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| Posted: 07 Nov 2012 05:58 AM PST CONSTITUTIONAL TALK National University of Singapore Centre for Asian Studies director Professor Andrew Harding will be presenting a talk titled "Beyond Authoritarianism: Malaysian Constitutionalism in the Balance" on Nov 23, as part of the Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Distinguished Speakers Series. The talk will take place at Hall 3, Graduate Centre, Sunway University from 5.30pm to 7pm. Admission is free. For registration, visit sunway.edu.my/tsjc-dss/register, call 03-7491 8622 ext 8172 (Faslika) or email pr@sunway.edu.my REST STOP CLOSURES The Tapah and Rawang R&R stops along the North-South Highway will be closed temporarily for maintenance works tomorrow. The Tapah (south-bound) rest stop at Km 331 will be closed from 8am to 5pm, while the Rawang (north-bound) rest stop at Km 443 will be closed from 9am to 5pm. All stalls and public facilities will be closed to the public except for petrol stations. For details, call 1800-88-0000. YMCA DODGEBALL Dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge like Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn as the YMCA of Kuala Lumpur is conducting free dodgeball sessions by experienced coaches at the YMCA KL's volleyball court every Wednesday. The sessions run from 8-11pm and is open to the public. For details, please contact 03-2274 1439, visit www.ymcakl.com or email programmes@ymcakl.com CHARITY BAZAAR Titled "From Hearts to Hearts", the GPL Group is organising a charity bazaar this Nov 11 at the Newcom Club in Jalan Kelang Lama to raise funds for two Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) Foundation infant patients and the SPCA. An IJN team will be on site to help check visitors' BMI, cholesterol and blood glucose levels. For details, call 03-2617 8315 (Ritzzawati Rosli Mohd Rosli) / 03-6209 9100 (Teresa Chow). HELP THE URBAN POOR Persatuan Kemajuan dan Kebajikan Masyarakat Kawasan Batu, a Kuala Lumpur-based NGO, carries out charity and community activities for the urban poor in the city. Anyone who wishes to help or donate clothes and groceries to families in needcan call 012-226 5765 (Ramanathan Chinnu). INTRODUCTORY SESSION The Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) Toastmasters will be holding an introductory session on Nov 7, titled "Sounding Good In English". The session will be held at Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI at 7.30pm. Admission is free. For details, call 012-670 8316 (Miss Diong) / 017-878 5282 (Kenneth). ITEMS FOR SOCIETY The Nalanda Buddhist Society invites devotees to offer robes, other necessary items or food to Buddhist monastics on Nov 11 from 9am to noon at the Nalanda Centre, 3357, Jalan 18/31, Taman Sri Serdang. For details, call 012-295 5245 (Buddhini) or 012-227 9349 (Santi). PHOTO EXHIBITION The Soka Gakkai Selangor Branch is currently holding a photography exhibition by David Tay Poey Cher titled "Coming of Age: Forgotten Faces of a Greying Asia" till Nov 11 at the SGM Selangor Culture Centre in Taman Klang Jaya. |
| Twisting and turning her way up Posted: 07 Nov 2012 05:58 AM PST PROMISING artistic gymnast Sarah Merican rose to the occasion in showing her promise in her debut appearance at the Federal Territories Schools Sports Council (MSSWP) Under-10 championships at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Mutiara in Cheras recently. The up-and-coming gymnast under the care of former national women's gymnast Tan Kai Ling accomplished her best effort thus far and tasted sweet success emerging as the overall champion in the girls' section decided over three disciplines — floor exercise, balance beam and vault. After celebrating her ninth birthday a week earlier, the victory was certainly a perfect belated gift in boosting the SK Taman Tun Dr Ismail pupil's confidence. Currently, she is joining the Total Gymnastique training programme based at the Sri Kuala Lumpur school in Subang Jaya three times a week. In her first outing at the Federal Territories Kuala Lumpur Gymnastics Festival artistic meet earlier, Sarah only finished seventh overall in the girls' Under-12 contest comprising a total of 19 entries. And the club's artistic chief Mike Ng said they knew that Sarah will deliver noteworthy results and stamp her mark in junior age-group competitions. "She started learning rhythmic gymnastics under our club's co-owner and rhythmic coach Choo Kim Lian. After less than six months, she switched to artistic early last year. She indicated that she has the potential to do well based on her physical attributes and natural gift in pulling off the graceful finishing without much guidance," he added. In the individual events at the recent MSSWP meet, Sarah complemented her win in the balance beam by finishing third in the vault and completed the floor exercise in fifth position. Sarah said it was a fulfilling experience to finish ahead of others in the overall standings. "I will need to perfect my moves for the floor exercise and vault. I committed a costly mistake when I missed out on an element required in floor exercise," she added. Sarah will be gauging her strength joining the fray in the girls' Class One section at the upcoming SportExcel meet scheduled at the National Sports Council (NSC) in Bukit Jalil on Nov 10. Meanwhile, another budding gymnast Aaron Nabil Norzaidi from SK Taman Tun Dr Ismail completed his campaign in third position overall in the boys' section. The 10-year-old Aaron is also part of the same training camp under the tutelage of Sam Thong. Aaron came in third in both parallel bars and vault. However, Aaron also found it tough to match the more accomplished entries in the floor exercise and only finished in eighth spot. "It was very competitive and the others were better in making a stronger impression in the compulsory routine for the floor exercise. "I was very comfortable especially with the swinging actions for the parallel bars and I felt that was the highlight of the day for me. I am satisfied with my respectable effort in my first competition for the year. "I want to continue to strive for improvement and do better in the future," said Aaron. |
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