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213 addicts nabbed in Felda drug crackdown
M. Hamzah Jamaludin
BANDAR JENGKA, Apr 24:
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A massive anti-drug operation overnight netted 213 suspected addicts and four suspected traffickers at Felda schemes in the State.
Police confiscated more than 1,800 psychotropic pills, 34.2 grammes of heroin and five grammes of ganja in the 11pm-8am operation.
State police chief Datuk Ramli Yusuff said 423 policemen were involved in the operation, which covered Felda schemes in Maran, Muadzam Shah, Temerloh, Jerantut and Bentong.
He said 66 suspects were arrested in Felda Jengka alone.
Seventeen were also confirmed as HIV-positive.
The first phase of the operation, codenamed Ops Tapis, involved a house- to-house search while the second phase, which began today, will involve a "sting operation" at the drug- selling spots.
"We are focusing on those spots which are known as ‘ports’ among drug addicts," Ramli said after attending a briefing on Ops Tapis at the Bandar Jengka police station here today.
He said police had identified 16 such "ports" at Felda schemes, where addicts normally bought their drugs.
Ramli said three of the four suspected traffickers arrested last night were being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries a mandatory death sentence.
Two of them, aged 34 and 37, were arrested at a mosque parking lot in Bentong while the third, in his 30s, was nabbed at his home in Rompin.
He said investigations showed the drugs were brought in from southern Thailand, Johor and Kuala Lumpur.
Last year, he said, 2,118 addicts were arrested at Felda schemes in the State.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Pak Cu Salim Meninggal Dunia
Saudara Salim bin Abdul Wahab, Bekas Ketua Cawangan UMNO Taman Bahagia meninggal malam semalam. Beliau adalah suami kepada bekas Ketua Wanita UMNO Bahagian Temerloh dikebumikan pada hari ini. AlFatihah.
Call for more warning signages between Karak and Kuantan
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Call for more warning signages between Karak and Kuantan
M. Hamzah Jamalludin
KUANTAN, Tues:
WITH 402 accidents and 17 deaths to date, the police believe that more warning signages should be erected along the East-Coast Expressway between Karak and Kuantan.
Archive Since 1991 State Police chief Datuk Ramli Yusuff said police had identified two accident-prone stretches along the expressway, which were between KM180 and KM200 and between KM90 and KM113 in Lanchang, Temerloh.
"We will submit the proposal to the State Government and the expressway concessionaire," he told reporters after launching a traffic police's payment counter at the State Police headquarters here today.
Call for more warning signages between Karak and Kuantan
M. Hamzah Jamalludin
KUANTAN, Tues:
WITH 402 accidents and 17 deaths to date, the police believe that more warning signages should be erected along the East-Coast Expressway between Karak and Kuantan.
Archive Since 1991 State Police chief Datuk Ramli Yusuff said police had identified two accident-prone stretches along the expressway, which were between KM180 and KM200 and between KM90 and KM113 in Lanchang, Temerloh.
"We will submit the proposal to the State Government and the expressway concessionaire," he told reporters after launching a traffic police's payment counter at the State Police headquarters here today.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Kes baru denggi menurun
- Edisi Timur -
Kes baru denggi menurun
SEBANYAK 921 kes demam denggi dengan tiga kematian dilaporkan di Pahang bagi tempoh Januari hingga 19 Mac lalu.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Kebajikan Masyarakat dan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli Pahang, Datuk Ishak Muhamad, berkata daripada jumlah itu, 599 kes demam denggi termasuk tujuh kes demam denggi berdarah adalah akibat jangkitan tempatan, manakala bakinya adalah kes yang mendapat jangkitan dari luar negeri ini.
Menjawab soalan Datuk Ti Lian Ker (BN-Teruntum), Ishak berkata, aktiviti kawalan dan pencegahan yang dijalankan berjaya mengurangkan kes baru iaitu daripada 119 kes dilaporkan berlaku seminggu kepada 20 kes seminggu.
"Banyak sebab berlakunya denggi yang berpunca daripada gigitan nyamuk aedes termasuk penjagaan kebersihan rumah yang tidak baik, pembuangan sampah tidak terurus serta pengurusan tapak pembinaan dan bangunan awam yang tidak sempurna.
"Kerajaan sudah mengeluarkan amaran denggi pada 10 Januari dengan meminta semua pihak membuat kawalan dan pencegahan menerusi lapan langkah ditetapkan termasuk semua kes denggi yang disyaki klinik dan hospital perlu dilaporkan segera kepada pejabat kesihatan daerah atau pihak berkuasa tempatan untuk pengawalan segera.
"Selain itu, semua tempat berisiko denggi dihapuskan, membuat semburan asap di kawasan denggi, mempertingkat aktiviti pendidikan kesihatan dan penguatkuasaan Akta Pemusnahan Serangga Pembawa Penyakit khasnya di tapak binaan dan kilang," katanya.
Ishak berkata, bagi tempoh dua bulan pertama tahun ini, 102 premis tapak binaan di Pahang sudah diperiksa dan 34 daripadanya positif pembiakan aedes.
Katanya, enam daripada premis itu iaitu empat di Kuantan dan dua di Temerloh diarah tutup, manakala 28 premis tapak pembinaan didenda maksimum RM500.
Kes baru denggi menurun
SEBANYAK 921 kes demam denggi dengan tiga kematian dilaporkan di Pahang bagi tempoh Januari hingga 19 Mac lalu.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Kebajikan Masyarakat dan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli Pahang, Datuk Ishak Muhamad, berkata daripada jumlah itu, 599 kes demam denggi termasuk tujuh kes demam denggi berdarah adalah akibat jangkitan tempatan, manakala bakinya adalah kes yang mendapat jangkitan dari luar negeri ini.
Menjawab soalan Datuk Ti Lian Ker (BN-Teruntum), Ishak berkata, aktiviti kawalan dan pencegahan yang dijalankan berjaya mengurangkan kes baru iaitu daripada 119 kes dilaporkan berlaku seminggu kepada 20 kes seminggu.
"Banyak sebab berlakunya denggi yang berpunca daripada gigitan nyamuk aedes termasuk penjagaan kebersihan rumah yang tidak baik, pembuangan sampah tidak terurus serta pengurusan tapak pembinaan dan bangunan awam yang tidak sempurna.
"Kerajaan sudah mengeluarkan amaran denggi pada 10 Januari dengan meminta semua pihak membuat kawalan dan pencegahan menerusi lapan langkah ditetapkan termasuk semua kes denggi yang disyaki klinik dan hospital perlu dilaporkan segera kepada pejabat kesihatan daerah atau pihak berkuasa tempatan untuk pengawalan segera.
"Selain itu, semua tempat berisiko denggi dihapuskan, membuat semburan asap di kawasan denggi, mempertingkat aktiviti pendidikan kesihatan dan penguatkuasaan Akta Pemusnahan Serangga Pembawa Penyakit khasnya di tapak binaan dan kilang," katanya.
Ishak berkata, bagi tempoh dua bulan pertama tahun ini, 102 premis tapak binaan di Pahang sudah diperiksa dan 34 daripadanya positif pembiakan aedes.
Katanya, enam daripada premis itu iaitu empat di Kuantan dan dua di Temerloh diarah tutup, manakala 28 premis tapak pembinaan didenda maksimum RM500.
Pemuda Umno bela nasib 2 beranak
KHAIRUDDIN (tiga dari kiri) bertanyakan sesuatu kepada
Che Nah di Kampung Pulau Pasir Manis, Temerloh sambil
diperhatikan rombongan Pemuda Umno Pahang,
semalam. � Gambar oleh Azmaidi Abidin
TEMERLOH: Nasib seorang warga tua buta dan seorang anaknya yang terencat akal yang tinggal di sebuah rumah kecil serta serba kekurangan di Kampung Pulau Pasir Mandi, dekat sini yang disiarkan Berita Harian baru-baru ini mendapat perhatian Pergerakan Pemuda Umno Pahang semalam.
Ketua Pemudanya, Khairuddin Yaakob serta rombongannya melihat sendiri keadaan dua beranak itu, selain menyampaikan bantuan makanan dan wang tunai bagi mengurangkan beban mereka.
Khairuddin berkata, memang nasib yang menimpa Che Nah Kadir, 65 dan anaknya Rosnani, 30, amat memilukan dan kurang mendapat perhatian sehingga anaknya yang dikenali sebagai Minah itu terpaksa meredah hutan berhampiran untuk mencari kayu api bagi kegunaan memasak.
�Selain itu, bilik air rumah Che Nah juga uzur serta tidak beratap. Dengan itu, hari ini (semalam) Pemuda negeri menghulurkan sumbangan wang tunai dan bekalan makanan kepada dua beranak itu bagi meringankan bebanan mereka.
�Walaupun tidak dapat hadir, Ahli Parlimen Kuala Krau, Ismail Mohamed Said turut menghulurkan bantuan makanan kepada Che Nah dan anaknya,� katanya di rumah warga tua itu, semalam.
Sebelum itu, tinjauan Berita Harian mendapati rumah itu hanya ada serambi, tengah rumah serta dapur tanpa sebarang perabot, manakala keadaan dalam rumahnya tidak terurus. Malah yang ada cuma dapur kayu serta pinggan mangkuk untuk kegunaan dua beranak itu.
Apa yang menyedihkan, mereka yang menerima bantuan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) sebanyak RM135 sebulan sejak 1977 terpaksa berjimat dan kadang kala satu tin sardin terpaksa digunakan dua atau tiga hari untuk dijadikan lauk.
Khairuddin difahamkan ada pihak mahu memberi sumbangan bahan binaan bagi membina bilik air rumah itu.
�Kita akan menyelaras dengan pihak terbabit supaya Pemuda dapat menyumbang tenaga bagi membina bilik air yang lebih sempurna secara gotong-royong,� katanya.
KHAIRUDDIN (tiga dari kiri) bertanyakan sesuatu kepada
Che Nah di Kampung Pulau Pasir Manis, Temerloh sambil
diperhatikan rombongan Pemuda Umno Pahang,
semalam. � Gambar oleh Azmaidi Abidin
TEMERLOH: Nasib seorang warga tua buta dan seorang anaknya yang terencat akal yang tinggal di sebuah rumah kecil serta serba kekurangan di Kampung Pulau Pasir Mandi, dekat sini yang disiarkan Berita Harian baru-baru ini mendapat perhatian Pergerakan Pemuda Umno Pahang semalam.
Ketua Pemudanya, Khairuddin Yaakob serta rombongannya melihat sendiri keadaan dua beranak itu, selain menyampaikan bantuan makanan dan wang tunai bagi mengurangkan beban mereka.
Khairuddin berkata, memang nasib yang menimpa Che Nah Kadir, 65 dan anaknya Rosnani, 30, amat memilukan dan kurang mendapat perhatian sehingga anaknya yang dikenali sebagai Minah itu terpaksa meredah hutan berhampiran untuk mencari kayu api bagi kegunaan memasak.
�Selain itu, bilik air rumah Che Nah juga uzur serta tidak beratap. Dengan itu, hari ini (semalam) Pemuda negeri menghulurkan sumbangan wang tunai dan bekalan makanan kepada dua beranak itu bagi meringankan bebanan mereka.
�Walaupun tidak dapat hadir, Ahli Parlimen Kuala Krau, Ismail Mohamed Said turut menghulurkan bantuan makanan kepada Che Nah dan anaknya,� katanya di rumah warga tua itu, semalam.
Sebelum itu, tinjauan Berita Harian mendapati rumah itu hanya ada serambi, tengah rumah serta dapur tanpa sebarang perabot, manakala keadaan dalam rumahnya tidak terurus. Malah yang ada cuma dapur kayu serta pinggan mangkuk untuk kegunaan dua beranak itu.
Apa yang menyedihkan, mereka yang menerima bantuan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) sebanyak RM135 sebulan sejak 1977 terpaksa berjimat dan kadang kala satu tin sardin terpaksa digunakan dua atau tiga hari untuk dijadikan lauk.
Khairuddin difahamkan ada pihak mahu memberi sumbangan bahan binaan bagi membina bilik air rumah itu.
�Kita akan menyelaras dengan pihak terbabit supaya Pemuda dapat menyumbang tenaga bagi membina bilik air yang lebih sempurna secara gotong-royong,� katanya.
30 kampung mohon sertai projek homestay
Edisi Timur -
Berita Minggu
17, April 2005 Ahad
30 kampung mohon sertai projek homestay
SEBANYAK 30 kampung di seluruh Pahang sudah mengemukakan permohonan bagi menyertai projek homestay di negeri ini dan semua permohonan baru berkenaan sedang pada peringkat penilaian sebelum diluluskan.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Pelancongan Pahang, Datuk Maznah Mazlan, berkata pada masa ini 10 program homestay termasuk di Desa Murni, Temerloh; Kuala Medang di Lipis; Sungai Pasu di Raub; Taman Sedia di Cameron Highlands dan Kampung Salong di Pekan sudah menerima kedatangan 10,000 pelancong sepanjang tahun lalu.
Beliau berkata, kerajaan Pahang bercadang memperluaskan kegiatan pelancongan ke seluruh negeri bagi membolehkan semua rakyat menikmati peningkatan pendapatan dan taraf sosio ekonomi mereka.
Menjawab soalan Datuk Mohamed Jaafar (BN-Jenderak), beliau berkata pelaksanaan program `satu kampung satu produk' adalah kaedah terbaik mencapai matlamat itu, bukan saja dari aspek pelancongan tetapi juga sektor pertanian dan perindustrian.
"Aspek budaya dan seni juga boleh dimanfaatkan untuk melahirkan produk pelancongan termasuk pertandingan gasing, wau dan muzik tradisional.
"Selain itu, kraftangan juga boleh dijadikan sumber pendapatan penduduk setempat yang boleh menjadi tarikan pelancong seperti kegiatan tenun di Pusat Tenun Pulau Keladi, Pekan," katanya.
Maznah berkata, pada masa ini, ada 68 pengusaha kraf di Pahang yang terbabit dalam kegiatan menganyam, membuat tembikar, kayu kraf, rotan dan batik membabitkan pekerja seramai 328 orang.
Katanya, nilai jualan langsung hasil pameran kraf sepanjang tahun lalu mencatat jumlah RM120,000 dan ia tidak termasuk jualan hasil tempahan yang dibuat pembeli.
"Produk baru agro dan eko-pelancongan juga boleh dibangunkan di Pahang seperti ternakan rusa yang dibuat di Bukit Rengit Temerloh sehingga membolehkan pengusahanya memperoleh pendapatan RM95,000 pada tahun lalu.
"Projek ternakan rusa ini berjaya menarik kedatangan 2,000 pelancong setiap tahun dan pencapaian ini sangat membanggakan," katanya.
Berita Minggu
17, April 2005 Ahad
30 kampung mohon sertai projek homestay
SEBANYAK 30 kampung di seluruh Pahang sudah mengemukakan permohonan bagi menyertai projek homestay di negeri ini dan semua permohonan baru berkenaan sedang pada peringkat penilaian sebelum diluluskan.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Pelancongan Pahang, Datuk Maznah Mazlan, berkata pada masa ini 10 program homestay termasuk di Desa Murni, Temerloh; Kuala Medang di Lipis; Sungai Pasu di Raub; Taman Sedia di Cameron Highlands dan Kampung Salong di Pekan sudah menerima kedatangan 10,000 pelancong sepanjang tahun lalu.
Beliau berkata, kerajaan Pahang bercadang memperluaskan kegiatan pelancongan ke seluruh negeri bagi membolehkan semua rakyat menikmati peningkatan pendapatan dan taraf sosio ekonomi mereka.
Menjawab soalan Datuk Mohamed Jaafar (BN-Jenderak), beliau berkata pelaksanaan program `satu kampung satu produk' adalah kaedah terbaik mencapai matlamat itu, bukan saja dari aspek pelancongan tetapi juga sektor pertanian dan perindustrian.
"Aspek budaya dan seni juga boleh dimanfaatkan untuk melahirkan produk pelancongan termasuk pertandingan gasing, wau dan muzik tradisional.
"Selain itu, kraftangan juga boleh dijadikan sumber pendapatan penduduk setempat yang boleh menjadi tarikan pelancong seperti kegiatan tenun di Pusat Tenun Pulau Keladi, Pekan," katanya.
Maznah berkata, pada masa ini, ada 68 pengusaha kraf di Pahang yang terbabit dalam kegiatan menganyam, membuat tembikar, kayu kraf, rotan dan batik membabitkan pekerja seramai 328 orang.
Katanya, nilai jualan langsung hasil pameran kraf sepanjang tahun lalu mencatat jumlah RM120,000 dan ia tidak termasuk jualan hasil tempahan yang dibuat pembeli.
"Produk baru agro dan eko-pelancongan juga boleh dibangunkan di Pahang seperti ternakan rusa yang dibuat di Bukit Rengit Temerloh sehingga membolehkan pengusahanya memperoleh pendapatan RM95,000 pada tahun lalu.
"Projek ternakan rusa ini berjaya menarik kedatangan 2,000 pelancong setiap tahun dan pencapaian ini sangat membanggakan," katanya.
15,000 to benefit from low-cost housing projects in Pahang over five years
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15,000 to benefit from low-cost housing projects in Pahang over five years
M. Hamzah Jamaludin
KUANTAN, Sun:
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MORE than 15,000 families from the low-income group are expected to get their own houses at 79 low-cost housing projects in Pahang in the next five years.
State Housing and Growth Centre committee chairman Datuk Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said the State Government had submitted plans to build 15,950 low-cost units under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
He said six of the housing projects would be developed here while another 15 would be in Pekan; Lipis (10); Maran (nine); Temerloh, Bera, Jerantut and Raub (seven each); Bentong (five); Rompin (four) and Cameron Highlands (two).
"We have yet to estimate the cost as we are still waiting for the final say from the Federal agencies," he said, adding that the units would be reasonably priced.
15,000 to benefit from low-cost housing projects in Pahang over five years
M. Hamzah Jamaludin
KUANTAN, Sun:
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MORE than 15,000 families from the low-income group are expected to get their own houses at 79 low-cost housing projects in Pahang in the next five years.
State Housing and Growth Centre committee chairman Datuk Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said the State Government had submitted plans to build 15,950 low-cost units under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
He said six of the housing projects would be developed here while another 15 would be in Pekan; Lipis (10); Maran (nine); Temerloh, Bera, Jerantut and Raub (seven each); Bentong (five); Rompin (four) and Cameron Highlands (two).
"We have yet to estimate the cost as we are still waiting for the final say from the Federal agencies," he said, adding that the units would be reasonably priced.
President: Work with me
New Straits Times » Sport
HOCKEY: President: Work with me
By PRITAM SINGH
April 17:
PAHANG HA (PHA) president, Sultan Ahmad Shah has reminded the newly-elected officials not to promote any personal agenda but to work with him to make the State a hockey power-house.
The president also pledged to develop the game at the grassroots, utilise fully all the coaching and technical expertise, and provide opportunities for local players to play at a higher level.
"We have to march on with the times. Thus, drastic changes are inevitable," Sultan Ahmad Shah told Timesport in an exclusive interview after the PHA Biennial General Meeting in Kuantan yesterday.
"Firstly, there will be greater accountability and transparency especially in financial transactions.
"I will also ensure the expertise of all coaches and officials is fully utilised," he pledged.
Sultan Ahmad Shah has set himself a two-year target to improve facilities in the districts. To start with, Temerloh or Bentong will have a new artificial pitch.
PHA will work closely with the Education Department to develop hockey in schools.
"If Malacca High School and Anderson School (of Ipoh), can compete in the JHL, surely a couple from Pahang can do the same.
"We have to develop the players' skills by giving them greater exposure and providing them opportunities to play at a higher level."
At yesterday's BGM, as expected, Kuantan Municipal Council president Datuk Mohd Saffian Ismail and State Education Department director, Ahmad Azmey Abu Talib were elected as vice-presidents.
State Transport director Datuk Johar Rusi, the Pahang Menteri Besar's political secretary Shamsuddin Nawawi, and Pekan district officer, Harun Abdul Kadir, were voted in as committee members.
Sultan Ahmad Shah will announce the honorary secretary, treasurer and the three independent committee members before next month's executive committee meeting.
HOCKEY: President: Work with me
By PRITAM SINGH
April 17:
PAHANG HA (PHA) president, Sultan Ahmad Shah has reminded the newly-elected officials not to promote any personal agenda but to work with him to make the State a hockey power-house.
The president also pledged to develop the game at the grassroots, utilise fully all the coaching and technical expertise, and provide opportunities for local players to play at a higher level.
"We have to march on with the times. Thus, drastic changes are inevitable," Sultan Ahmad Shah told Timesport in an exclusive interview after the PHA Biennial General Meeting in Kuantan yesterday.
"Firstly, there will be greater accountability and transparency especially in financial transactions.
"I will also ensure the expertise of all coaches and officials is fully utilised," he pledged.
Sultan Ahmad Shah has set himself a two-year target to improve facilities in the districts. To start with, Temerloh or Bentong will have a new artificial pitch.
PHA will work closely with the Education Department to develop hockey in schools.
"If Malacca High School and Anderson School (of Ipoh), can compete in the JHL, surely a couple from Pahang can do the same.
"We have to develop the players' skills by giving them greater exposure and providing them opportunities to play at a higher level."
At yesterday's BGM, as expected, Kuantan Municipal Council president Datuk Mohd Saffian Ismail and State Education Department director, Ahmad Azmey Abu Talib were elected as vice-presidents.
State Transport director Datuk Johar Rusi, the Pahang Menteri Besar's political secretary Shamsuddin Nawawi, and Pekan district officer, Harun Abdul Kadir, were voted in as committee members.
Sultan Ahmad Shah will announce the honorary secretary, treasurer and the three independent committee members before next month's executive committee meeting.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
About Temerloh
TEMERLOH
Temerloh, a small town 133 km from Kuala Lumpur along the Kuantan-Kuala Lumpur trunk roads, sits at the confluence of Pahang and Semantan River.
Temerloh is famous for its freshwater fish such as 'patin', 'jelawat','belida' 'lampam', and etc.
Temerloh has a number of good an reasonably-priced hotels. The rooms are cosy, clean and comfortable with a affordable rate.
Other Accommodations
GREEN PARK HOTEL
1, Jalan Terkukur
Off Jalan Merbah
28000, Temerloh
Pahang Darul Makmur
Tel: 609-296 3333
Fax: 609-296 2517
SERI MALAYSIA TEMERLOH
Lot pt 370/6/92
Jalan Hamzah
28000, Temerloh
Pahang Darul Makmur
Tel: 609-278 2828
Fax: 609-278 2898
Temerloh, a small town 133 km from Kuala Lumpur along the Kuantan-Kuala Lumpur trunk roads, sits at the confluence of Pahang and Semantan River.
Temerloh is famous for its freshwater fish such as 'patin', 'jelawat','belida' 'lampam', and etc.
Temerloh has a number of good an reasonably-priced hotels. The rooms are cosy, clean and comfortable with a affordable rate.
Other Accommodations
GREEN PARK HOTEL
1, Jalan Terkukur
Off Jalan Merbah
28000, Temerloh
Pahang Darul Makmur
Tel: 609-296 3333
Fax: 609-296 2517
SERI MALAYSIA TEMERLOH
Lot pt 370/6/92
Jalan Hamzah
28000, Temerloh
Pahang Darul Makmur
Tel: 609-278 2828
Fax: 609-278 2898
Visiting the Temerloh Hospital site
June 29, 2004
Visiting the Temerloh Hospital site
It was a rare privilege for me to join a weekly site inspection of the Temerloh Hospital currently under construction. This hospital is to serve the central Pahang region and once completed will be the most advanced hospital in the state. The cost of this complex is astronomical and the sheer size of it is massive.
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Setting itself apart from the 'government hospital' image we, the 'rakyat' are used to, the main entrance lobby is finished with the highest specification comparable to that of a hotel or the newer private hospitals. The lobby sports a large glass-roofed atrium with the walls and flooring finished in local stone (granite and marble). The high tech looking porch and luxuriously finished lobby is both spacious and welcoming.
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We were taken to this area where one may use a certain apparatus meant for messages to be sent via some kind of vacuum/pneumatic apparatus to departments on different floors. Pretty neat gadget to have around I think.
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The site inspection allowed us to gain access to most of the hospital complex which includes a training centre where there is an auditorium that seats 300 people. Apart from that, I visited the pediatrics ward as well as an Operating theater. An architect quipped, 'the only other time you are allowed in here is when you undergo an operation yourself'. The equipment in this hospital is all state of the art and the most up to date. It makes me wonder if we do have the human resources to match the sophistication of the new equipment in this hospital.
Hospitals require specific planning and thus it has developed into a highly specialized branch of architecture. The heavy requirements of a modern medical facility requires hospital planners to have experience and knowledge acquired through specialized study and years of practice.
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I was impressed with the design of the staff housing which is also on the same site. The apartment blocks remind me of newer HDB housing developments in Singapore, with the piloti at the ground level and the tropical 'sun shading' consideration together with contemporary design accents such as feature walls with low windows covering most of the wall.
I do hope that the modern design of the Temerloh Hospital will prove attractive to aspiring medical practitioners. The misconception that housmanship will be in some god-forsaken place such as (say) Temerloh would, on the contrary, prove to be quite an experience with the housing and a working environment rivaling luxury condos and private hospitals in KL.
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Visiting the Temerloh Hospital site
It was a rare privilege for me to join a weekly site inspection of the Temerloh Hospital currently under construction. This hospital is to serve the central Pahang region and once completed will be the most advanced hospital in the state. The cost of this complex is astronomical and the sheer size of it is massive.
temerloh1.jpg
Setting itself apart from the 'government hospital' image we, the 'rakyat' are used to, the main entrance lobby is finished with the highest specification comparable to that of a hotel or the newer private hospitals. The lobby sports a large glass-roofed atrium with the walls and flooring finished in local stone (granite and marble). The high tech looking porch and luxuriously finished lobby is both spacious and welcoming.
temerloh4.jpg
We were taken to this area where one may use a certain apparatus meant for messages to be sent via some kind of vacuum/pneumatic apparatus to departments on different floors. Pretty neat gadget to have around I think.
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The site inspection allowed us to gain access to most of the hospital complex which includes a training centre where there is an auditorium that seats 300 people. Apart from that, I visited the pediatrics ward as well as an Operating theater. An architect quipped, 'the only other time you are allowed in here is when you undergo an operation yourself'. The equipment in this hospital is all state of the art and the most up to date. It makes me wonder if we do have the human resources to match the sophistication of the new equipment in this hospital.
Hospitals require specific planning and thus it has developed into a highly specialized branch of architecture. The heavy requirements of a modern medical facility requires hospital planners to have experience and knowledge acquired through specialized study and years of practice.
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I was impressed with the design of the staff housing which is also on the same site. The apartment blocks remind me of newer HDB housing developments in Singapore, with the piloti at the ground level and the tropical 'sun shading' consideration together with contemporary design accents such as feature walls with low windows covering most of the wall.
I do hope that the modern design of the Temerloh Hospital will prove attractive to aspiring medical practitioners. The misconception that housmanship will be in some god-forsaken place such as (say) Temerloh would, on the contrary, prove to be quite an experience with the housing and a working environment rivaling luxury condos and private hospitals in KL.
blog.davidteoh.com/ archives/2004/06/
Saturday, April 09, 2005
NIE programme gets a boost from Rotary District 3300 clubs
NIE programme gets a boost from Rotary District 3300 clubs
April 9, Mentakab
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Rotary District 3300 has ensured that pupils of 10 schools nationwide read the New Straits Times daily, at least for the next 24 weeks.
The Rotary Clubs of Temerloh, Bentong, Sitiawan, Melawati, Petaling Jaya, Bernam Valley, Kuala Terengganu and Kelana Jaya have joined hands to finance 13,230 copies of NST for thousands of students to help them in the study of English.
The project, which began on March 29, is a Rotary-NST Newspaper In Education (NIE) programme. The schools receiving the newspapers are SK Undang and SMK Panji Alam in Kuala Terengganu; Catholic High School, Bentong; SMK Taman Desa, Rawang; SMK Pangkor, Pangkor Island; SMK (P) Taman Petaling, PJ; SMK Kelana Jaya, PJ; SMK Hulu Kelang, Ampang; SMK Hwa Lian and SMK Mentakab in Mentakab. Each school will receive 35 copies with Minda and Skor as supplements for students preparing for the PMR and SPM. "The schools will receive their newspapers every Tuesday and Wednesday for the next 24 weeks," Rotary Club of Temerloh president Surina Suhaimi said.
She said students should use the newspapers to improve their English.
SMK Mentakab head prefect Federick Chaw Sau Hong, 19, was happy that he could start his day with the NST. "I used to share one copy in the library with 1,300 students. Now, we have 35 copies," he said.
April 9, Mentakab
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Rotary District 3300 has ensured that pupils of 10 schools nationwide read the New Straits Times daily, at least for the next 24 weeks.
The Rotary Clubs of Temerloh, Bentong, Sitiawan, Melawati, Petaling Jaya, Bernam Valley, Kuala Terengganu and Kelana Jaya have joined hands to finance 13,230 copies of NST for thousands of students to help them in the study of English.
The project, which began on March 29, is a Rotary-NST Newspaper In Education (NIE) programme. The schools receiving the newspapers are SK Undang and SMK Panji Alam in Kuala Terengganu; Catholic High School, Bentong; SMK Taman Desa, Rawang; SMK Pangkor, Pangkor Island; SMK (P) Taman Petaling, PJ; SMK Kelana Jaya, PJ; SMK Hulu Kelang, Ampang; SMK Hwa Lian and SMK Mentakab in Mentakab. Each school will receive 35 copies with Minda and Skor as supplements for students preparing for the PMR and SPM. "The schools will receive their newspapers every Tuesday and Wednesday for the next 24 weeks," Rotary Club of Temerloh president Surina Suhaimi said.
She said students should use the newspapers to improve their English.
SMK Mentakab head prefect Federick Chaw Sau Hong, 19, was happy that he could start his day with the NST. "I used to share one copy in the library with 1,300 students. Now, we have 35 copies," he said.
NST for 10 schools nationwide
New Straits Times » Local
NST for 10 schools nationwide
April 8:
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MENTAKAB, Fri. - Rotary District 3300 has ensured that pupils of 10 schools nationwide read the New Straits Times daily, at least for the next 24 weeks.
The Rotary Clubs of Temerloh, Bentong, Sitiawan, Melawati, Petaling Jaya, Bernam Valley, Kuala Terengganu and Kelana Jaya have joined hands to finance 13,230 copies of NST to ensure that students are proficient in English.
The project, which began March 29, is a Rotary-NST Newspaper In Education (NIE) programme.
The schools receiving newspapers are SK Undang and SMK Panji Alam in Kuala Terengganu; Catholic High School, Bentong; SMK Taman Desa, Rawang; SMK Pangkor, Pangkor Island; SMK(P) Taman Petaling, PJ; SMK Kelana Jaya, PJ; SMK Hulu Kelang, Ampang; SMK Hwa Lian and SMK Mentakab in Mentakab.
Each school will receive 35 copies with Minda and Skor as examination supplements for students preparing for the PMR and SPM.
"The schools will receive their newspapers every Tuesday and Wednesday for the next 24 weeks," Rotary Club of Temerloh president Surina Suhaimi said.
She said students should use the newspapers to improve their English, which was a necessary tool to face the challenges posed by globalisation.
NST for 10 schools nationwide
April 8:
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MENTAKAB, Fri. - Rotary District 3300 has ensured that pupils of 10 schools nationwide read the New Straits Times daily, at least for the next 24 weeks.
The Rotary Clubs of Temerloh, Bentong, Sitiawan, Melawati, Petaling Jaya, Bernam Valley, Kuala Terengganu and Kelana Jaya have joined hands to finance 13,230 copies of NST to ensure that students are proficient in English.
The project, which began March 29, is a Rotary-NST Newspaper In Education (NIE) programme.
The schools receiving newspapers are SK Undang and SMK Panji Alam in Kuala Terengganu; Catholic High School, Bentong; SMK Taman Desa, Rawang; SMK Pangkor, Pangkor Island; SMK(P) Taman Petaling, PJ; SMK Kelana Jaya, PJ; SMK Hulu Kelang, Ampang; SMK Hwa Lian and SMK Mentakab in Mentakab.
Each school will receive 35 copies with Minda and Skor as examination supplements for students preparing for the PMR and SPM.
"The schools will receive their newspapers every Tuesday and Wednesday for the next 24 weeks," Rotary Club of Temerloh president Surina Suhaimi said.
She said students should use the newspapers to improve their English, which was a necessary tool to face the challenges posed by globalisation.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Announcement - Sungai Pahang Rafting Expedition
24 April -1 May Sungai Pahang Rafting Expedition
Venue Kuala Lipis to Pekan
Organizer Perbadanan Kemajuan Bukit Fraser
Tel: 09-517 1623/4
Fax: 09-517 1626
Email: pkbf@tm.net.my
Venue Kuala Lipis to Pekan
Organizer Perbadanan Kemajuan Bukit Fraser
Tel: 09-517 1623/4
Fax: 09-517 1626
Email: pkbf@tm.net.my
Maklumat AM - Unit Pembahagiaan Pusaka Kecil
JKPTG Negeri Pahang
Unit Pembahagiaan Pusaka Kecil
Pahang Tengah
Aras 3, Kompleks Pejabat Plaza Temerloh
Jalan Ahmad Shah
28000 Temerloh
Bera
Jerantut
Maran
Temerloh 09-2961460 09-2968853
pusakatemerloh@kptg.gov.my
Unit Pembahagiaan Pusaka Kecil
Pahang Tengah
Aras 3, Kompleks Pejabat Plaza Temerloh
Jalan Ahmad Shah
28000 Temerloh
Bera
Jerantut
Maran
Temerloh 09-2961460 09-2968853
pusakatemerloh@kptg.gov.my
Remote sensing way to also monitor illegal logging, fires
Remote sensing way to also monitor illegal logging, fires
08 April, 2005
Kota Kinabalu: Two State government agencies sealed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (Macres) to capitalise on precision spatial technology to boost resources management and productivity.
The ceremony was witnessed by Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur, representing Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman at Pacific Sutera Harbour Resort, Thursday.
Musa said it was timely for both Sawit Kinabalu Group and Yayasan Sabah Group to obtain expert service in up-to-date technology in the bid to better manage its resources and boost productivity.
He said the use of Remote Sensing (RS) technology by Yayasan Sabah would allow a more efficient sustainable management of its vast tract of forested land in the State, while for Sawit Kinabalu in managing its rapidly expanding oil palm plantations.
The MoU with Yayasan Sabah also covers the monitoring of illegal logging and forest fire.
"So the use of RS technology would assure enhancement of productivity capacity," said Musa who is Yayasan Sabah Board of Trustees Chairman.
Musa who is also Sawit Kinabalu Group Chairman said it was important for government agencies to take steps to position itself with a competitive edge by keeping abreast with advanced technologies.
He said Sawit Kinabalu, for instance, must make strategic choice to adopt best practices and new technologies in order to confront the uncertain business environment.
He added that the State Government was willing to invest in the business in the business where it can increase the competitive edge of Sabah through its corporation such as Sawit Kinabalu.
Sawit Kinabalu Group was represented by its Acting Managing Director, Salim Mohammad, while Director, Tan Sri Khalil Jamalul on behalf of Yayasan Sabah Group signed the MoU with Macres represented by its Director, Datuk Nik Nasruddin Mahmood.
Under the collaboration, Sawit Kinabalu would acquire the necessary knowledge and skill in the processing and analysing satellite data as well as spatial modeling in the Geographical Information System (GIS) environment.
While Macres would get the experience in developing an operational methodology for an effective oil palm plantation management using the Remote Sensing (RS) and related spatial technologies.
The project is expected to be implemented over five years beginning next month with the first stage involving a collaboration on oil palm nutrition using RS technology to develop a model to identify areas with nutrient deficiencies.
This allowed Sawit Kinabalu, which is the first oil palm plantations' company in Sabah to venture into the technology, to take corrective measures on poor performing palms accurately, faster and cheaper.
Salim in his speech said the scope of this collaboration also involve human resource development programme.
He also said that the joint project was crucial for Sawit Kinabalu to help achieve its goal of productivity improvement, which is 25 per cent Oil Extraction Rate and 35 Metric Tonnes of Fresh Fruits Bunches per hectare/year.
Sawit also hoped that the project to commercialise the project in the future. According to Nasruddin, said the RS technology is based on the Macres transceiver station in Temerloh, Pahang, which has the capacity to receive data directly from satellites such as RadarSat, Spot 2,4,5 Landsat, NOAA, MODIS and OCM at real time.
Khalil believed that the combination of Yayasan Sabah's knowledge in the forestry industry and Macres expertise in RS, it would lead to new and benefiting results not only for both organisations but also for the industry.
08 April, 2005
Kota Kinabalu: Two State government agencies sealed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (Macres) to capitalise on precision spatial technology to boost resources management and productivity.
The ceremony was witnessed by Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur, representing Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman at Pacific Sutera Harbour Resort, Thursday.
Musa said it was timely for both Sawit Kinabalu Group and Yayasan Sabah Group to obtain expert service in up-to-date technology in the bid to better manage its resources and boost productivity.
He said the use of Remote Sensing (RS) technology by Yayasan Sabah would allow a more efficient sustainable management of its vast tract of forested land in the State, while for Sawit Kinabalu in managing its rapidly expanding oil palm plantations.
The MoU with Yayasan Sabah also covers the monitoring of illegal logging and forest fire.
"So the use of RS technology would assure enhancement of productivity capacity," said Musa who is Yayasan Sabah Board of Trustees Chairman.
Musa who is also Sawit Kinabalu Group Chairman said it was important for government agencies to take steps to position itself with a competitive edge by keeping abreast with advanced technologies.
He said Sawit Kinabalu, for instance, must make strategic choice to adopt best practices and new technologies in order to confront the uncertain business environment.
He added that the State Government was willing to invest in the business in the business where it can increase the competitive edge of Sabah through its corporation such as Sawit Kinabalu.
Sawit Kinabalu Group was represented by its Acting Managing Director, Salim Mohammad, while Director, Tan Sri Khalil Jamalul on behalf of Yayasan Sabah Group signed the MoU with Macres represented by its Director, Datuk Nik Nasruddin Mahmood.
Under the collaboration, Sawit Kinabalu would acquire the necessary knowledge and skill in the processing and analysing satellite data as well as spatial modeling in the Geographical Information System (GIS) environment.
While Macres would get the experience in developing an operational methodology for an effective oil palm plantation management using the Remote Sensing (RS) and related spatial technologies.
The project is expected to be implemented over five years beginning next month with the first stage involving a collaboration on oil palm nutrition using RS technology to develop a model to identify areas with nutrient deficiencies.
This allowed Sawit Kinabalu, which is the first oil palm plantations' company in Sabah to venture into the technology, to take corrective measures on poor performing palms accurately, faster and cheaper.
Salim in his speech said the scope of this collaboration also involve human resource development programme.
He also said that the joint project was crucial for Sawit Kinabalu to help achieve its goal of productivity improvement, which is 25 per cent Oil Extraction Rate and 35 Metric Tonnes of Fresh Fruits Bunches per hectare/year.
Sawit also hoped that the project to commercialise the project in the future. According to Nasruddin, said the RS technology is based on the Macres transceiver station in Temerloh, Pahang, which has the capacity to receive data directly from satellites such as RadarSat, Spot 2,4,5 Landsat, NOAA, MODIS and OCM at real time.
Khalil believed that the combination of Yayasan Sabah's knowledge in the forestry industry and Macres expertise in RS, it would lead to new and benefiting results not only for both organisations but also for the industry.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
WHAT'S UP? Potpourri from the Pahang palate
WAHT'S UP? Potpourri from the Pahang palate
Wahti Mahidin
Malay Mail Apr 3:
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For being the launch of a cookbook, Ampun Tuanku, it was ironic that guests were kept mighty hungry for an extended length of time last Monday night.
It was the official launch by the Sultan of Pahang of a recipe book painstakingly compiled by the Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Azizah Sultan Iskandar.
Something like three hours extended, since guest arrival was scheduled for 7.30pm, yet food first hit our plates at 10.38pm. Good food, thankfully. Good, traditional, Pahang recipes straight out of the Air Tangan Tengku Puan Pahang book.
And it wasn’t just the recipes, it was the ingredients as well. As much as Tunku Azizah could engineer it, fresh food products were brought to the Mandarin Oriental kitchen from her adopted home-state to ensure taste authenticity.
Salivate over some facts – 150 live ikan patin from the Tengku Mahkota Pahang’s private fishery, 15kg of tempoyak and 40kg of spices from Pekan and 60kg of pucuk cemperai from Raub.
The hotel’s ballroom had been transformed into Pahang, complete with transplanted trees and all. Oddly enough, bales of orange and black cloth draped the walls and ceiling, making the place look very – how about Halloween?
During the dance performance, I couldn’t see the stage for the trees – aha, aha ha ha – as this autumnal forest was more populated towards the back of the ballroom, where the Press tables were placed. Thanks to our microscopic and penetrating vision, we Press people managed to enjoy very spirited ibok dancing by some highly charged Pahang Cultural dancers.
After the performance, more dancers came onto the stage, as well as around it. So many more that I thought Noraniza Idris was going to appear. She didn’t, but her song did or at least it sounded like her song, performed by another singer who had a more melodious voice but couldn’t quite meet the modulation requirements of a Noraniza Idris-type song.
Not that it really mattered as the performances were hardly the night’s highlights. Fund-raising was. One book bearing the Sultan of Pahang’s signature was put under the hammer and managed to beat out a RM200,000 bid from Berjaya Group head, Tan Sri Vincent Tan. It was rather interesting considering the opening call was for RM10,000.
Other major sponsors and donors had already pushed collection up to Monday morning to RM2.5 million.
Throughout the night, book sales went on outside the ballroom. Impressively put together in hardcover, Air Tangan Tengku Puan Pahang is a bargain at RM158.60, the original RM200 price discounted to carry the birthdate of the Tengku Puan. And apart from giving to a noble cause, one also takes home a pretty book for the coffee table.
Most impressive that night had to be the video of the Tengku Puan Pahang forging through lalang-grown paths on foot, or gliding on rivers in boats, to get to an obscure destination where she would cook, and cook, and cook.
An endless montage of the Princess in varied makeshift kitchen settings made the viewer sit up and take notice – Tunku Azizah is no trophy cook. Deft hands manoeuvred ladles in huge woks, as well as knives around many an onion. Her chopping, dicing, and slicing too seemed very seasoned.
These skills were displayed in Mandarin Oriental’s kitchen for hours, much earlier before the launch, to guide the hotel’s cooks in preparing dinner. I empathically reflected on this fact when observing a glazed-eyed Tunku Azizah autographing copies of books purchased by guests, at the end of the night.
Fatigue could also have exacerbated her melancholic dedication of the book to her late mother-in-law, Tengku Ampuan Afzan. When Tunku Azizah’s voice broke during her speech, many eyes became teary as well.
If I had originally thought Al-marhumah was reserved, Tunku Azizah set my opinion straight with the revelation that Tuanku Afzan was the pillar-of-strength through some of the Tengku Puan’s most trying moments.
That expression of longing and gratitude moved me more than the Sumatra earthquake aftershock did. Really, my breathing turned woefully sharp for a spell. NO ONE felt the tremor, strangely enough.
That night, it was a matter of heart, winning over stomach, and opening eyes for me. Despite the absolutely rich and delicious pudding served as dessert, I felt the absence of a much-loved lady. And now the glow of her memory, through the Tunku Azizah Fertility Foundation which is funded initially by receipts from cookbook sale, will ignite hope for married women thus far unable to conceive.
Menjunjung Kasih, Tuanku.
Wahti Mahidin
Malay Mail Apr 3:
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For being the launch of a cookbook, Ampun Tuanku, it was ironic that guests were kept mighty hungry for an extended length of time last Monday night.
It was the official launch by the Sultan of Pahang of a recipe book painstakingly compiled by the Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Azizah Sultan Iskandar.
Something like three hours extended, since guest arrival was scheduled for 7.30pm, yet food first hit our plates at 10.38pm. Good food, thankfully. Good, traditional, Pahang recipes straight out of the Air Tangan Tengku Puan Pahang book.
And it wasn’t just the recipes, it was the ingredients as well. As much as Tunku Azizah could engineer it, fresh food products were brought to the Mandarin Oriental kitchen from her adopted home-state to ensure taste authenticity.
Salivate over some facts – 150 live ikan patin from the Tengku Mahkota Pahang’s private fishery, 15kg of tempoyak and 40kg of spices from Pekan and 60kg of pucuk cemperai from Raub.
The hotel’s ballroom had been transformed into Pahang, complete with transplanted trees and all. Oddly enough, bales of orange and black cloth draped the walls and ceiling, making the place look very – how about Halloween?
During the dance performance, I couldn’t see the stage for the trees – aha, aha ha ha – as this autumnal forest was more populated towards the back of the ballroom, where the Press tables were placed. Thanks to our microscopic and penetrating vision, we Press people managed to enjoy very spirited ibok dancing by some highly charged Pahang Cultural dancers.
After the performance, more dancers came onto the stage, as well as around it. So many more that I thought Noraniza Idris was going to appear. She didn’t, but her song did or at least it sounded like her song, performed by another singer who had a more melodious voice but couldn’t quite meet the modulation requirements of a Noraniza Idris-type song.
Not that it really mattered as the performances were hardly the night’s highlights. Fund-raising was. One book bearing the Sultan of Pahang’s signature was put under the hammer and managed to beat out a RM200,000 bid from Berjaya Group head, Tan Sri Vincent Tan. It was rather interesting considering the opening call was for RM10,000.
Other major sponsors and donors had already pushed collection up to Monday morning to RM2.5 million.
Throughout the night, book sales went on outside the ballroom. Impressively put together in hardcover, Air Tangan Tengku Puan Pahang is a bargain at RM158.60, the original RM200 price discounted to carry the birthdate of the Tengku Puan. And apart from giving to a noble cause, one also takes home a pretty book for the coffee table.
Most impressive that night had to be the video of the Tengku Puan Pahang forging through lalang-grown paths on foot, or gliding on rivers in boats, to get to an obscure destination where she would cook, and cook, and cook.
An endless montage of the Princess in varied makeshift kitchen settings made the viewer sit up and take notice – Tunku Azizah is no trophy cook. Deft hands manoeuvred ladles in huge woks, as well as knives around many an onion. Her chopping, dicing, and slicing too seemed very seasoned.
These skills were displayed in Mandarin Oriental’s kitchen for hours, much earlier before the launch, to guide the hotel’s cooks in preparing dinner. I empathically reflected on this fact when observing a glazed-eyed Tunku Azizah autographing copies of books purchased by guests, at the end of the night.
Fatigue could also have exacerbated her melancholic dedication of the book to her late mother-in-law, Tengku Ampuan Afzan. When Tunku Azizah’s voice broke during her speech, many eyes became teary as well.
If I had originally thought Al-marhumah was reserved, Tunku Azizah set my opinion straight with the revelation that Tuanku Afzan was the pillar-of-strength through some of the Tengku Puan’s most trying moments.
That expression of longing and gratitude moved me more than the Sumatra earthquake aftershock did. Really, my breathing turned woefully sharp for a spell. NO ONE felt the tremor, strangely enough.
That night, it was a matter of heart, winning over stomach, and opening eyes for me. Despite the absolutely rich and delicious pudding served as dessert, I felt the absence of a much-loved lady. And now the glow of her memory, through the Tunku Azizah Fertility Foundation which is funded initially by receipts from cookbook sale, will ignite hope for married women thus far unable to conceive.
Menjunjung Kasih, Tuanku.
Pushers using Felda schemes
The Star Online > News
Thursday March 24, 2005
Pushers using Felda schemes
BY FARIDAH BEGUM
KUANTAN: Pushers in Pahang are now using Felda schemes to distribute “modern” drugs such as syabu and ecstasy pills and this is increasingly becoming a problem for enforcers.
State Anti-Narcotics Department assistant chief, ASP Mohd Sakri Arifin, said that while it is easy to detect addicts of “traditional” drugs, such as ganja and heroin, those who take the new and more sophisticated amphetamine-type stimulants are more difficult to catch.
This is because they do not display withdrawal symptoms, such as shivering, breaking into cold sweat or showing feverish eyes, he added.
“The effect that we have seen so far is that those who use the modern drugs seem to age rapidly. They look gaunt and are thirsty all the time,” he said in an interview here, adding that addicts would drink water continuously.
ASP Mohd Sakri said because of this new development, the police were not just monitoring entertainment outlets but also stepping up checks in Felda plantations to smash the supply line.
He said their investigations showed the Jengka area in Maran had become a serious drug “port” (or black area).
“This is a traditional Felda area where many drop-offs are made without being easily detected, as the many oil palm estates provide numerous entrances and exits.
“They are also well-guarded by scouts, known among their circles as jaga air, who would first enter and check out a designated area.
“Once the coast is clear, the pushers and their buyers would move in,” said ASP Mohd Sakri, adding that the scouts were usually addicts who provided the surveillance service for a free supply of drugs they were addicted to.
He said the state police nabbed 9,193 addicts for various drug offences last year. Of the number, a total of 2,902 were caught in Kuantan.
Thursday March 24, 2005
Pushers using Felda schemes
BY FARIDAH BEGUM
KUANTAN: Pushers in Pahang are now using Felda schemes to distribute “modern” drugs such as syabu and ecstasy pills and this is increasingly becoming a problem for enforcers.
State Anti-Narcotics Department assistant chief, ASP Mohd Sakri Arifin, said that while it is easy to detect addicts of “traditional” drugs, such as ganja and heroin, those who take the new and more sophisticated amphetamine-type stimulants are more difficult to catch.
This is because they do not display withdrawal symptoms, such as shivering, breaking into cold sweat or showing feverish eyes, he added.
“The effect that we have seen so far is that those who use the modern drugs seem to age rapidly. They look gaunt and are thirsty all the time,” he said in an interview here, adding that addicts would drink water continuously.
ASP Mohd Sakri said because of this new development, the police were not just monitoring entertainment outlets but also stepping up checks in Felda plantations to smash the supply line.
He said their investigations showed the Jengka area in Maran had become a serious drug “port” (or black area).
“This is a traditional Felda area where many drop-offs are made without being easily detected, as the many oil palm estates provide numerous entrances and exits.
“They are also well-guarded by scouts, known among their circles as jaga air, who would first enter and check out a designated area.
“Once the coast is clear, the pushers and their buyers would move in,” said ASP Mohd Sakri, adding that the scouts were usually addicts who provided the surveillance service for a free supply of drugs they were addicted to.
He said the state police nabbed 9,193 addicts for various drug offences last year. Of the number, a total of 2,902 were caught in Kuantan.
Pahang Sultan among Siti’s fans in London
Apr 3:
SITI Nurhaliza’s London concert attracted fans from far and near, including members of Malaysian royalty and other VIPs.
Here’s what some of them had to say after enjoying her performance at the Royal Albert Hall:
* “SHE’S my superstar. She looks after herself well, I have liked her for the past 10 years. The country should be proud of her achievement. I came all the way to see her,” said Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang who was swarmed by the crowd of Malaysians outside the Royal Albert Hall before the concert began. He was accompanied by Sultanah Kalsom.
* DEPUTY Prime Minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, was also among those who turned up to watch Siti’s outstanding performance. “The show was very good, Siti invited us personally and I came to give her moral support,” she said, claiming that Cindai was her favourite song. “Judging from the superb response from the crowd, everyone, including British and other nationals, were also clapping and dancing. Malaysia is very proud of Siti,” she added.
* THE concert’s musical director and producer, Roslan Aziz, was very satisfied and expressed his sense of relief when met after the concert. “Three months of planning, organising, stress, worry and hard work. But Siti is a total professional. She will go very far. It was a very successful show. It went so smoothly with hardly any problems.”
* SITI’S father, Taruddin Ismail, said: “I will not stop praying for Siti to be successful and to achieve her ambition to expand her music career internationally.”
* HER mother, Siti Salmah Bachik, was almost too shy to comment. She said quietly: “There is no words to describe my feelings at the moment except that I am thankful and happy. I am so proud of her achievement, especially when she sings traditional Malay numbers at the Royal Albert Hall.”
SITI Nurhaliza’s London concert attracted fans from far and near, including members of Malaysian royalty and other VIPs.
Here’s what some of them had to say after enjoying her performance at the Royal Albert Hall:
* “SHE’S my superstar. She looks after herself well, I have liked her for the past 10 years. The country should be proud of her achievement. I came all the way to see her,” said Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang who was swarmed by the crowd of Malaysians outside the Royal Albert Hall before the concert began. He was accompanied by Sultanah Kalsom.
* DEPUTY Prime Minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, was also among those who turned up to watch Siti’s outstanding performance. “The show was very good, Siti invited us personally and I came to give her moral support,” she said, claiming that Cindai was her favourite song. “Judging from the superb response from the crowd, everyone, including British and other nationals, were also clapping and dancing. Malaysia is very proud of Siti,” she added.
* THE concert’s musical director and producer, Roslan Aziz, was very satisfied and expressed his sense of relief when met after the concert. “Three months of planning, organising, stress, worry and hard work. But Siti is a total professional. She will go very far. It was a very successful show. It went so smoothly with hardly any problems.”
* SITI’S father, Taruddin Ismail, said: “I will not stop praying for Siti to be successful and to achieve her ambition to expand her music career internationally.”
* HER mother, Siti Salmah Bachik, was almost too shy to comment. She said quietly: “There is no words to describe my feelings at the moment except that I am thankful and happy. I am so proud of her achievement, especially when she sings traditional Malay numbers at the Royal Albert Hall.”
Police keeping an eye on errant doctors in Pahang
Police keeping an eye on errant doctors in Pahang
M. Hamzah Jamaludin
KUANTAN, Tues:
POLICE are watching the activities of errant doctors, especially those supplying drugs to addicts.
Archive Since 1991 State Police chief Datuk Ramli Yusoff said three doctors had been arrested under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 since 2003.
"We have a case (involving a doctor) every year and we view this matter seriously" he told reporters this after attending the State Police monthly gathering today.
In all three cases, he said, the general practitioners had their own private clinics. The latest case was on Friday when a 40-year-old doctor was arrested while allegedly selling psychotropic pills to a drug addict in the compound of the Mentakab Hospital.
M. Hamzah Jamaludin
KUANTAN, Tues:
POLICE are watching the activities of errant doctors, especially those supplying drugs to addicts.
Archive Since 1991 State Police chief Datuk Ramli Yusoff said three doctors had been arrested under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 since 2003.
"We have a case (involving a doctor) every year and we view this matter seriously" he told reporters this after attending the State Police monthly gathering today.
In all three cases, he said, the general practitioners had their own private clinics. The latest case was on Friday when a 40-year-old doctor was arrested while allegedly selling psychotropic pills to a drug addict in the compound of the Mentakab Hospital.
Abu Samah - the ex-British child soldier
Abu Samah - the ex-British child soldier
James Wong Wing On
Apr 5, 05 12:09pm
Although Abu Samah, 79, is usually a reticent man but his life has been extraordinary, epitomising the evolving nationhood.
For a start, he was sent to fight the Japanese invasion in December 1941 in Kota Baru, Kelantan at the age of 14, as a soldier of the British-sponsored Federated Malay States Volunteers Force.
But after his force lost grounds and morale, he went to Singapore and ended up in the Heiho, a reserve unit of the Japanese troops. However, in March 1945, he escaped to return to Malaya where he contacted the Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) led by the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).
Since March 1948, Abu Samah has been loyal, through thick and thin, to CPM - and was made a member of the central committee of the party since 1975 - although he joined Umno between 1946 and 1948 and was a committee member of Temerloh's Umno Youth division.
After the proclamation of the 'Emergency' on June 20, 1948, Abu Samah led a group of left-wing Malay youths into the jungle and to take up arms against British colonialism. They joined Abdullah CD's 10th Regiment.
Abu Samah was born in February 1926 in the Semantan district of Temerloh, Pahang. His full name is Abu Samah Mohamad Kassim and is the fourth child in a family of six.
He is a distant descendant of a 19th-century anti-colonial Malay hero, Dato' Bahaman @ Abdul Rahman of Semantan, Pahang. According to Abu Samah, since at a very young age, he had been told stories about the heroism of Bahaman who resisted the attempt by British colonialists to control Pahang.
James Wong Wing On
Apr 5, 05 12:09pm
Although Abu Samah, 79, is usually a reticent man but his life has been extraordinary, epitomising the evolving nationhood.
For a start, he was sent to fight the Japanese invasion in December 1941 in Kota Baru, Kelantan at the age of 14, as a soldier of the British-sponsored Federated Malay States Volunteers Force.
But after his force lost grounds and morale, he went to Singapore and ended up in the Heiho, a reserve unit of the Japanese troops. However, in March 1945, he escaped to return to Malaya where he contacted the Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) led by the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).
Since March 1948, Abu Samah has been loyal, through thick and thin, to CPM - and was made a member of the central committee of the party since 1975 - although he joined Umno between 1946 and 1948 and was a committee member of Temerloh's Umno Youth division.
After the proclamation of the 'Emergency' on June 20, 1948, Abu Samah led a group of left-wing Malay youths into the jungle and to take up arms against British colonialism. They joined Abdullah CD's 10th Regiment.
Abu Samah was born in February 1926 in the Semantan district of Temerloh, Pahang. His full name is Abu Samah Mohamad Kassim and is the fourth child in a family of six.
He is a distant descendant of a 19th-century anti-colonial Malay hero, Dato' Bahaman @ Abdul Rahman of Semantan, Pahang. According to Abu Samah, since at a very young age, he had been told stories about the heroism of Bahaman who resisted the attempt by British colonialists to control Pahang.
Doctors held for selling pills to suspected drug addict
Doctors held for selling pills to suspected drug addict
KUANTAN: Pahang police have nabbed three doctors over the past three years for selling pills and cough mixture to suspected drug addicts.
The most recent case involved a private medical practitioner, who was caught with psychotropic pills on the grounds of the Mentakab Hospital on Sunday night.
The 40-year-old doctor is being held at the Temerloh police station, where he will be remanded for a week.
Anti-narcotics officers found him with 100 pills during a surprise raid following a tip-off. Some 900 more pills were found in his car.
Police said the doctor, who is believed to have a clinic in Bera, was caught while trying to sell the pills to a suspected drug addict.
It is learnt that the doctor had been selling the pills to addicts for RM5 to RM8 each.
Pahang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Ramli Yusuff warned doctors, especially private practitioners, not to abuse their position and sell illegal drugs.
�We will monitor the situation closely because doctors have been caught selling illegal drugs to addicts,� Ramli said at the state police monthly gathering here yesterday.
He said two other doctors have already been charged in court, adding that the arrests were made following information from the public.
DCP Ramli said previously it was the trend for suppliers to sell cough syrup to drug addicts but, he added, it appears that selling psychotropic pills has become more lucrative now.
KUANTAN: Pahang police have nabbed three doctors over the past three years for selling pills and cough mixture to suspected drug addicts.
The most recent case involved a private medical practitioner, who was caught with psychotropic pills on the grounds of the Mentakab Hospital on Sunday night.
The 40-year-old doctor is being held at the Temerloh police station, where he will be remanded for a week.
Anti-narcotics officers found him with 100 pills during a surprise raid following a tip-off. Some 900 more pills were found in his car.
Police said the doctor, who is believed to have a clinic in Bera, was caught while trying to sell the pills to a suspected drug addict.
It is learnt that the doctor had been selling the pills to addicts for RM5 to RM8 each.
Pahang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Ramli Yusuff warned doctors, especially private practitioners, not to abuse their position and sell illegal drugs.
�We will monitor the situation closely because doctors have been caught selling illegal drugs to addicts,� Ramli said at the state police monthly gathering here yesterday.
He said two other doctors have already been charged in court, adding that the arrests were made following information from the public.
DCP Ramli said previously it was the trend for suppliers to sell cough syrup to drug addicts but, he added, it appears that selling psychotropic pills has become more lucrative now.
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