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- Kampung Bonor gets a kindergarten thanks to dairy company’s initiative
- GE13: Rokiah: People who alleged that someone else had voted in their place should make police reports
- GE13: Assemblyman comes to the aid of senior citizen
| Kampung Bonor gets a kindergarten thanks to dairy company’s initiative Posted: 07 May 2013 05:05 PM PDT KOTA KINABALU: Children in Sabah's interior Sook district can soon look forward to spending their mornings in classes with the building of a kindergarten there. Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad had recently teamed up with volunteers from Raleigh Borneo to built the kindergarten in Kampung Bonor, one of the remotest villages in the district recently. "This is the tenth kindergarten project Nestle completed with assistance from Raleigh as well as villagers," said Nestlé Malaysia's Corporate Responsibility Manager Immy Ooi Lay Imm. Raleigh International is a UK-based educational development charity that strives to help people from diversified backgrounds and cultures discover their full potential. "Nestlé believes that access to pre-school education is important, as a good foundation will shape and set the path for children," Immy said. "Children of this community now have a more conducive learning facility, which we hope will help them excel in their studies with the completion of this kindergarten," she said. The kindergarten project which took 10 weeks to complete was also supported by PACOS Trust – an organisation dedicated towards supporting indigenous communities in Sabah – who provided assistance with the initial planning stages of the project, which included assessment of the village and also in identifying and training the teachers to ensure the sustainability of the project. The kindergarten will support the pre-school education of 17 local children aged between three and six. The villagers who are mostly of Murut ethnicity, were excited with the construction of the structure, as it will also double up as a community learning centre to accommodate additional education sessions for the adults in the evening such as, traditional culture learning, and agriculture among others. |
| Posted: 07 May 2013 05:02 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: People who alleged that they were unable to vote in GE13 as someone else had voted in their place have been advised to lodge police reports. State election commission director Rokiah Hanum Ibrahim said so far she had only heard of one case officially about the matter on Sunday from a voter in Tebrau. "I was informed that some candidates were making such allegations that people were unable to vote as when they got to the polling station, they found that their name had been struck off as they had voted earlier. "This is a serious allegation and I hope that all these people will come forward and lodge reports," she said in an interview here. Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching was quoted in an online news portal that she received five to six similar complaints and that the voters are waiting for her at her service centre. Teo said that a woman had gone to SMK Kulai Besar at 10.30am, but that election commission officers told her that she "had already voted". On the damages to four vehicles belonging to election workers in Skudai on Sunday, Rokiah said that it was a regrettable incident and said that they were head of voting centres who were tasked in bringing the ballots to the tallying centres. "It is fine for them to transport the ballot boxes in their own vehicles as long as they come with a policeman," she said, adding that she was still waiting for the police reports on the matter. She added that despite some minor glitches, the voter turnout was good. Among the problems that they faced on polling include shortage of writing instruments, unstamped ballot papers and sudden influx of voters in a polling centre in Lima Kedai after lunch. "Overall all the 910 polling centres opened and closed on time in the entire state," she said, adding that they had adequate amount of indelible ink as they had distributed over 35,000 bottles to all the polling centres. On all the campaign material left strewn around the state, she said that based on the regulations, the parties had about two weeks to clear them. |
| GE13: Assemblyman comes to the aid of senior citizen Posted: 07 May 2013 05:03 PM PDT AYER HITAM: For Semarang assemblyman Datuk Samsol Bari Jamali, it was back to work on Monday after a grueling 15-day campaign period. The first place he visited on Monday was the home of a 75-year-old woman after the back portion of her house was damaged by an uprooted tree in Kampung Haji Talib. "Luckily, she was not hurt but the back portion of the house was damaged as the tree was uprooted during a severe storm on Sunday," he said, adding that arrangements were being made to repair the house and assistance was also being sought from the Welfare Department. Samsol, 53, who is the incumbent assemblyman, also presented a personal donation to the victim. He won the seat with a comfortable victory against PAS Alliar @ Ilyas A. Bakar with a majority of 8,075 votes. He also thanked all the voters and election workers who helped him during GE13. "I am grateful to everyone for their support, encouragement and guidance," he said. Asked on when he plans to take a break after the long campaign, "I will take a break later but for now, attending to my constituents comes first," the incumbent said. Semarang and Yong Peng are among the two constituencies within the Ayer Hitam Parliamentary. Barisan Nasional's Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong won the Ayer Hitam parliamentary with a comfortable majority of 7,310 votes However, the Yong Peng state seat fell to the DAP with a 2,475 majority. |
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