The Star Online: Metro: South & East
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- Metro watch
- Adventure on two wheels gaining popularity
- Malacca High School gets ready for 185th grand bash
| Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:30 AM PDT COUNSELLING SERVICE Praise Family Centre at Jaya Jusco Bukit Indah in Johor Baru is offering a free counselling service on family issues, marriage, personality profiling, crisis and trauma. For details, call Maria Shalina at 07-238 3952 or 012-736 9553. The centre is open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. CHANGE OF NUMBER The Muar Inland Revenue Department at Sungai Abong has changed its telephone number from 06-9527000 to 06-9563100, 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. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Segamat Association of Resource and Education for Autistic Children, a non-profit organisation in Johor, needs volunteers to help children for 90 minutes on reading, writing and living skills on Fridays and Saturdays. For details, call Tan Lay Ngoh at 012-755 7075. ZERO WASTE ZONE Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK) had 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 09-5121 555/666 or log on to their website at www.mpk.gov.my PETTING ZOO Danga Bay Petting Zoo in Johor Baru is home to 180 species of animals and reptiles. Visiting hours are 3pm to midnight with twice-daily animal shows at 6.30pm and 10pm. Tickets are priced at RM10 for adults and RM5 for children. 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). VOLUNTEERS NEEDED National Stroke Association of Malaysia (Nasam) Kuantan branch is looking for volunteers to help rehabilitate stroke victims. Nasam, a non-profit organisation, will provide training. For details, call 09-566 8195 or 019-951 0012 (Chua). Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Adventure on two wheels gaining popularity Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:30 AM PDT BENTONG: Cycling as a past time is experiencing a revival in this town as some the residents here had formed a social group for weekend rides. They would gather at a bicycle shop at Jalan Loke Yew here and proceed for a 10km ride to the Chamang waterfalls. Now, that the sport is so popular, the group is going further with rides to Hutan Lipur Lentang and Genting-Sempah including long-distance rides to Raub. One of the cyclists Y.P. Chan or "Ah Pan", said the group was formed three months ago and have been active almost every week. "We started with three cyclists and our group grew to a dozen people and now, the current tally is 20 riders. "Most of us are from the business community including children, several farmers and workshop owners living in the outskirts of Bentong," added Chan. He said a bicycle shop was the source of information for the rides and most of the cyclists would gather at the outlet to discuss future excursions. "The shop owner is very helpful. She allows us to change into our cycling outfit and store our bikes," said Chan. Another cyclist Wong Chun Keat, a farmer said sales of branded bicycles such as the Indonesian-made Polygon and Dahon folding bicycles had been brisk in Bentong town. "Nobody has ever heard of these brands until some outsiders came here on these bikes during their weekly rides. "They cycled all the way from Genting-Sempah and actually inspired us to take up cycling as a hobby," said Wong. He added that Bentong is a recognised route for many road bikers who travel all the way from Gombak in Kuala Lumpur to as far as Raub in Pahang. With a growing number of new cyclists in town, Wong said he plans to form a team to take part in endurance events such as the Century Ride in Perak and the interstate-rides in Kedah and Penang. The Bentong riders conduct weekly rides from town to three locations, namely: the Chamang falls, Hutan Lipur Lentang and Genting-Sempah. They would gather at Kedai Basikal Bentong at 7am every Sunday. Those interested in joining the ride can meet up with Chan or Wong at the bicycle shop on the ride day. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Malacca High School gets ready for 185th grand bash Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:30 AM PDT MALACCA: Founded in 1826, Malacca High School (MHS) the second oldest educational institution in the country following the 1816-established Penang Free School, will be marking its historic milestone with a series of sports and games competitions, social events and down memory lane school tours on September 24 and 25. Close to one thousand five hundred old boys and girls, teachers, staff and loyal supporters from all over Malaysia, Singapore, England, New Zealand and Australia are expected to attend and participate in events while joining hands with the school's current enrolment and staff to renew and bond old and new friendships. Two prominent MHS old boys Datuk Hj Abdul Halim Ali and Dr. Ee Tiang Lock are jointly heading an energetic celebration organising team to finalise plans and proceedings. Supporting the pair are a dedicated group of former teachers (retired) and supporters providing valuable logistic work including producing an anniversary souvenir publication. Organising team spokesperson Dr. Ee disclosed that the celebration would kick off with a two-day games carnival beginning on Sept 24. A six-a-side cricket competition and hockey sixes are among the various sports activties which would held at the school field in the morning and afternoon. A netball tournament would also be held at the school field in the evening of the same day, he added. "The following day will see a round of competitive golf at the Ayer Keroh Golf and Country Club while a seven-a-side football tourney will be held at the school field in the morning with combined teams made up of past and present students participating" he said. On Sept 25, the Down Memory Lane Tour of the School would be held complete with a Nostalgic Tuckshop Fare buffet winding up the proceedings. The highlight of the day will be a grand reunion 8-course sit-down dinner at the Equatorial Hotel where former students and their spouses will be the principal guests commencing at 6pm with a fellowship. Meanwhile, MHS, first established on Dec 7, 1826, occupied the local Anglican Church parsonage with a modest less than two-hundred student enrolment. The school's early history records its shifting of premises twice due to increased intake of students. In 1884, the school moved to a new building at the site of the state's former High Court premises close to the Dutch Stadthuys. At this time, there was also an intention of building a new school in Kubu, on the north side of town. However, this plan was aborted when the late Tuan Haji Bachee Ahmad a prominent local resident came forward to offer to sell a plot of land in Banda Kaba to the then school authorities. In 1928, the new school premises along Jalan Chan Koon Cheng adjacent to Kampong Banda Baba took shape in the form of a two-storey block. Subsequently, further constructions, additions and renovations were made to the original building in stages complete with varied in-house facilities, sections and a large playing field to presently accommodate a two-thousand student enrolment occupying classes ranging from Forms 1 to 6. For details, call 06-2820161, 06-2868146, 017-6778999 (Dr Ee Tiang Lock) or 016-284 4684 (Aljan Singh). Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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