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- Dragon boat competition called off after official goes missing
- All public housing flats to get facelift
- Teo is new Dapsy chief
| Dragon boat competition called off after official goes missing Posted: 09 Dec 2012 03:54 AM PST GEORGE TOWN: A technical official who went missing during the lunch break has forced organisers of the Penang Pesta Dragon Boat Race 2012 to call off the competition. The official, identified only as Jacob Issac Fletcher, 19, was believed to have gone for a swim at the Teluk Bahang Dam during the one-hour interval. The organisers realised he was missing only when all officials reported to the secretariat after lunch. Announcements and numerous phone calls were made to contact Fletcher but to no avail. Only 15 out of 25 races were competed prior to the incident. At 7.30pm, Fletcher had yet to be found, and marine police, the navy and firemen will continue search operations on Monday. |
| All public housing flats to get facelift Posted: 09 Dec 2012 03:52 AM PST SEREMBAN: All public housing flats will get a facelift with the implementation of the National Blue Ocean Strategy 7: My Beautiful Neighbourhood project under the Housing and Local Government Ministry. Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung said the project would be implemented with the minimum-cost-maximum-results concept. He said seven public housing flats in Alor Setar, Ipoh and Johor Baru had been given the facelift so far this year. "Here, we have chosen the Lobak flats as the pioneer. The flats have been given a facelift and now turned into a beautiful neighbourhood that the residents can be proud of," he told reporters after the handing-over of the completed project at Lobak flats here Sunday. He said the project, which involved works to repair and upgrade the drainage system, roads, community halls and beautification of the landscape, was completed in just three months at a cost of RM4mil. Next year, the project would also be implemented on 18 other public housing flats across the country. - Bernama |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2012 02:55 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Incumbent DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) organising secretary Teo Kok Seong has been elected the new Dapsy chief for 2012- 2015. Teo replaces Rasah MP Anthony Loke, who did not contest in this year's polls. Teo, who is from Negri Sembilan, won 192 votes against Wong Kah Woh of Perak (137 votes). Penang heavyweight Ng Wei Aik, who is Komtar assemblyman and Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's political secretary, lost in his bid to rejoin the Dapsy national executive council. Ng managed to garner 153 votes in the race to be Dapsy national secretary but lost to Tan Hong Pin of Johor, who received 176 votes. |
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