The Star Online: Metro: South & East
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- Dialysis centre reaching full capacity with new patients
- Smuggling attempt foiled by agency
| Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:53 AM PDT Reunion dinner The Malacca Gajah Berang Secondary Secondary School (Class of 1978) 50th bash will culminate with a reunion dinner on August 6. For details, call 012-6391771 ( Peter Chung Yoke Onn), 012-6358065 (Harry Tan Huat Hock) or 012-3118352 (Chua Heng Ton). Anniversary gift LEE Biscuits Pte Ltd is celebrating their 77th anniversary with a RM15 limited edition gift pack as a gesture of appreciation for the continuous support from their loyal customers. Those interested can get their hands on the gift pack can call 07-686 8333. Fund raising concert The Lisbon Chamber Choir will be performing at the Calvary Chur4ch Auditorium in Bukit Beruang on July 23 commencing at 7.30 pm.Tickets are priced at RM200.00, RM100.00 and RM50.00. For further details and ticket reservations, contact 016-205 5780 (Doris Teo), 012-392 7970 (Christina Ng), 012-618 6770 (Lee Siew Len) or 012-621 8909 (Chee Siok Hoon). Change of number The Muar Inland Revenue Department at Sungai Abong here has changed its telephone number from 06-952 7000 to 06-956 3100, beginning June 1. Handicraft's lure Looking for unique and beautifully carved wooden and traditional batek and ceramic products for souvenirs or home decoration? Check out the Pahang Handicraft Corporation complex at Kampung Pandan II, Kuantan-Terengganu bypass. Opens from Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm. For details, call 09-538 5677. Zero waste zone Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK) has launched the Zero Waste Zone 2011 and it is MPK's aspiration to ensure that Kuantan Town Centre becomes a zero waste zone from Jalan Tanah Putih in front of Giant Hypermarket to Teluk Cempedak. For details, call 09-512 1555/1666 or log on to their website at www.mpk.gov.my Cancer counselling Mahkota Medical Centre will be providing comprehensive cancer counselling services for free to the public, in collaboration with Malacca Cancer Society, every Friday from 4-6pm at No.76, Jalan Taman Melaka Raya 25, Taman Melaka Raya, Malacca. For details,call 06-285 2931 (Dr Sanjeev), 06- 285 2975 (Dr Jayendran) or 06-285 0988 (Michaelina/Koh). Ballroom dance class A beginner's ballroom dancing class for cancer survivors, family, friends and caretakers is held every Thursday from 11am-12pm at a monthly fee of RM10 at Malacca Cancer Society's Oasis centre. Conversational Mandarin class is held every Tuesday from 12pm to 3pm at a monthly fee of RM20. For details, call 06-283 0988 (Oasis), 012-399 7176 (Koh) or 012-323 9300 (Chua). Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Dialysis centre reaching full capacity with new patients Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:53 AM PDT MIRI: End-stage renal failure patients are on the rise here and the Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) kidney dialysis centre is alarmed that it may not be able to accommodate the needs of the ever-increasing number of patients. The centre's founder and president Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also the Infrastructure Development and Communications Assistant Minister, said it had 78 dialysis machines and 217 patients. "Our maximum capacity is 400 patients, but with an average of three new patients monthly, we will soon be overloaded," said Lee, adding that the centre had spent RM30.8mil to acquire 30 new machines recently. "There is an urgent need to create awareness on healthy living and taking care of kidneys," said Lee at the launch of a public health talk here yesterday. The talk themed "Understanding Your Health Better" was organised jointly by the centre, Parkway Health's patient assistance centre and United Daily News. About 200 people turned up to listen to nephrologist and physician Dr Akira Wu and general surgeon Dr Jennifer Liauw from Singapore, who were the guest speakers. Lee advised diabetes and hypertension patients to take care of their health as 50% of end-stage renal failure patients were those who were also suffering from one or both of the illnesses. "Dialysis treatment is costly and a person will spend RM3,000 a month on it on average. Those who have undergone kidney transplants need to fork out RM1,000 a month for maintenance medication," said Lee, adding that diabetes and hypertension were serious problems in Miri. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Smuggling attempt foiled by agency Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:53 AM PDT JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) had foiled an attempt to smuggle out eight illegal immigrants off the shores of Johor recently. The MMEA's Southern region commander First Admiral Zulkifli Abu Bakar said his officers had noticed a suspicious looking vessel, and after a short chase, intercepted the boat near the Tanjung Kupang jetty at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Pontian. "We detained the skipper, his Indonesian assistant together with eight illegal immigrants, aged between 19 and 46 including two women," he said adding that one of the women detained was seven months pregnant. Further investigations revealed that all the illegal immigrants had paid RM450 each to the tekong to transport them out of the country to Tanjung Balai in Indonesia. "We also found that all of the illegal immigrants did not possess proper identification documents," he said adding that they had also seized the vessel used in the smuggling attempt. Zulkifli said that the case would be investigated under Section 5(1)(2) of the Immigration Act 1959/1963, and also the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (Amendments 2010). He added that the detainees were brought to the MMEA's Southern Region headquarters for further investigations, and were awaiting further action. Zulkifli said that the MMEA would be tightening its security in the waters of both the eastern and western coasts of Johor to curb smuggling of illegal immigrants during the coming Hari Raya period. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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