Tuesday, July 04, 2006
"Suara Felda" On FM Radio From Saturday
June 30, 2006 22:20 PM
"Suara Felda" On FM Radio From Saturday
KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) -- About 2.5 million listeners in nine states will be able to tune in to the popular "Suara Felda" radio programme beginning Saturday over nine FM radio stations.
The programme, which will highlight news and information on Felda schemes, will be broadcast by Kelantan FM, Selangor FM, Kedah FM, Pahang FM, Johor FM, Perak FM, Negeri FM, Terengganu FM and Tawau FM.
RTM will slot the 30-minute programme on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Prior to this, Suara Felda was broadcast on IKIM.FM station since June 2003.
"More than 2.5 million listeners in Felda schemes and elsewhere are expected to tune in to the programme, which will be very interesting," said Felda Chairman Tan Sri Mohd Yusof Noor.
He said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will launch the radio programme on July 7 in conjunction with Felda's 50th anniversary.
He added that Felda and RTM were also considering the possibility of broadcasting serialised dramas and documentaries on the lifestyle of Felda settlers soon.
-- BERNAMA
"Suara Felda" On FM Radio From Saturday
KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) -- About 2.5 million listeners in nine states will be able to tune in to the popular "Suara Felda" radio programme beginning Saturday over nine FM radio stations.
The programme, which will highlight news and information on Felda schemes, will be broadcast by Kelantan FM, Selangor FM, Kedah FM, Pahang FM, Johor FM, Perak FM, Negeri FM, Terengganu FM and Tawau FM.
RTM will slot the 30-minute programme on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Prior to this, Suara Felda was broadcast on IKIM.FM station since June 2003.
"More than 2.5 million listeners in Felda schemes and elsewhere are expected to tune in to the programme, which will be very interesting," said Felda Chairman Tan Sri Mohd Yusof Noor.
He said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will launch the radio programme on July 7 in conjunction with Felda's 50th anniversary.
He added that Felda and RTM were also considering the possibility of broadcasting serialised dramas and documentaries on the lifestyle of Felda settlers soon.
-- BERNAMA
Kelembai
Kelembai
by Micha F. Lindemans
A variant of the Gedembai legend is told on Pahang, where she was called Sang Kelembai. Here she is described as an ugly woman with thick eyebrows, a flat nose, big elephant ears, fanged teeth, and about three times the size of a normal person. She lived along the Pahang river where she fed on the soft top leaves of bamboo plants and occasionally fruit and meat.
Similar to the Gedembai of Langkawi she had the power of transforming any human or animal into stone, but not to any other form, something Gedembai could. Another variation is that Gedembai had to wish for someone to turn into another form while Kelembai merely had to start talking to a person, which made her even more deadly. At first Kelembai did not realize she had this ability until she met a mother elephant with her young. She asked where they were going and both animals turned into stone. The story continues that after some she wandered into a village asked a man who was cooking what he was doing. The unfortunate man was turned instantly into stone. She apologized profusely to those who were present, and they all suffered the same fate.
One day, she passed by an old man cooking a big pot of broth for a wedding feast. The old man was near-sighted and did not recognize her, and so invited her to join the feast. Refusing to speak to him for fear of turning him into stone too she hurried away but in her haste she tripped and fell on her face. She was startled and muttered some words and upon saying these words the old man turned into stone. In her anger, she picked up the big cooking pot with the boiling broth and threw in into the Pahang river. The pot became an island in the big Pahang river, now called Batu Kari. The broth fell on the bank where there was a village, which subsequently came to be known as Kampung Bur, short for Kampung Bubur (bubur in Malay means "broth").
After this incident she wandered around aimlessly for a long time, moaning and cursing her fate. She came upon a village adjoining a jungle, but avoiding all human contact, she did not enter. Instead she went into the orchards to get some fruit. The villages had learned of the consequences of her curse and were rightfully scared. The elders of the village held a meeting a came up with a plan to drive Kelembai away. They took a big toothless old woman and put her in a cradle along the path of Kelembai. Then they took some tortoises and placed them around the cradle.
When Kelembai saw the cradle and the woman inside, she was astounded. She thought the old lady was a human baby for only babies were placed in cradles. Then she saw the tortoises and thought that even the fleas in this place were enormous. She came to the conclusion that everything in this village had to be very big and strong and that the humans must be veritable giants. She became afraid and thought of what would happen to her if she accidentally turned one of them into stone. They would surely punish her and tear her to pieces. So she withdrew from the village and fled into the jungle, and was never heard of or seen again.
She is also called Sang Kelembai, where Sang is an honorific and endearing term used by the Malays to refer to characters, animals, or objects in stories about them.
by Micha F. Lindemans
A variant of the Gedembai legend is told on Pahang, where she was called Sang Kelembai. Here she is described as an ugly woman with thick eyebrows, a flat nose, big elephant ears, fanged teeth, and about three times the size of a normal person. She lived along the Pahang river where she fed on the soft top leaves of bamboo plants and occasionally fruit and meat.
Similar to the Gedembai of Langkawi she had the power of transforming any human or animal into stone, but not to any other form, something Gedembai could. Another variation is that Gedembai had to wish for someone to turn into another form while Kelembai merely had to start talking to a person, which made her even more deadly. At first Kelembai did not realize she had this ability until she met a mother elephant with her young. She asked where they were going and both animals turned into stone. The story continues that after some she wandered into a village asked a man who was cooking what he was doing. The unfortunate man was turned instantly into stone. She apologized profusely to those who were present, and they all suffered the same fate.
One day, she passed by an old man cooking a big pot of broth for a wedding feast. The old man was near-sighted and did not recognize her, and so invited her to join the feast. Refusing to speak to him for fear of turning him into stone too she hurried away but in her haste she tripped and fell on her face. She was startled and muttered some words and upon saying these words the old man turned into stone. In her anger, she picked up the big cooking pot with the boiling broth and threw in into the Pahang river. The pot became an island in the big Pahang river, now called Batu Kari. The broth fell on the bank where there was a village, which subsequently came to be known as Kampung Bur, short for Kampung Bubur (bubur in Malay means "broth").
After this incident she wandered around aimlessly for a long time, moaning and cursing her fate. She came upon a village adjoining a jungle, but avoiding all human contact, she did not enter. Instead she went into the orchards to get some fruit. The villages had learned of the consequences of her curse and were rightfully scared. The elders of the village held a meeting a came up with a plan to drive Kelembai away. They took a big toothless old woman and put her in a cradle along the path of Kelembai. Then they took some tortoises and placed them around the cradle.
When Kelembai saw the cradle and the woman inside, she was astounded. She thought the old lady was a human baby for only babies were placed in cradles. Then she saw the tortoises and thought that even the fleas in this place were enormous. She came to the conclusion that everything in this village had to be very big and strong and that the humans must be veritable giants. She became afraid and thought of what would happen to her if she accidentally turned one of them into stone. They would surely punish her and tear her to pieces. So she withdrew from the village and fled into the jungle, and was never heard of or seen again.
She is also called Sang Kelembai, where Sang is an honorific and endearing term used by the Malays to refer to characters, animals, or objects in stories about them.
Malaysians Expected To Eat More Fish
July 04, 2006 17:23 PM
Malaysians Expected To Eat More Fish
TEMERLOH, July 4 (Bernama) -- Malaysians are expected to consume more fish by 2010 compared with six years ago, said Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shariff Omar.
He said in the year 2000, on average a Malaysian ate over 45kg of fish and this was expected to increase to 55kg by 2010.
To meet the rising demand, the ministry was focusing on development of the aquaculture sector, he told reporters after opening the Pahang Aquaculture Entrepreneur Development seminar here.
"We plan to have another 58,000 hectares for the production of freshwater fish nationwide from the 22,582 hectares presently to achieve the production target of 662,000 tonnes a year," he said.
He added that aquaculture production was targeted to contribute 21 per cent to the total fish output by 2010 from only six per cent presently.
Demand for fish in the country is 1.93 million tonnes per annum while production is only 1.3 million tonnes.
-- BERNAMA
Malaysians Expected To Eat More Fish
TEMERLOH, July 4 (Bernama) -- Malaysians are expected to consume more fish by 2010 compared with six years ago, said Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shariff Omar.
He said in the year 2000, on average a Malaysian ate over 45kg of fish and this was expected to increase to 55kg by 2010.
To meet the rising demand, the ministry was focusing on development of the aquaculture sector, he told reporters after opening the Pahang Aquaculture Entrepreneur Development seminar here.
"We plan to have another 58,000 hectares for the production of freshwater fish nationwide from the 22,582 hectares presently to achieve the production target of 662,000 tonnes a year," he said.
He added that aquaculture production was targeted to contribute 21 per cent to the total fish output by 2010 from only six per cent presently.
Demand for fish in the country is 1.93 million tonnes per annum while production is only 1.3 million tonnes.
-- BERNAMA
Monday, July 03, 2006
Birds, Nature Trails And Honey
June 28, 2006 09:55 AM
Birds, Nature Trails And Honey
FUN RACE… Bird watchers compete against each other in sighting, identifying and recording the most number of bird species within the boundaries of Fraser's Hill. Pix: Zainol Bidin
By Zulkiple Ibrahim
FRASER'S HILL, June 28 (Bernama) -- The scene: Tens of vehicles including coasters and four-wheel-drives traversing the early morning mist, snaking up the 8km tortuous route from "The Gap" before reaching this hilltop resort.
Upon reaching this colonial-styled hill station, the vehicles circled the town's main landmark, the Clock Tower, before slowing to a halt near the Bukit Fraser Sports Complex.
Scores of people disembarked from the vehicles, and most of them made a beeline for the sports complex.
The occasion: The Fraser's Hill International Bird Race Competition 2006 jointly-organised by the Fraser's Hill Development Corporation (FHDC) and Tourism Malaysia Pahang in collaboration with several government and non-governmental organisations like the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS).
BIRD RACE
The Fraser's Hill International Bird Race was initiated by the MNS' Selangor Bird Group and FHDC in 1988. Since then, the event has turned into an annual gathering for bird watchers and nature lovers from all over the world.
According to bird-watching expert Sanadure Kartar Singh, the term bird race is a misnomer.
"Many people have the impression that a bird race is an event where birds actually race or are raced against each other.
"It is actually a fun race where teams of three bird watchers compete against each other in sighting, identifying and recording the most number of bird species within the boundaries of Fraser's Hill," the 46-year-old research officer told a group of journalists covering the two-day event.
This year's race, the 19th of its edition, drew 150 competitors in 50 teams including three trios of foreigners.
According to the competition's organising committee member Ishak Mokhtar, bigger number of foreigners took part in past editions of the race.
"It could be due to the World Cup 2006 finals (in Germany) where some of the bird-watching enthusiasts who are regulars in this competition decided to give this affair a miss.
"We experienced the same situation in 2002 and that year, it was also due to the World Cup finals (in Japan and South Korea)," said Ishak who is with the Kuantan- ranch of the FHDC.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Fraser's Hill is often referred to as one of the premier bird-watching spots in the country as this highland paradise is home for some 270 species of wild birds.
Migratory birds from as far as northern Siberia in Russia and remote islands of Japan have been spotted here. They fly to Fraser's Hill to search for food and escape the freezing winter in their homeland.
These birds would stay around Fraser's Hill for several months before migrating southwards to places in Australia and New Zealand. They would fly home to the north in March and April when the weather gets warmer.
Sanadure, who was one of the arbitrators in this competition, said many rare and endangered bird species were frequently sighted here, including the endangered local species like the Wreathed Hornbill (Enggang Gunung) and Rhinoceros Hornbill (Enggang Badak).
Among the other species spotted here are the Black-crested Bulbul (Merbah Jambul Hitam), Silver-breasted Broadbill (Takar Tanah Hujan), Grey-chinned Minivet (Mas Dagu Kelabu) and Rufous-browed Flycatcher (Sambar Rengkong Putih).
"One need not be an expert to do bird watching. All a person needs is a bird book, a pair of reliable binoculars and a torchlight," said Sanadure.
NATURE TRAILS
Fraser's Hill is unique for its nature trails, each with a distance of about half a km to five km. These trails are perfect for bird watchers and nature lovers to indulge in their passion.
There are six popular trails -- Bishop (a distance of 1,500 metres), Abu Suradi (500m), Hemmant (1,000m), Maxwell (1,800m), Mager (1,000m) and Kindersley (750m).
The other trails are the Rompin (500m) and the longest, Pine Tree (5,000m).
Some of the trails were created in the early days of Fraser's Hill as there were no roads then. With the trails, commuters were able to save walking time by about half.
HONEY SELLERS
Lately, Fraser's Hill has become a favourite spot for honey sellers. Most of them are found at the town centre near the sports complex and clock tower.
"I came all the way from Lanchang to sell the honey. On good days like weekends, I can sell 10 to 15 bottles. On other days, if I can dispose of about five bottles a day, that is good enough," said 47-year-old Ali Borhan.
Lanchang is about 100km away from here.
Ali said he sourced the honey from Orang Asli villagers in Bentong, Temerloh and Bera and sold it at RM15 a bottle of about half a litre.
"There are three types of honey depending on the colour -- yellowish, light brown and dark brown".
When asked why, he explained: "The honey is harvested from different species of bees that create structurally different-sized catacombs in their hives. Hence, the honey produced is different from one bee species to another."
Ali was met in front of the paddock, which is one of Bukit Fraser's attractions where visitors get to ride horses, shoot arrows and blowpipe darts and play woodball.
GUEST-OF-HONOUR
Raub District Officer Datuk Baharudin Mohd Yusop flagged off the participants at the Fraser's Hill Sports Complex at noon last Saturday, while State Executive Councillor for Women and Family Development, Culture, Arts and Tourism Datuk Maznah Mazlan closed the event at the Pekan Bungalow the following afternoon.
Guest-of-honour Austrian ambassador Dr Donatus Koeck gave away the prizes.
HISTORY
This hill station was discovered by Louis James Fraser who later disappeared without a trace in the early 1900s. It was rediscovered by a group of clergymen who went looking for the missing Fraser in 1917.
As the years passed by Fraser's Hill became increasingly popular, especially after the British expatriate community began building bungalows and other retreats in this cool highland, to escape the unbearable heat in the lowlands.
Today, Fraser's Hill which stands at 1,524m above sea level and is 103km from Kuala Lumpur via Kuala Kubu Bharu , is among the popular hill resorts in the country.
The drive up to Fraser's Hill is slow and winding. Before reaching the summit, travellers have to pass through "The Gap", a section of the road that used to be accessible in one direction at a time.
But a new road, built in 2001, allows smoother travel up the hill and the old road turned into a one-way passage down.
The hill resort is also accessible via Raub in Pahang.
-- BERNAMA
Birds, Nature Trails And Honey
FUN RACE… Bird watchers compete against each other in sighting, identifying and recording the most number of bird species within the boundaries of Fraser's Hill. Pix: Zainol Bidin
By Zulkiple Ibrahim
FRASER'S HILL, June 28 (Bernama) -- The scene: Tens of vehicles including coasters and four-wheel-drives traversing the early morning mist, snaking up the 8km tortuous route from "The Gap" before reaching this hilltop resort.
Upon reaching this colonial-styled hill station, the vehicles circled the town's main landmark, the Clock Tower, before slowing to a halt near the Bukit Fraser Sports Complex.
Scores of people disembarked from the vehicles, and most of them made a beeline for the sports complex.
The occasion: The Fraser's Hill International Bird Race Competition 2006 jointly-organised by the Fraser's Hill Development Corporation (FHDC) and Tourism Malaysia Pahang in collaboration with several government and non-governmental organisations like the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS).
BIRD RACE
The Fraser's Hill International Bird Race was initiated by the MNS' Selangor Bird Group and FHDC in 1988. Since then, the event has turned into an annual gathering for bird watchers and nature lovers from all over the world.
According to bird-watching expert Sanadure Kartar Singh, the term bird race is a misnomer.
"Many people have the impression that a bird race is an event where birds actually race or are raced against each other.
"It is actually a fun race where teams of three bird watchers compete against each other in sighting, identifying and recording the most number of bird species within the boundaries of Fraser's Hill," the 46-year-old research officer told a group of journalists covering the two-day event.
This year's race, the 19th of its edition, drew 150 competitors in 50 teams including three trios of foreigners.
According to the competition's organising committee member Ishak Mokhtar, bigger number of foreigners took part in past editions of the race.
"It could be due to the World Cup 2006 finals (in Germany) where some of the bird-watching enthusiasts who are regulars in this competition decided to give this affair a miss.
"We experienced the same situation in 2002 and that year, it was also due to the World Cup finals (in Japan and South Korea)," said Ishak who is with the Kuantan- ranch of the FHDC.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Fraser's Hill is often referred to as one of the premier bird-watching spots in the country as this highland paradise is home for some 270 species of wild birds.
Migratory birds from as far as northern Siberia in Russia and remote islands of Japan have been spotted here. They fly to Fraser's Hill to search for food and escape the freezing winter in their homeland.
These birds would stay around Fraser's Hill for several months before migrating southwards to places in Australia and New Zealand. They would fly home to the north in March and April when the weather gets warmer.
Sanadure, who was one of the arbitrators in this competition, said many rare and endangered bird species were frequently sighted here, including the endangered local species like the Wreathed Hornbill (Enggang Gunung) and Rhinoceros Hornbill (Enggang Badak).
Among the other species spotted here are the Black-crested Bulbul (Merbah Jambul Hitam), Silver-breasted Broadbill (Takar Tanah Hujan), Grey-chinned Minivet (Mas Dagu Kelabu) and Rufous-browed Flycatcher (Sambar Rengkong Putih).
"One need not be an expert to do bird watching. All a person needs is a bird book, a pair of reliable binoculars and a torchlight," said Sanadure.
NATURE TRAILS
Fraser's Hill is unique for its nature trails, each with a distance of about half a km to five km. These trails are perfect for bird watchers and nature lovers to indulge in their passion.
There are six popular trails -- Bishop (a distance of 1,500 metres), Abu Suradi (500m), Hemmant (1,000m), Maxwell (1,800m), Mager (1,000m) and Kindersley (750m).
The other trails are the Rompin (500m) and the longest, Pine Tree (5,000m).
Some of the trails were created in the early days of Fraser's Hill as there were no roads then. With the trails, commuters were able to save walking time by about half.
HONEY SELLERS
Lately, Fraser's Hill has become a favourite spot for honey sellers. Most of them are found at the town centre near the sports complex and clock tower.
"I came all the way from Lanchang to sell the honey. On good days like weekends, I can sell 10 to 15 bottles. On other days, if I can dispose of about five bottles a day, that is good enough," said 47-year-old Ali Borhan.
Lanchang is about 100km away from here.
Ali said he sourced the honey from Orang Asli villagers in Bentong, Temerloh and Bera and sold it at RM15 a bottle of about half a litre.
"There are three types of honey depending on the colour -- yellowish, light brown and dark brown".
When asked why, he explained: "The honey is harvested from different species of bees that create structurally different-sized catacombs in their hives. Hence, the honey produced is different from one bee species to another."
Ali was met in front of the paddock, which is one of Bukit Fraser's attractions where visitors get to ride horses, shoot arrows and blowpipe darts and play woodball.
GUEST-OF-HONOUR
Raub District Officer Datuk Baharudin Mohd Yusop flagged off the participants at the Fraser's Hill Sports Complex at noon last Saturday, while State Executive Councillor for Women and Family Development, Culture, Arts and Tourism Datuk Maznah Mazlan closed the event at the Pekan Bungalow the following afternoon.
Guest-of-honour Austrian ambassador Dr Donatus Koeck gave away the prizes.
HISTORY
This hill station was discovered by Louis James Fraser who later disappeared without a trace in the early 1900s. It was rediscovered by a group of clergymen who went looking for the missing Fraser in 1917.
As the years passed by Fraser's Hill became increasingly popular, especially after the British expatriate community began building bungalows and other retreats in this cool highland, to escape the unbearable heat in the lowlands.
Today, Fraser's Hill which stands at 1,524m above sea level and is 103km from Kuala Lumpur via Kuala Kubu Bharu , is among the popular hill resorts in the country.
The drive up to Fraser's Hill is slow and winding. Before reaching the summit, travellers have to pass through "The Gap", a section of the road that used to be accessible in one direction at a time.
But a new road, built in 2001, allows smoother travel up the hill and the old road turned into a one-way passage down.
The hill resort is also accessible via Raub in Pahang.
-- BERNAMA
CHHB rides on mid-range porperties to maintain profits
30-06-2006: CHHB rides on mid-range porperties to maintain profits
By Isabelle Francis
Country Heights Holdings Bhd (CHHB) expects to maintain its last year's earnings in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2006 despite the softening of the property market.
Its managing director Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew said the company would partly leverage on its latest mid-range residential development projects scheduled for launch by year-end.
Those projects will have gross development value of up to RM700 million. It posted a net profit of RM6.66 million in FY05. For the first quarter this year, its posted a net loss of RM13.52 million.
One of the two projects due for launch is a two-storey Villa in Melaka valued at RM300 million and is aimed at embracing the government-initiated Malaysia My Second Home Programme.
The second project, which is due to be launched by September, are sports facilities for its Kolej Height Utara project in Kubang Pasu, Kedah.
Kolej Height Utara is one of its eight mid-range sports-living property development projects, an idea that was mooted by Lee two years ago.
“Now that we have four, we are looking at four more spots. We’re looking at cities like Ipoh, Kuantan, and Temerloh. We believe these 50-acre developments is a winning strategy.
“Mid-range (priced-properties) is Country Height’s strategy in positioning ourselves. Hopefully this concept would expand overseas as well,” said Lee.
He said mid-range properties are priced starting from RM250,000 to RM1 million per unit.
CHHB chief financial officer Choo Chee Beng said it expected to achieve sales of at least RM120 million sales in the current financial year.
He expected property development to continue contributing 35% to its revenue.
On the REITs plans for its Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre, he said CHHB had received a few offers, involving a five-year guaranteed estimated net yield of about 7%.
By Isabelle Francis
Country Heights Holdings Bhd (CHHB) expects to maintain its last year's earnings in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2006 despite the softening of the property market.
Its managing director Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew said the company would partly leverage on its latest mid-range residential development projects scheduled for launch by year-end.
Those projects will have gross development value of up to RM700 million. It posted a net profit of RM6.66 million in FY05. For the first quarter this year, its posted a net loss of RM13.52 million.
One of the two projects due for launch is a two-storey Villa in Melaka valued at RM300 million and is aimed at embracing the government-initiated Malaysia My Second Home Programme.
The second project, which is due to be launched by September, are sports facilities for its Kolej Height Utara project in Kubang Pasu, Kedah.
Kolej Height Utara is one of its eight mid-range sports-living property development projects, an idea that was mooted by Lee two years ago.
“Now that we have four, we are looking at four more spots. We’re looking at cities like Ipoh, Kuantan, and Temerloh. We believe these 50-acre developments is a winning strategy.
“Mid-range (priced-properties) is Country Height’s strategy in positioning ourselves. Hopefully this concept would expand overseas as well,” said Lee.
He said mid-range properties are priced starting from RM250,000 to RM1 million per unit.
CHHB chief financial officer Choo Chee Beng said it expected to achieve sales of at least RM120 million sales in the current financial year.
He expected property development to continue contributing 35% to its revenue.
On the REITs plans for its Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre, he said CHHB had received a few offers, involving a five-year guaranteed estimated net yield of about 7%.
Ramli Bin Taib
1926-1995 (Meninggal dunia pada 23.7.1995, diKg Hj Ali, Batu 1 1/2, Jalan Mentakab, Temerloh, Pahang.)
Bandar lama,
Dulu Temerloh di kawasan Pekan sari,
Di situ ada rumah Pasong, dimana
Inggeris akan membawa pesalah pesalah.
Ushawan kecil
Dulu akwan pun gitu,
jue ciku bawah poko jati ket pekan sari.
Hari rabu kutip ciku, basoh, jemo, peram.
Ahad, elok masok, bole jue
Monday, February 06, 2006
MAsjidil Haram
Prayers overflowing to outside the main mosque
Banyak lagi boleh didapati di http://obmarspilgrimage.blogspot.com
Sunday, April 24, 2005
213 addicts nabbed in Felda drug crackdown
New Straits Times » Local
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.
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.
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
New Straits Times » NewsBreak
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
New Straits Times » NewsBreak
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.
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.
temerloh3.jpg
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.
temerloh2.jpg
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/
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.
temerloh3.jpg
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.
temerloh2.jpg
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/
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