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| New halls to promote community spirit Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:31 AM PDT BATU PAHAT: Two multipurpose halls will soon be built in Taman Wawasan and Taman Batu Pahat for residents to conduct activities in and strengthen their community spirit. MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said that the multipurpose halls would allow the residents to conduct numerous activities. "Both residential areas were built more than 30 years ago and yet do not have a place for residents to converge and conduct activities together. "Due to the lack of such facilities, there is less interaction between residents here," he said in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony at Taman Batu Pahat here recently. Dr Chua also added the lack of these facilities made it harder for the party to meet all the residents in one place. He said that the cost of building the two multipurpose halls in both areas was funded by the Housing and Local Government Ministry which allocated about RM150,000 for the project. "Once completed, these multipurpose halls would see residents coming together in one place, making relationships between them much closer," he said. Penggeram assemblyman Datuk Koh Chee Chai who was also present during the ceremony urged the residents to make full use of the multipurpose halls. "Both of the multipurpose halls will benefit the residents tremendously as there were no such facilities before this. "Residents in both areas should take this opportunity and conduct numerous activities at the multipurpose halls every month," he said. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:18 AM PDT JOHOR BARU: Deepavali visits should not only be about food, but also be an opportunity for people to learn about Indian culture and traditions. This is what Fauziah Mohamed, 27 and Faridah Mohd, 38, did when attending a Deepavali open house organised by Permas assemblyman Datuk M.M. Samy here recently. The two stood out from the crowd as they were dressed in beautiful blue sarees just to get into the spirit of the Festival of Lights. Fauziah who was even wearing matching Indian jewellery said that dressing up in traditional Indian clothes gave her a sense of how it felt to celebrate the occasion. "I love the various traditional Indian outfits and decided to wear a saree this year and even got my Indian neighbour to tie it for me," she said. She added that, although it looked pretty, it was quite complicated to make sense of the six yards of cloth. For Faridah, dressing up in a saree was a little less stressful as she had bought it several weeks prior to Deepavali and got the outfit pre-stitched. "I love to dress according to the occasion and it is fun because you also get to learn about the different cultures through the traditional attires linked with them," she said. More than 1,000 visitors attended the Deepavali open house held at the multipurpose hall in Taman Rinting here. Among the attendees were Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Johor MIC chief Datuk K.S. Balakrishnan and Johor Jaya assemblyman Tan Cher Puk. Other than attending to visitors, Samy, who is also Kulai MIC chairman, handed out Deepavali money and goodies to about 10 children from the Permas Jaya Community Rehabilitation Centre during the event. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:32 AM PDT MUAR: The state government plans to build a new wet market in Parit Jawa near here to cater to the increasing number of residents patronising the present market. Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the proposed new market would cost between RM2mil and RM3mil and is expected to be built by the end of next year. Abdul Ghani said the new building would be a two-storey complex with the upper floor reserved for dried goods while fish, chicken and other fresh goods would be sold on the ground floor. "The present market building is more than 20 years old and, with the increasing number of people buying fish and other goods, it is congested. The market here is very popular among those looking for freshly caught fish which the local fishermen land every morning and evening. "Besides local residents, fish traders and seafood restaurant operators, including from outside the district, also frequented the market. Due to its popularity as a market for fresh fish, the state decided to build a bigger market to be located on an empty plot nearby," he said during a visit to the present market recently On another matter, Abdul Ghani said the state also plans to allocate about 800ha of land for vegetable growers in Johor to grow vegetables on a permanent basis. He said, at present, many of the growers and vegetable association members carried out their projects on plots leased from land owners who planted oil palm or rubber trees. Farmers would plant vegetable on land which was planted with oil palm or rubber seedlings and would move out after the trees matured. Despite this short-term farming, Johor still managed to be the biggest vegetable producer in the country and farmers even exported their produce to Singapore and other states. "We have allocated some 200ha of land to vegetable farmers in Simpang Renggam and we plan to extend it to growers in other districts. We need to increase the state's agro-based food production, which also includes food processing and marketing," he said. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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