts at 8.30am today at the padang awam Felda Sertik. Rice festival Tomorrow there will be the closing ceremony of Mengemping Rice Festival and Knowledge Adventure in conjuction with the Paya Kertau Rice Field Day in Chenor, Maran, Pahang at 3pm. Soccer match Pahang football fans are welcome to watch the Super League 2011 where Pahang team will meet the Selangor team at Stadium Darul Makmur, 8.45pm tonight SHOPPING Perodua roadshow There is a Perodua Car road show happening at Johor Baru City Square until May 25, 10am-10pm. For enquiries, please contact 07-2219989. Ladies fair Metrojaya will be having a ladies fair and fashion promotion from May 24 to June 5 at Plaza Pelangi in Johor Baru. Ladies apparel, cosmetics, fragrances and other products will be available, some at special discounted prices. For further enquiries, please contact Metrojaya at 07- 3335616. Ogawa fair Ogawa will be having a road show from May 24 to 29 at the ground floor of KSL City. For more information, contact 07-2282888. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Local selection steal a march over fancied Australians Posted: 20 May 2011 07:53 PM PDT MALACCA : Compared to Malaysia, the Australian cricket accomplishments and standard at all levels of play are world class. However, a Malacca Bandar Hilir Primary School (MBHPS) selection did the country proud when the Singapore based Australia International School (AIS) made a three-match goodwill playing tour here recently. Fielding under-10 year old players, both sides featured in two 30-over and a 20-over matche. Exciting cricket and high scores prevailed throughout the matches played at the Bandar Hilir Green with MBHPS coming out with three splendid wins against their more fancied opponents. In the first match played over a 20-over format, the visitors were put in to bat first after host skipper Ammar Aiman opted to field afterwinning the toss. The visitors scored 69 runs all out in 20 overs. Ned Cusack top scored with 18 runs with Monti Buck and Ishaan Murkherjee chipping in with 14 runs each. For the locals, Shaun Yue took the shine when he bagged two wickets for 20 runs. In reply, the home side reached 70 runs for the loss of 8 wickets over a 16-over spell to win the match narrowly by two wickets. In the second match of 30 overs, the home side batting first registered a score of 184 runs for nine wickets over 24.3 overs. Hakkim Jaafar top scored with 33 runs while Mohammad Aidiel, Nik Amri, Ammar Aiman and Muhammad Yusri posted identical scores of 16 runs. For the Aussies, Ned Cusack and Gus Dempsey each captured two wickets. Getting on the batting crease, the visitors replied with 180 for the loss of nine wickets in 27 overs to bow out by a mere four runs. Ishaah Mukherjee was the star when he scored 33 runs, with three sixes and three fours. Monti Buck and Ned Cusack also assisted in the Aussie total with 31 and 21 runs respectively. In the final match, the home side batting first amassed 216 for six wickets inside 30 overs. Both Hakkim Jaafar and Ikmal Shafee were in sparkling form, hitting 33 runs each. Ammar Aiman and Fariz Mohd Nor were also in their element, posting 22 runs each. The Aussies in reply reached 182 for five wickets in 30 overs. Jaspar Buck hit a breezy 28 runs not out while Ned Cusack, Jackson Grant Cook and Monti Buck scored 25,20 (not out) and 16 runs respectively. Ammar Aiman was the best among the local bowlers taking two wickets for 23 runs. BHPS cricket master Khoo Chai Huat, a former state stalwart and current international umpire, said the local lads matched their opponents stride for stride in all department of the game. "They turned in a commendable performance to steal the show against their fancied opponents" he added. Home team manager Mohd Noor Hafiz paid tribute to the visitors saying they too played up to expectations. "The young Aussies in all three matches fought gallantly to close score gaps in their outings and almost won the opening two matches. Their skills and reading of the game were astute," he added. Narender Reddy, the AIS coach and team co-ordinator saidboth sides were evenly balanced and the match could have swung either way. "Overall, the local youngsters impressed with good batting skills and fine all round fielding. Their display augers well for the local state level cricket development aspects," he said. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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