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AID FOR

STORM

VICTIMS

We need to do

moreforthepeople

there

-Rayer

Story byChan Lilian

FLOODS in Kelantan and several otherstates have brought out the best of Ma-laysians.

The nation came together to help thevictims of the worst oods the nation has

experienced.Penang is one of the states that quick-

ly lent a hand when it announced on Dec26 that the state will channel RM1.5million for ood relief management.

In a press statement, exco member forWelfare, Caring Society and Environ-ment Phee Boon Poh said: The ChiefMinister has been contacting me every-day asking for the reports on the ood

situation. Early yesterday morning whenCM was informed of the critical situationespecially the children, elderly, andwomen folk, he immediately instructed

the the RM1.5 million to be transferredto the Akaun Amanah.

I have been authorised to draw downRM500,000 each time to utilise the fundto supply aid such as milk powder, sani-

tary towels and portable water. Docu-mentations will follow in the next excomeeting. This is also with the consent ofthe exco members.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was

overseas at that time.The rst consignment left Penang at

9.30pm on Dec 26 supervised by Komtarassemblymember Teh Lai Heng and theofcers of the Welfare Department of

Penang and Perak.

A rst batch of 18 welfare ofcers and

social volunteers were also sent to Kelan-tan. They have the experience serving inrelief evacuation centres during theoods in Pahang.

An outpouring of concern from gener-ous and caring Penangites resulted in

truckloads of necessities being trans-ported to Kelantan and other states af-fected by the oods.

Political Secretary to the Chief Min-ister, Wong Hon Wai, led a convoy of 22four-wheel drive vehicles with 90 volun-teers to Kuala Krai, Kelantan on a hu-

manitarian mission.Flagged off by Lim, the convoy made

a 28-hour non-stop mission delivering

food, water and other necessities tovarious kampung.

Indeed, it was touching to see assem-blymembers shed their ofcialdom and

personally drive their own vehicles tocarry out this mission.

Seri Delima assemblymember RSNRayer, who drove the rst vehicle, told

Buletin Mutiara It is like a war zone outthere. Although very tiring, we are allvery much enlightened. We need to domore for the people there.

Buletin Mutiaras photographer Shum

Jian Wei shared that many of the womenin the convoy sobbed uncontrollablywhen children covered in mud cried ask-ing for food and help.

Lim, during his New Years Eve state-

ment, reminded the people: These dis-asters remind us all that whilst we are

helpless in facing the power and wrath

of nature, we can mitigate the adverseimpact provided we have an effectivemechanism and efcient crisis manage-ment.

The time has come for good govern-ance to depend not on personalities but

building institutions based on systems,policies and principles that work to pre-serve a prosperous way of life as well asspread opportunities of upward mobilityto the poor, women and youth.

He also called on the federal govern-ment to declare a state of emergency.

This is such a high number. Some

250,000 people have been evacu

which is the largest number in hisBillions of ringgit were lost and heof course this requires a declaratioemergency.

This will enable acceleration o

forts of search, rescue and repaproperty and infrastructure. There reason why the emergency cannodeclared when the haze emergencydeclared in several regions in Malain 2005 and 2013. Is the haze moregerous than this ood?

See also p

Helping handfor Kelantan

One of the many flood victims waiting for help to reach them as their homesbadly damaged in the flood in the East Coast.


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ON last Dec 13, the Public Forum on Police Account-

ability organised by the Malaysian Bar allowed variousscholars, academicians, policy makers, lawyers andactivists to discuss the critical importance of the Inde-pendent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commis-

sion (IPCMC).The IPCMC in theory would be able to rectify or at

least make major improvements to three major issueshighlighted by the Royal Commission to Enhance theOperation and Management of the Royal Malaysia

Police, namely widespread corruption in the force,widespread non-compliance with prescribed laws andhuman rights obligations among police personnel; andinadequate awareness and respect for the rights ofwomen and children.

In addition, the Royal Commission also identied

that too many deaths in custody, the failure of the police

to investigate and the authorities to hold inquests intothese deaths were key concerns raised by members ofthe public, NGOs and international organisations.

Police custodial deaths are no small matter as be-tween the years 2000 to May 2013, 231 deaths wererecorded or about a death in custody every three weeksin that period, said Christopher Leong, president of theMalaysian Bar during the forum.

In 2014 alone, a total of 11 custodial deaths wererecorded, seven of which were from Penang. However,inquests into custodial deaths are very rare with aboutonly 5% of all custodial deaths looked into, he said.

Leong outlined several things you can do should you

know a family or friend that died in police custody or

is a person with a complaint against the police for that

matter there are several ways to address such griev-ances.

The rst is to lodge a police report.

A police report can be lodged against the allegedabuser or police ofcer should a family member or

friend die in custody but as the IPCMC highlights, thepolice investigating themselves lends itself very littletransparency to the public, he said.

Second, any person can lodge a complaint to thepolice disciplinary board (Lembaga Tatatertib PolisDiraja Malaysia).

However again, it would process an entirely in-house investigation of the police force on itself with a

lack of transparency for the public, he added.It is still recommended to lodge these reports as the

reports made are a reection of the chronic problem

where the data and information can be brought by par-liamentarians to be discussed by the nations lawmak-

ers.Thirdly, a complaint can be made to the Enforcement

Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC).The EAIC was the substitute for the proposed IP-

CMC but lacked any power for afrmative action in

which it could investigate any complaint and recom-mend solutions to the police but has no power to com-pel the police to accept or implement such solutions,Leong said.

In 2013, the EAIC received 215 complaints against

the police.It rejected 192 for various reasons after preliminary

investigations and only referred 23 to the police.

Of the 23, three were found to be unsubstantione complaint resulted in disciplinary action btaken, two in warning letters issued and 17 yet to any ndings, he explained.

In the case of allegations of human rights abusethe police, the aggrieved person can le a comp

with Suhakam, the national human rights commis

However, Suhakam, just like the EAIC, can investigate and submit recommendations to the por the government. Suhakam does not have the poto compel the police or the government to act upondings or recommendations, he said outlining

fourth possible course of action.Lastly, Leong advised that it is possible to

civil suit.However among the drawbacks of a civil suit is

it is costly, must be pursued within three years aonly to establish civil liability and claim damagedoes not establish criminal culpability. In a civil acthe tortfeasors (assailants) must also be specic

named which can be difcult when in custody.

Any right thinking or morally just person wouable to see how difcult it is to protect a family mem

or friend once they enter custody and all men arnocent until proven guilty.

It is not with any prejudice that this forum laout at the police but to show that the IPCMC wou

able to bring transparency when it comes to issucustodial deaths, corruption and a reverse in negpublic perception, Leong said.

IT was welcome news for Penangites wheit was ofcially announced that Goods an

Services Tax (GST) will not be imposed o

motorists using the states two bridges.Royal Customs Department directo

general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad deni

the allegations that GST will be imposeon tolled bridges as reported in a newportal on Dec 18.

Penang welcome Khazalis announc

ment warmly, said Chief Minister LiGuan Eng in a press conference on Dec 1Lim expressed his relief as Penangit

will continue using the states two bridgGST-free.

Lim added any exemption made und

the order of law must be specific nogeneral.

Penang hopes in future the issue of imposing GST on tolled bridges will not aris

GST will be imposed from April 1.

AS 2015 dawned on Malaysians, the

colourful bang and cheers were ac-companied by a sense of trepidationof what lies ahead.

There were also tears for those lostin the various air disasters and theoods.

What is clear, however, is that,despite so much pain and adversity,there is still hope, optimism and belieffor the coming year,.Batu Kawan MP

Kasthuri Patto said in a statement.Massive outpouring of sympathy,

grief and solidarity that was seen atthree airline catastrophes and now thedisastrous oods on the east coast

have proven that in times of distress

and great tribulations, Malaysianshave chosen to set aside political dif-ferences to stand united and to cometogether as one.

But what is more worrying is the

impending implementation of theGoods and Services Tax (GST) in a

mere four months time, she added.The move to implement this tax

was done with the view that GDP is

increasing while house-

hold debt is decreasingand that more Malaysianswill be on the receivingend of the much antici-

pated BR1M.But with over 250,000

families badly affected bytorrential floods, not tomention the very recent

landslides in CameronHighlands which resultedin millions of ringgitworth of infrastructureand properties damaged,

Prime Minister DatukSeri Najib Razak must

start listening to the griev-ances of the people andpostpone the implementation of GSTindenitely, Kasthuri added.

GST will be affecting all Malay-sians across the country once it comesinto effect on April Fools Day 2015,and it is hardly surprising that the

quarter of a million victims of theood and landslide will be worst hit

by it.

As such, implementation of theGST must be postponed until a clearaction plan is drafted out to repair andrebuild the lives of more than a quar-ter of a million families who had bornewitness to the wrath of the oods and

landslides of 2014, she said.

Call to postpone GST

Kasthuri Patto

Police custodial death rights

No GST onPenang bridges


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Story by Chan Lilian

Pix by Chan Lilian and Idzham Ahmad

IN the aftermath of the storm in Balik Pulau, ChiefMinister Lim Guan Eng made a visit to several of thedamaged houses on Jan 1.

Before the visit, Lim handed out a token sum of

RM200 for the immediate relief of those affected.Lim was accompanied by exco member Datuk Ab-

dul Malik Kassim, former legislative Speaker DatukAbdul Halim Hussain and the area coordinators ofTelok Bahang (Halil Sabri Hamid) and Pulau Betong

(Mohd. Tuah Ismail) on his visit to the Masjid JamekSungai Rusa.

There are 242 house owners from Kampung SungaiRusa and 102 from Kampung Permatang Pasir andseveral others from the vicinity whose houses were

damaged. A total of 524 police reports were made for

the purpose of records and claims.We are thankful that no lives were lost and luckilythere was no rain since the incident as some of the roofshave been blown off. The state hopes this token con-

tribution will help all of you to tide through whilewaiting for the Penang Governors TYT Disaster Fundallocations, Lim said.

The storm was described by one villager as veryfrightening and sounded like a tigers roar.

A huge mango tree fell on one of the homes, destroy-ing part of the kitchen while the family memberswatched in fear and helplessness.

Another villager, Mansor Md. Hassan, 69, toldBuletin Mutiara: Three-quarters of my kitchen was

destroyed together with part of another room. Nineteensheets of zinc flew off and I estimate I lost overRM3,000 in this storm. I am quite thankful that boththe federal and state governments had provided some

help.Lim went to several houses to provide comforting

words and assured the owners that the respective areacoordinators will continue to assist the families inwhatever way they can.

On the same day, Deputy Chief Minister I, DatukMohd. Rashid Hasnon also visited the kampung andprovided further assistance.

State leaders visit storm victims

A GUSTING wind estimatedwith a speed of up to 50kmhon the night of Dec 29 leftsome 400 houses damaged in

its wake in several parts insouthwest of Penang island.

On the morning of Dec 30,residents in these areas awoketo a picture of devastation like

roofs ripped off, electricityand telephone lines snappedand fallen trees in their com-munity.

The villages of Sungai

Rusa, Permatang Pasir, KualaSungai Pinang, Sungai Pinang

and Kuala Jalan Baru wereaffected by the strong windsthat started at about 7pm and

lasted till around 3am.More than 200 people,

whose homes were severelydamaged, have been evacu-ated from the area to relief

centres set up during thestorm - the Permatang Pasirmosque and SK Sungai Rusa.

Initial reports by residentsshowed Sungai Rusa was theworst hit with a total 200

houses damaged, followed byPermatang Pasir with 120,Jalan Baru (17), Sungai

Pinang (20), Kuala SungaiPinang (10) and Kuala JalanBaru (17 houses).

That brings the total dam-aged homes to 384 houses but

we expect it to reach 500 aswe are still receiving reportsfrom affected residents,South West District SocialWelfare Ofcer Mohd Nazri

Ali told a press conference atthe compound of Sungai Rusamosque, called by exco for

Local Government, TrafficManagement and Flood Miti-

gation Chow Kon Yeow andChief Minister Lim GuanEngs political secretaryWong Hon Wai.

Also present was South

West District village head(penghulu) Nazri Din.

Chow said informationfrom the Metrological De-partment indicated the gust-

ing wind was known as an-gin langkisau.

He added that the speed ofthe wind was then measuredat 50kmh and called the oc-

currence unusual.The Penang Island Mu-

nicipal Council has sent acrew of some 100 to helpclear uprooted trees and de-

bris, he said.Meanwhile, sherman Tan

Kok Liang, 62, from SungaiAcheh, said he has neverencountered such a phenom-

enon while living in the area.My grandchildren and

myself were in the housearound 7pm, and I felt theroof rattling and shaking, fol-

lowed by a loud crash outsidemy front compound.

On checking, I founthat part of my roof with i

iron support had been blowoff by the strong wind, hadded.

Luckily we were all safeThe strong gusts also d

stroyed the dome of the Sugai Rusa mosque, blowing oits steel panels.

Winds of destruction

Tan (right) looking at the roof of his house which was blown away. With him are Wong (left) anChow (second from left).

Mohd. Rashid handing over some financial assistto a villager affected by the storm while Abdul Hlooks on.

Lim visiting an elderly woman aged 90 whose roofwas blown off.


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MAINTENANCE WORK

THE Penang Hill funicular train services will be closed fromJan 12 to Jan 18 for annual maintenance work. Norma

services will resume on Jan 19. Visitors can opt for alternative routes via the jeep track (Penang Botanic Gardens) othe existing hiking routes to the top of Penang Hill. For morinformation, call 04-8288861 or log on to www.penanghilgov.my.

COUNSELLING

THE Help4u, an initiative of the Penang Education Counciprovides condential, anonymous and free email counsellinfor young people aged between 13 and 25 who need help o

issues related to their studies, family, relationship and otherFor more information, visit www.help4u.org.my or call 042273384 (weekdays 1.30pm to 5.30pm).

HERITAGE NOMINATIONS

THE Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) is inviting the public t

submit nominations for the Penang Heritage Trust LivinHeritage Treasures of Penang 2014-2015. The nominees cabe experts in various elds such as applied skills, performinarts, literary arts or performers of cultural rites, who musbe from Penang. The successful awardee will receive publi

acknowledgement, a plaque, a certicate and RM2,000 year. The awards will be sponsored by Seven Terraces Penang. Nomination forms may be collected from the PHofce at 26, Church Street, or by e-mail at [email protected] date for nominations is Jan 31. Details, call 04

2642631.

LEVEL UP HANGOUT

REDBOX Studio organises Level Up on a monthly basiLevel Up is a free, casual networking and learning sessioheld on the third Thursday of each month from 7pm to 9pm

Limited to the rst 20 people who register. No walk-in

please. For venue details, go to http://redboxstudio.comlevel-up/.COMMUNITY SERVICE

COMMUNITY AIDS Service Penang is providing freHIV condential counselling and testing at its ofce iBukit Mertajam. Testing is available during ofce hourfrom Monday to Friday. Call 04-5399510/5398510 for aappointment.

FREE WEBSITE EDUCATION

GET your website questions answered when you attenRedbox Studios free Tech Tuesday sessions availablevery Tuesday at Complex USM. Book your session awww.redboxstudio.com/tech-tuesday or call Krista (01

451 9193).

YOGA CLASSES

HINDU Mahajana Sangam is organising yoga classes everWednesday from 7pm to 9pm at the Hindu Mahajana San

gam, Gandhiji Ashram, at 674, Jalan Kebun Bungah. CalRaju at 016-4351211 for details.

WCC SERVICES

THE Womens Centre for Change located at 241, Jalan Bur

mah (next tp PTPL College) provides free and condentiaservices through its hotline, e-mail, face-to-face counsellinand shelter for women in crisis. Details, e-mail [email protected] or call 04-2280342.

PENANGITES who love line dancing are in fora good time.

The Batu Lancang Service Team will be or-

ganising a line dancing competition on Feb 8 at

the Balai Rakyat Pasar Awam Batu Lancang.With no age restrictions and limits, each par-ticipating team as a rule must comprise a mini-mum of eight and maximum 12 dancers.

Batu Lancang assemblymember Law HengKiang, who made the announcement at Kim HeeCafe of Jelutong Market recently, said such ruleswere decided upon by the organising committeeand service team members in order to ensure

only quality dancers are performing and highstandards are maintained.

A panel of three judges from professionaldancing clubs will decide the winners said Law,in the company of his personal assistants R.

Karuna and Grace Teoh.A registration fee of RM 20 will be imposed

on each participating team but it is denitelyworth a try as lucrative prizes to be won by the

top ve winning teams include RM3,000 for thechampion, RM2,000 for second place, RM1,000for third and two consolation prizes of RM500

each.The only condition for the top three winners

is that they must perform for the Batu LancangChinese New Year Open House for free on Feb23, added Law who is also the exco member

for Tourism Development and Culture.Entry forms and details on rules and condi-

tions can be obtained from Batu Lancang ServiceCentre, 332F - 3 Jalan Perak, 11600 Penang(contact numbers 04-2826419 / 0164191938).

Closing date is Jan 31 at 1pm.

Story by Danny Ooi

Pix by Law Suun Ting

LET us see the light at theend of the tunnel, and make2015 a better year.

This was the plea by Pen-ang Senior Citizens Asso-

ciation to the federal gov-ernment at its 32nd anniver-sary dinner and dance pro-gramme held recently.

Association president

Cheah Chooi Aik in his

welcoming speech said mostof the association membersare in the lower incomegroup with no salaries any-

more.Those who were ex-gov-

ernment employees can somehow manage withtheir pensions, but those in the private sector haveused up most, if not all, their EPF savings.

Some of our members have some types ofillnesses, and with medication and doctor chargesgoing up,2015 will indeed be hard on us headded.

On behalf of all senior citizens, I wish to ap-peal to the federal government to reduce the road

tax for cars by 50% for all citizens above 60 years,owning local made cars below 2,000cc.

2014 has been a terrible year for us, whereprices of all goods have gone up. Electricity tariffup, sugar subsidy gone, fuel subsidy withdrawn,

transport charges gone up and there are strongindications that 2015 will see further increasesafter Chinese New Year and the implementationof GST come April, Cheah said.

Some hundreds of members from the associa-tion attended the dinner function, which also haddancing and many lucky draws.

Cheah also joined the committee members incutting the anniversary cake during the function.

Senior citizens hope

for brighter 2015

Members took to the dance floor to enjoy them-selves.

Line dancing competition, anyone?

Cheah (centre) cutting the anniversary cake. Joining him are some ofthe committee members.


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Story and pix by Chan Lilian

DATUK Nicol David returned homefor Christmas on Dec 24.

Malaysias Squash Queen arrival

at the Penang International Airport

was received with much excitement

as she is now dubbed the 8th Won-

der of World of Squash.

Her parents, Desmond and Ann

Marie David, gave her a warm lov-

ing hug at the VIP lounge followed

by owers and handshakes from thestate government representative,

assemblymember Lim Siew Khim.

State Secretary Datuk Seri Fari-zan Darus who was on the same

ight also joined in the welcoming

entourage.Nicol clinched the 30th edition of

the Womens World Squash Cham-

pionships, her unprecedented 8th WSA Womens World

Championship title, something never achieved by others.

When asked if she will take a step back , Nicol, 31, said:No, no Let It Go..Nothing is enough. As long as my

body is willing, I will continue.

She also shared the excitement that prize money in

squash is going up.

Now they make the amounts almost equal for both menand womens squash, and the merging of the Professional

Squash Association and WSA.

This is a statement to the Olympic committee that

women and men in squash are united as one, she said.

Squash is not part of the Olympics and Nicol has been

tirelessly campaigning for the sport to be included.

When asked how she is going to spend the two-weekholidays in Malaysia, Nicol laughed and said, Eat and

eat.

Upon stepping out of the VIP lounge, Nicol wasgreeted by junior squash players with banners and loudcheers.

Nicol back home for Christmas

EXCO member for Tourism and Culture D

velopment Danny Law Heng Kiang announc

that another international half marathon on t

Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Brid

will be held on June 14.Named the Compressport Penang Brid

Half Marathon 2015, it will be the secointernational marathon held in Penang in o

year.

However, the venue is subject to the bridoperator approval.

We are a member of the Association

International Marathon (AIMS), so we needorganise more events to strengthen our po

tion, he said in a press conference on Dec The date of the marathon coincides with

AIMS conference to be held here in Penan

It is the rst time AIMS is organisingconference in the Asia-Pacic and chose Peang as the venue.

Registration is open now and will be clos

once 25,000 participants sign up.This year, we have a special category f

Malaysians. There will be six categories a

include Best Malaysian male and female ti

so Malaysians have a chance to grab the titl

Law said.

The title prize money is RM25,000 and the Malaysian category it is RM4,000. Ea

birds who sign up before Jan 31 or are amothe rst 5,000 runners (whichever comes rneed to pay only between RM50-RM70, Ladded.

Calling allmarathon runners

Nicols greatest supporters are her parents Desmond and Ann Marie who areseen here hugging their daughter.

Nicol joining the junior squash players in a selfie.


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Story by Chan LilianPix byAlissala Thian

CHRISTMAS is about givingand Padang Kota assembly-member Chow Kon Yeow, whois also the exco member for

Local Government, TrafficManagement and Flood Miti-gation, recently attended anevent where all races and reli-gions gathered at the New

World Park to enjoy the mean-ing of Christmas.

Single mothers, orphans,school children and residentsof several charity organisa-

tions benefited as they re-

ceived contributions fromChows constituency.Some of the organisations

are Asrama Ramakrishna, Sal-

vation Army, Pu Ai Commu-nity Centre, Womens Centrefor Change, House of Hope

and Pertubuhan Kebajikan Ibu

Tunggal Negeri Pulau Pinang.Children from single parent

homes also received school

uniform vouchers while poor

families from Kedah Road andTaman Manggis Flat got giftbags.

While we celebrate today,

let us not forget those who areaffected by the floods on theEast Coast. Our sympathies

and thoughts are with t

and let us extend our contr

tions to them as well, Csaid in his speech.

In line with Malayswho hold open houses,

each constituency is giveallocation to celebrate withpeople, we are doing Christmas and New Year OHouse to give thanks for w

we enjoy in Penang. The ang State always care fowelfare of the people.work hard to provide empment, social programmes

frastructure and public amties.

The crowd at the funcwas entertained by carols,hop dance and a skit ti

Story of Peter.Children had a good tim

the games stall and wthrilled to get gifts.

AMIDST the merry mak-ing and celebrations at theDatuk Keramat Chri stmas

Open House on Dec 28 ,assemblymember Jagdeep

S ingh Deo reca l l ed thebitter-sweet year of 20 14.

He reminded the peoplethat 150,000 people hadbeen evacuated from their

homes on the East Coastand were suffering fromthe devastating floods.

J a g d e e p d e l i v e r e d as h o r t b u t f i e r y s p e e c h

when he touched on floodmi t iga t ion pro jec t s and

how the delay by the fed-eral government in execut-ing them may have caused

hardship and losses to thepeople.In Penang, a flood miti-

gation project approved inthe Ninth Malaysia Plan(RMK9) is still pending

and although the RMK10is ending in June 2015,funds have yet to be chan-neled to Penang to carryout the flood mitigation

project involving widen-ing and deepening SungaiP inang r ight up to Ai r

Itam.T h e p r o j e c t c o s t o f

RM150 million is under

Phase 2 of the flood miti-gation project for SungaiPinang.

I am very angry be -cause there are 22 floodm i t i g a t i o n p r o j e c t s

throughout Malaysia cost-ing over a billion ringgit.Some of these are in theEast Coast . The federalg o v e r n m e n t m u s t t a k e

more holistic measures tocounte r the f lood prob-l ems . I t i s a pe rennia l

problem! Putrajaya mustfocus on this but it seems

like they are so busy withBR1M instead, he said.

Jelutong MP Jeff Ooialso joined Jagdeep at theopen house and vowed tocontinue pursuing the mat-

ter in Parliament so thatPenang can get the fundsto carry out the rest of the

flood mitigation projecT h e C h r i s t m a s m o o

was truly felt by the mulr a c i a l g u e s t s a s r o achicken and mashed pottoes were served by tE u r a s i a n c o m m u n i t

There were boria, C hinecultural dance, carols aa Portuguese dance bygroup of Eurasian girls

Eurasian girls presenting a Portuguese dance to entertain guests.

Putrajaya urged to adopt holistic flood management

Jagdeeps four sons (from left) Aakshay (12), Armaan (seveSherr Karpal (seven months) and Rohith (11) with their granmother Gurmit Kaur who is the widow of the late Karpal Sing

Season of giving to all

The multi-racial guests at the Christmas Open House watching the skit Story of Peter.


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Story and pix by

Danny Ooi

S O M E 3 4 0 s t u -dents from 11 are-as in the southwestdistrict of Penangr e c e i v e d s c h o o l

a i d d u r i n g t h eBack To Schoolprogramme held atSungai Rusa in Ba-lik Pulau recently.

T h e y e a c h r e -c e i v e d a s c h o o lbag , RM100 andRM150 f rom thes tate government

and Muslim Alms

division (zakat) re-spectively.At the ceremony

held at the service

centre, Teluk Ba-hang representa -t i v e H a l i l S a b r iand MPPP council-lor Nur Zarina Za-

ka r i a gave awaythe donations.

Meanwhile, in arelated funct ion held a t theBuki t Jambul Complex, 100

students from the House ofHope, Air Itam, each receivedschool aid in the form of school

bag, a pair of shoes and otherschool accessories.

The contribution were partof the complexs corporate so-

cial responsibility.Also present were Deputy

Chief Minister 1 Datuk Mohd

Rashid Hasnon and Bayan Ba ruMP Sim Tze Tzin.

Students get school aid

Halil (second from left) giving away the school accessories to students atthe Teluk Bahang constituency service centre.

Sim (back row, sixth from left) and Rashid (eighth from left) joining the students and teachers for a group photograph.

A TOTAL of 40 children received

incentives ahead of their schoolingyear las t Dec 29 from the ZakatAdministration Centre presented byDatuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim,exco for Religious Affairs, Domes-

tic Trade and Consumer Affairs.The chi ldren, who are most ly

from the lower income gro up in theTanjong parliamentary consti tuency,received a school bag, stationery

and an educat ion voucher wort

RM170.Abdul Malik said 35 Muslim chi

dren received the aid while his ofice provided another five bags fthe non-Muslim students.

We want to assure families thwe will give aid to whoever regardless of race and religion. With thebags I hope that you study hard anbe successful in life, he said.

Students receive back-to-school goodies

Abdul Malik with the recipients of the schooling aid


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Story and pix by Mark James

STATE executive councillor

for Housing and Town &Country Planning JagdeepSingh Deo has lashed out toirresponsible tenants of low-cost, low-medium cost and

affordable housing housingrenting out their units when itis a clear breach of the ten-ancy agreement.

The Selection Process En-

h a n c e m e n t C o m m i t t e e(SPEC) chaired by Jagdeepvets through and selects onlyeligible Penangites who aredeserving and in need of such

housing.

We want to realise thedreams of many families ofhaving a roof over their heads,it is unfair for those in need,

some with extended familieswaiting in line for houseswhile some irresponsible par-ties are using these units forprofit, he said.

It has come to my knowl-edge that there are those whohave been allocated suchunits, both during the selec-tion process by SPEC and

even before it by the Hous-ing Department, who areadvertising to rent the same

out, which is in breach of thecondition expressly set out

in the Form PN1, Jagdeep

added.A clause in Form 1 clearly

states as follows: Saya jugaberjanji bahawa saya dan ke-

luarga akan menduduki unityang d ipe runtukkan i tu .Sekiranya didapati saya dankeluarga tidak mendudukiunit yang diperuntukkan itu

tanpa apa-apa sebab munasa-bah atau disewa/didudukiorang lain, maka Bahagian

Perumahan, Pejabat Setiau-saha Kerajaan berhak mem-

batalkan tawaran dan menarik

balik unit yang diperuntukkantanpa membayar sebaranggantirugi. (I also agree that

my family and I will occupythe unit allocated.If it is dis-covered that my family and Iare not occupying the saidunit allocated without any

reasonable explanation or isrented/occupied by others, theHousing Department of theState Secretarys Office has

the right to revoke the offerand repossess the unit that hasbeen allocated without pay-

ment of any compensation.)Jagdeep has sought the

advice of the Housing Depart-ments legal adviser to sub-jec t the irrespo nsi ble land-lords to a criminal chargeunder Section 420 of the Pe-

nal Code for cheating.Jagdeep has consulted the

Malaysian Institute of EstateAgents (MIEA) Penang Chap-ter which has agreed to assist

the state government by in-structing their agents not toadvertise to rent such units

certified by the Penang Hing Department and extento affordable housing proj

once completed.We agree with and sup

this stance and we will hour agents and real eseducators inform buyersuch units the legal fra

work when purchasing tunits, said Mark Saw, MPenang Chapter chairma

The state governmengether with Penang Devement Corporation (PDC)

in the pipeline 12 projwhich will deliver 22units of low-cost (850 ulow-medium cost (7,

units) and affordable hou(13,851 units).The private sector thro

public-private partnershset to match or exceed number in terms of provi

of low-cost, low-mediumand affordable housing u

Since the incept ionSPEC in August 2013, a of 7,291 applicants have b

selected to be designated cost, low-medium cost affordable housing.

The Penang Housing partment has a waiting li

25,065 applicants and 24

applicants for low-cost low-medium cost unitsspectively.

Affordable housing not for rent

Jagdeep warns against irresponsible tenants renting out their housing units.

STATE executive councilor for Housing and Town& Country Planning Jagdeep Singh Deo has setJan 15 for federal agencies Penang Regional De-velopment Authority (Perda) and JKP Sdn Bhd toreview pricing limits and resubmit their affordablehousing proposals.

This is following a meeting between the state

government and the Penang Federal Action Coun-cil chairman, Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman, to ironout issues with 15 affordable housing projectprices on the island and on the mainland.

The state government is prepared to considerthe federal agencies applications if they were forlow and low-medium cost housing where land forthe projects were procured through land acquisi-tion.

This is because such land was acquired for apublic purpose and as such if the projects werehousing, then it ought to be for public housing,namely low and low-medium cost housing andabsolutely not for profit, said Jagdeep during a

press conference last Dec 18.Jagdeep when reviewing their application dis-

covered that the units that were intended to bebuilt were priced as high as RM1.85 million andas high as RM800,000 on the mainland which

could bring in a potential profit of RM149 million.Out of seven applications by Perda, they would

have to resubmit four with the stipulated condi-tions while one project did not involve the StatePlanning Committee (SPC).

Perda had requested leniency on the remainingtwo and will have to produce an official requestwith justifications on Jan 15 as well.

Out of the eight applications by JKP Sdn. Bhd.,three were not before the SPC and were pending

technical clearance by the Seberang Perai Mu-nicipal Council (MPSP), while two were pendingsettlement of certain monies to the Penang IslandMunicipal Council (MPPP) and one other pendingthe resettlement of squatters.

The remaining two had clear issues of pricing

breach and JKP was similarly asked to put in anofficial request with justifications.

It is hoped that this will cl arify all allegationthat the Penang state government is delaying th

applications of these federal agencies, who it ihoped will understand the conditions set as it is inthe interest of the people namely it is intended to

make affordable housing accessible to Penangites, he said.

Also at the press conference, a cheque oRM573,000 was presented to a Pangsapuri IndahTeluk Air Tawah representative.

The amount is 30% of the RM1.91 millionneeded for maintenance works of two blocks hous

ing over 1,000 residents which will include restoration works, roofing, wiring, fresh paint andgeneral works.

Under the state initiative dubbed HAPPY, thestate can fund 10% to 30% of maintenance cost to

supplement the Tabung Penyelenggaraan 1Malaysia (TP1M).

Federal agencies to review, resubmit housing plans


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SPEAKING at the site of the

Gudwara Sahib Bayan Baru,Datuk Keramat assemblymem-ber Jagdeep Singh Deo re-called the sentimental endear-

ment he has for it.I remember this was the

first project when I took officeas an assemblymember in2008. Datuk Seri Chet Singh

came to me to seek assistanceto sort out the problems relatedto the land. About eight monthsago, my father, the late KarpalSingh, was at the ground

breaking ceremony. Threeweeks later, he passed away. I

am sure my father will be veryhappy up there to see that thebrick-laying ceremony is taking place today, Jagdeep

said on Dec 7 at the plot of land in Bayan Baru.With the construction of a Sikh Gudwara, the road

along the Snake Temple truly epitomises religiousharmony as there is a church, Buddhist temple, Hindutemple, gudwara and the Snake Temple.

The gudwara costing RM3.5 million will be readyby this December.

The piece of land was allotted in the 1990s for non-Muslim places of worship.

The four-storey building will be eco and disabled-

friendly and poised to be a Sikh centre for educa-

tional excellence as well. So far, donations towards

the building funds have reached 40% and the gudwarais calling for generous donors to contribute.

Information can be found on their website at http://gsbb.org.my/index.php/donations

The brick-laying ceremony was marked with groups

of senior members of the Sikh community, studentsand other leaders of the gudwara laying a brick eachat the designated spot.

Once completed, it will be the first gudwara outsideGeorge Town and will be a place of worship for the

over 350 Sikhs in the vicinity.

Story by Chan LilianPix byAlissala Thian

THE 87th birthday of Thai-lands King Bhumibol Aduly-adej was celebrated in Penangon Dec 5 by the Thai commu-

nity and their invited guests.Chief Minister Lim Guan

Eng proposed a toast to thegood health of King Bhumiboland for prosperity of Thailand

and her people.

The Thai national anthemwas played followed by anothertoast to the Yang di-PertuanAgong and the Negaraku had

everyone at full attention.The celebration was hosted

by the Acting Consul-Generalo f T h a i l a n d t o P e n a n g ,Chongchareon Devahasdin Na Ayudhaya.

Other dignitaries present included the consuls-gen-eral of Japan and Indonesia and representative ofcers

of various countries.Guests were treated to delicious Thai food like to-

myam kung, Thai ice cream and other specialities.

KARATE has earned Penang glory ithe sports arena.

The recent one was the gold medaat the Asian Games in Incheon, Koreawon by Lim Chee Wei who attributedhis achievement to his coaches Patrick Lim Chee Jin and Ku Jin Keat.

Buletin Mutiara met Patrick, who ithe president of Penang Karate Federa

tion (PKF) and vice-president of Malaysian Karate Federation (Makaf), aa press conference on Dec 8 at thePenang Sports Council in Batu Uba

regarding the Penang Karate CombaFestival Championship which was helon Dec 14.

When asked what makes Penangwell-known in the sport, Patrick

said:Penang has an excellent andstrong base at the school level. However, we are not able to sustain the pooof competitors because once they leavschool, many find it difficult to con

tinue training.He added that there are plans to de

centralise the training where the morsenior competitors can continue towork and study while carrying out thei

training.Currently, many are reluctant to at

tend the centralised training in KualLumpur. Makaf is ready to submit proposal to the National Sports Counci

regarding the setting up of regionatraining, Lim said.

Lim also thanked the Penang SportCouncil and the state government fothe support rendered to PKF.

Patrick hopes to decentralise karatetraining to sustain pool of athletes.

Penang karate

aims to sustain

pool of exponents

Toast to the

King of Thailand

Lim greeting the Thai community at the function.

Bayan Baru gudwara ready year end

A young student laying a brick as a symbol of the brick-laying ceremony whileothers including Jagdeep (second from right) look on.


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Pix byAlissala Thian

KEEPING heritage alive needsperseverance, passion andcreativity and the folks behind

Armenian Streets Got Talent(ASGT) have all the three cri-teria.

Led by Komtar assembly-member Teh Lai Heng and his

team from the Kampong Kolamvillage development and secu-rity committee (JKKK), ASGTcelebrated its first year anni-versary with several interest-

ing programmes lined up eve-

ry Saturday evening through-out last month.On Dec 27, ASGT show-

cased the cultural night with a

host of interesting programmesthat thrilled the crowd.

The guest-of-honour thatevening was Deputy ChiefMinister I Datuk Mohd. Rashid

Hasnon.Mohd Rashid shared his

travel tales and talked abouthis visit to Kaoshiung, Taiwanwhere abandoned buildings have

been turned into arts centres.We can make full use of our

talents and this is the way forward.

Such display of arts, music and per-formances will become tourist at-tractions. However, I also wish to

remind that we must not overdo it,he said.

He also praised the JKKK for itsgood work.

There are 291 JKKK in Penang

and many of have carried out pro-grammes that benefit the commu-nity. Their responsibilities are great.Hopefully they will present ideasand talents besides sacrificing time

and efforts for the good of the com-

munity, he added.If you have not been to Armenian

Streets Got Talent which takes

place around Armenian Street andSoo Hong Lane and the vicin ity, youshould check it out soon. It is like

Jonker Street in Malacca but hasmuch more local attractions with

peddlers selling ice-balls, localkueh, calligrapher, snake show, fire-eating performance, modern dances,clowns and more.

On every Saturday evening from

6pm to 10pm, throngs of locals andtourists enjoy strolling along thestreets.

Find out the activities at Arme-nian Streets Got Talent on their

Facebook at www.facebook.com/armeniansgt.

Armenian Street comes alive

Mohd Rashid (seated, second from left) and Teh enjoying the cultural performances.

Children are mesmerised by the magic show performance.

GEORGE Town, in conjunction with Malaysia

Year of Festival (MyFest) 2015, has announcedthis year as Visit Penang Year as the state hasmuch to offer and capable of showcasing all fes-tivities apart from its unique street food andheritage treasures.

Penang Global Tourism (PGT) with the Tour-ism Ministry will provide some interesting eventsfor tourists and the people of Penang all yearround with religious, cultural and arts perfor-mances happening each month of the year.

According to PGT general manager Ooi Chok

Yan, such events include the now famous Hot AirBalloon Festival which will be held at PoloGrounds on Feb 21 and 22.

He explained if the response is tremendous, itis not impossible the Hot Air Balloon Festival

may turn into an annual event.In addition to Hot Air Balloon Festival, Pen-

ang Anime Matsuri Party will be held on May 23and 24, added Ooi in an interview on Jan 2.

Earlier in December, Chief Minister Lim Guan

Eng launched the Visit Penang 2015 logo withthe theme Where Festivities Never End.

Lim believes Penang will attract vast attentionespecially next month which will feature thTropfest Southeast Asia, Thaipusam, ChinesNew Year, Hot Air Balloon Festival and Hokkie

New Year.Among other events that await visitors as we

as locals are International Lion Dance Competition Malaysia, Chingay Festival and the Feast oSt. Anne.

Great tourism events lined up


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Pix by Shum Jian Wei

PENANG Hill Corporation(PHC) will set up a panel ofinquiry to investigate the case of

a man who was said to be elec-trocuted after coming into con-tact with a Christmas tree at theupper station on Dec 24.

According to a press report,

Teoh Kean Huat, 70, had an

electrick shock. I was in the vi-cinity and was given to under-stand that Teoh came out of themale toilet and accidentally

came into contact with theChristmas tree lightings and hadan electric jolt. He collapsed

after walking a few steps, PHCgeneral manager Dr. LawrenceKhoo said.

Khoo arranged for Teoh to besent to the Penang Hospital.

Khoo also assisted in admin-istering CPR to Teoh in the in-cident.

In a press conference at PHCon Dec 28, Khoo showed to

members of the media howChristmas lights can emit elec-

tricity even when not lit.He explained the circuitry ofChristmas lights and insulationof wires and pointed out that the

wiring carried out by a contrac-tor did not comply with IngressProtection 24 safety standards.

It is unfortunate that electricleakage from the Christmas treelighting had caused the incidentbut this will be further investi-

gated by the panel of inquiry tobe set up soon, Khoo said.

Khoo, who is an electricaland electronic engineer by pro-fession and had lectured in local

universities, took the task toexplain and demonstrated tomembers of the press how the

common lights used to decoratehomes during festivals haverisks.

And even seemingly safe,unlit lights can leak electric cur-rent if it comes into contact withwater.

Panel to probe

electric shock incident

Khoo showing how a wet towel wrapped around the liemits electric current even when the lights are not switched

RONALDO they were not, but when the Bukit Benderaassembly team met three other teams from Masjid Negeri village development and security committee (JKKKin a friendly football match at Jalan Kennedy on Dec27

it provided enough thrills for those watching.We created chances but we missed, said Bukit

Bendera team manager Ramkarpal Singh who alsoplayed as a striker.

As Air Itam assemblymember Wong Hon Wai explained, his ofce decided to co-organise the match in

a move to cultivate a healthy lifestyle and also to improve ties with the people.

Despite facing many young players, the Bukit Bendera assembly team put up a tough ght but were knocked

out early.Puma FC were champions, bringing home a trophy

medals and cash prizes after defeating Penang FC oJalan Sir Hussein 4-2 in the nal.

I hope that in the years to come, people can provide

support to such community programmes in order toestablish better relationships between local leaders andthe local community, said Ramkarpal, who is BukitGelugor MP.

During the match, there is also colouring contest for

children and free health checks being carried out.Also present were members of the Council of Penang

Island Municipal Council (MPPP), Harvinder SinghJoseph Ng Soon Siang, Dr. Tan Kim Hooi and ChairmanJKKK Jalan Masjid Negeri, Mohamed Farook Ismail.

Boosting close ties

with footballCHAIRPERSONfor Subcommitteefor children with

special needs, un-

der the Women,Family & Commu-nity Developmentportfolio Yap Soo

Huey has called formore employmentopportunities forpeople with disabil-ities (PwDs).

T o w a r d s t h i send, she held a dia-logue with variousnon-governmentalo r g a n i s a t i o n s

(NGOs) and charityhomes at the Pen-

ang Spastic Centreon Dec 5 to hear their concerns and sugges-tions.

Most PwDs desire to work, achieve self-reliance and participate in society on an equalbasis, but are prevented from doing so becauseof attitudes, stereotypes and lack of commit-ment from both public and private sector, she

said at a press conference after the event. During the most recent state assembly

sitting last November, I asked about employ-ment of PwDs in the state government.

Delightfully, 1% (25 out of 2,642) staff in

the state government are PwDs.

However, the two local councils (Penang

Island Municipal Council and Seberang PeraiMunicipal Council) both have only 0.5% PwDs(MPPP 14 out of 2,803, MPSP eight out of1,592). MPSP recruited 20 PwDs from 2008to 2014, but many left after being recruited sothere are only eight left now, she added.

I will be writing to recommend that thestate government strive to achieve 3% over thenext 10 years. This effort will require address-ing stigma as well as commitment to redesign-ing public buildings and public infrastructure

to make it safe for PwDs to move around.

Give more jobs to disabled

PwDs at the Penang Spastic Centre working at the workshop.


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PENAGARidwan [email protected]

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BERTAMAsrol Sani Abdul [email protected]

013-580 6981

PINANG TUNGGALMuhasdey [email protected]

019-437 2887

PERMATANG BERANGAN

Arshad Md. [email protected] 019-510 2633

SUNGAI DUAZahadi [email protected]

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TELOK AIR TAWARNorhayati [email protected]

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SUNGAI ACHEHAzmi [email protected]

012-594 1515

BAYAN LEPAS

PULAU BETONGHj. Mohd Tuah [email protected]

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TELUK BAHANGHalil Sabri [email protected]

017-460 4849

Nama ADUN No Tel/ No Faks

AIR PUTIHYAB Tuan Lim Guan [email protected]

(T) 04 - 829 0614

PANTAI JEREJAKYB Haji Mohd. Rashid Hasnon

[email protected](T) 04 - 646 4700

PERAIYB Prof. Dr. P. Ramasamy

[email protected](T) 04 - 399 6689

PADANG KOTA

YB Chow Kon [email protected]

(T) 04 - 226 0218(F) 04 - 226 0218

BATU MAUNGYB Datuk Abdul Malik Abul [email protected]

(T) 04 - 626 1968(F) 04 - 626 5496

BAGAN JERMALYB Lim Hock [email protected]

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BATU LANCHANGYB Law Heng [email protected]

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PADANG LALANGYB Chong [email protected]

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DATO KERAMATYB Jagdeep Singh DEO

[email protected](T) 04 - 226 2464(F) 04 - 227 2464

SEBERANG JAYAYB Dr. Af Bahardin

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BUKIT TAMBUNYB Law Choo [email protected]

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(T) 04 - 594 1163(F) 04 - 594 3163

PENGKALAN KOTAYB Lau Keng [email protected]

(T) 04 - 250 1521 04 - 250 1522(F) 04 - 250 1523

BAGAN DALAMYB Tanasekharan a/l [email protected]

(T) 04 - 323 5870(F) 04 - 323 5870

KEBUN BUNGAYB Cheah Kah [email protected]

(T) 04 - 826 5451(F) 04 - 826 5451

SUNGAI BAKAPYB Hj. Maktar Hj. [email protected]

(T) 04 - 582 7549(F) 04 - 582 8648

KOMTARYB Teh Lai [email protected]

(T) 04 - 227 7068(F) 04 - 227 7068

PAYA TERUBONGYB Yeoh Soo [email protected]

(T) 04 - 827 8868

PULAU TIKUSYB Yap Soo [email protected]

(T) 04 - 226 5217(F) 04 - 227 5217

PERMATANG PASIRYB Datuk Hj. Mohd. Salleh [email protected]

(T) 04 - 398 4226(F) 04 - 398 4226

BUKIT TENGAH

YB Ong Chin [email protected] (T) 04 - 508 3977(F) 04 - 508 3677

PENANTIYB Dr. Norlela [email protected]

(T) 04 - 538 2871(F) 04 - 538 4871

SUNGAI PINANGYB Lim Siew [email protected]

(T) 04 - 282 6630

BATU UBANYB Dr. T. [email protected]

(T) 04 - 656 2605(F) 04 - 656 0699

SERI DELIMAYB Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer a/l Rajaji


DAP PENANG [email protected]

(T) 04 - 228 8482(F) 04 - 228 8514

PAS PENANG HQ (T) 04 - 575 5584

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PENAGAYB Mohd. Zain Ahmad (T) 04 - 351 5825

BERTAMYB Shariful Azhar Othman (T) 012 - 411 4690

(F) 04 - 575 8670

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(F) 04 - 397 3555

PERMATANG BERANGANYB Omar Abd. Hamid (T) 04-573 4630

(F) 04-573 4630

SUNGAI DUAYB Muhamad Yusoff Mohd. Noor (T) 04 - 575 7454

TELOK AIR TAWARYB Datuk Jahara Hamid


SUNGAI ACHEHYB Datuk Mahmud [email protected]

(T) 04 - 593 3100(F) 04 - 593 9529

BAYAN LEPASYB Nordin Ahmad Sedang dikemaskini

PULAU BETONGYB Muhamad Farid Saad (T) 04 - 866 4202

(F) 04 - 866 4202

TELUK BAHANGYB Shah Haedan Ayoob (T) 04 - 866 1760

(F) 04 - 866 1821

POLIS & AMBULANS 999BOMBA 994DIREKTORI TELEFON 103OPERATOR ANTARABANGSA 101PENYELAMAT 991

BIRO PENGADUAN AWAM 04-263 6893

SEKRETARIAT KERAJAAN 04-262 1957

NEGERI

KASTAM 04-262 2300

IMIGRESEN 04-250 3419

WCC (Womens Centre for Change) 04-228 0342

Pusat Perkhidmatan Wanita (Seberang)04-398 8340

EPF 04-226 1000

SOCSO 04-238 9888

JPJ 04-656 4131 04-398 8809JABATAN PENDAFTARAN 04-226 5161

PENANG GLOBAL TOURISM (PGT) 04-263 1166TOURISM MALAYSIA 04-261 0058KERETAPI BUKIT BENDERA 04-828 8880FERI (GEORGETOWN) 04-210 2363 ( BUTTERWORTH) 04-310 2377JAMBATAN PP 04-398 7419STESEN KERETAPI BUTTERWORTH 04-261 0290

PERSATUAN PERLINDUNGAN 04-829 4046KANAK-KANAKCAP 04-829 9511BEFRIENDERS PENANG 04-281 5161 04-281 1108PERPUSTAKAAN PP 04-229 8555

N1 Penaga : 011-1060 8823 - ShukriN2 Bertam : 019 - 593 3736 - FatimahN3 Pinang : 017 - 424 9371 - Tasrin TunggalN4 Permatang : 019 - 556 4664 - R.M. Reza BeranganN5 Sungai Dua : 013 - 595 6865 - Rosli ManN6 Telok Air : 013 - 598 1435 - Raudzey Razali

TawarN7 Sungai Puyu : 012 - 480 5495 - Mr.LeeN8 Bagan : 013 - 449 0366 - Yeap Choon

Jermal KeongN9 Bagan : 016 - 473 1963 - Gesan

DalamN10 Seberang : 04 - 390 5109 - Nor Hayati

Jaya Mohd. IskanderN11 Permatang : 019 - 412 8442 - Kamal

Pasir 013 - 595 6865 - RosliN12 Penanti : 04 - 538 2871 - Tira

04 - 538 3871N13 Berapit : 016 - 401 3507 - Mr.Lim 017 - 446 1817 - Yeoh Ee YeeN14 Machang : 012 - 474 0964 - Andrew Chin

Bubuk 012 - 473 0964 - IkhwanN15 Padang : 017 - 552 8928 - Chan

Lalang 014 - 945 9786 - LaiN16 Perai : 04 - 399 6689 - SelviN17 Bukit : 013 - 518 8735 - Lim Tuan Chun TengahN18 Bukit Tambun : 016 - 404 9120 - G.Dumany 017 - 378 4448 - KhorN19 Jawi : 017 - 408 4784 - Abdul Halim 012 - 456 5018 - Mr. KhorN20 Sungai : 019 - 552 8689 - Norjuliana

Bakap 012 - 542 4454 - HasbullahN21 Sungai : 010 - 929 6603 - Ariff Baseri AchehN22 Tanjong : 012 - 465 0021 - Tina

Bungah 011 - 12441069 - HezreenN23 Air Putih : 04 - 829 0614 - Hong Kian

BengN24 Kebun : 012 - 493 3342 - Cheng Kok Bunga EongN25 Pulau Tikus : 017 - 956 3237 - QuahN26 Padang Kota : 012 - 431 7015 - Johnny

CheeN27 Pengkalan : 012 - 401 1522 - Chng Chin Kota KeatN28 KOMTAR : 012 - 423 3227 - Benji Ang

010 - 811 7300 - RazinN29 Datok : 017 - 480 7417 - Varinder Keramat 04 - 226 2464 - KalvinderN30 Sungai : 04 - 282 6630 - Shuen PinangN31 Batu : 04 - 282 6419 - Karuna

LancangN32 Seri Delima : 019 - 4474362 Mahen

012 - 5242549 JamesN33 Air Itam : 012 - 4730736 - Anne016 - 4940705 - Janet

N34 Paya : 012 - 484 1963 - Toon HoonTerubong Lee

016 - 205 1185 - Frankie KeN35 Batu Uban : 016 - 480 0232 - Jalal

016 - 487 8602 - Khairul 016 - 444 3550 - SathyaN36 Pantai : 04 - 646 4700 - Aliff /

Jerejak ShamsudinN37 Batu : 019 - 498 1096 - Amirulzam Maung 016 - 428 6158 - Danny HoN38 Bayan : 016 - 599 2918 - Saifullizan LepasN39 Pulau : 012 - 422 4935 - Zulkifee

BetongN40 Telok : 017-413 5695 - Johan Abu

Bahang Bakar

PROGRAM PENGHARGAAN WARGA EMAS/OKU/IBU TUNGGAL/

PROGRAM ANAK EMAS/ PROGRAM RAKAN ANTI KEMISKINAN/ PROGRAM PELAJAR EMAS

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BULETIN MUTIARA

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Phone : 04-650 5468 I Fax : 04-261 5923Email: [email protected]

Keep yourself updated through SMS blast,Type ADD MEand send to 010 333 1758

EDITORIAL

EditorChan Lilian (English)

Tam Poh Guek (Chinese)G.Revatic (Tamil)

WriterDanny Ooi (English)

Nazleen Najeeb (English)Shum Jian Wei (Chinese)

Chris Koay (Chinese)J. Patmavathy(Tamil)

Photographers :Chan Lilian, Law Suun Ting,

Alissala Thian, Ahmad Adil Muhamad andMark James

Graphic Designers :Idzham Ahmad and Loo Mei Fern

PROGRAM JENDELA

PELANGGAN

MAJLIS PERBANDARAN

PULAU PINANG

BAGI TAHUN 2015

Adalah dimaklumkan bahawa program bertem

orang ramai (Jendela Pelanggan), Maj

Perbandaran Pulau Pinang akan diadaka

pada hari Jumaat minggu ketiga setiap bula

di Paras 4, KOMTAR, Pulau Pinang mulai ja

3.00 petang hingga 5.00 petang.

2. Sehubungan itu, kerjasama tuan dimin

untuk memasukkan jadual program terseb

bagi tarikh seterusnya hingga akhir tahun

dalam ruangan Dairi Hari ini dalam akhbar tua

mengikut tarikh-tarikh seperti berikut :-

3. Program ini terbuka kepada oran

ramai yang ingin membuat aduan, membe

pandangan atau cadangan yang melibatka

perkhidmatan di bawah pentadbiran MajPerbandaran Pulau Pinang.

Sekian, dimaklumkan.

Dikeluarkan oleh :

Bahagian Perhubungan Awam

Jabatan Korporat

Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang

Bertarikh : 05 Januari 2015

Bil Bulan Tarikh

1. Januari 16.01.2015

2. Februari 13.02.2015

3. Mac 20.03.2015

4. April 17.04.2015

5. Mei 15.05.2015

6. Jun 19.06.2015

7. Julai 10.07.2015

8. Ogos 21.08.2015

9. September 18.09.2015

10. Oktober 16.10.2015

11. November 20.11.2015

12. Disember 18.12.2015

Nama Telefon

MPSP 04 - 549 7555

David Marshel a/l

Pakianathan

019- 412 3397

Hng Mooi Lye 012 - 425 2602

Loh Joo Huat 012- 422 1133

Mohamad Shaipol

Ismail

019 - 414 6079

Satees A/l Muniandy 016 - 438 4767

Siti Nur Shazreen

Mohd. Jilani

019 - 411 8343

Tan Chee Teong 012 - 401 7718

Tan Cheong Heng 012- 487 3101

Tan Chong Hee 019 -411 5598

Tiagarajen A/L

Annamalai

010- 387 9305

Ong Eu Leong 010 -770 0508

Ho Leng Hong 017 - 487 2767

Shafqah Shobha

Abdullah

016- 496 1659

Mohd. Rizal Abd.

Hamid

012 - 424 3878

Rajasegar a/l

Govindasamy

019- 411 7051

Zulkii Ibrahim 018 - 576 1622

Zaini Awang 019- 546 3115

019 - 493 6161

Amir Md. Ghazali 013 - 584 8386

Mohd. Sharmizan

Mohamad Nor

011- 1110 6456

Omar Hassan 019 - 571 8031

Dahalan Fazil 019 - 727 4388

Dr. Tiun Ling Ta 04 -508 0039 (Tel)

04 - 657 0918 (Fax)

Ahmad Tarmizi

Abdullah

013 - 414 4822

Wong Chee Keet 012 - 451 1312

SENARAI NAMA AHLI MAJLISMPSP 2015

Nama Telefon

MPPP 04 - 259 2020

Goh Choon Keong 019 - 471 7931

Gooi Seong Kin 016 - 457 1271

Harvindar a/l Darshan

Singh

012 - 428 2250

Joseph Ng Soon Siang 012 - 423 9143

Sukumar a/l Subramaniam 019 - 442 2113

Lee Chun Kit 012 - 519 2152

Ong Ah Teong 012- 410 6566

Syerleena Abdul Rashid 019- 225 6502

Tan Hooi Peng 012 - 498 6212

Tan Kim Hooi 016 - 438 7855

Francis a/l Joseph 012 - 474 3321

Nur Zarina Zakaria 011 - 1578 5098

Lim Boon Beng 012 - 564 4400

Ahmad Azrizal Tahir 012 - 498 4556

Kumaresan a/l Arumugam 014 - 945 9621

Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan

Chik

019 - 470 8811

Felix Ooi Keat Hin 016-417 1331

Tan Chiew Choon 019 - 470 4499

Yacoob Omar 013 - 420 3611

Mhd. Nasir Yahya 012 - 402 6739

Dr. Lim Mah Hui 012 - 422 1880

Eric Lim Seng Keat 016 - 414 3428

Shaari Md. Salleh 013 - 788 7786

Mohamed Yusoff

Mohamed Noor

012 - 472 8114

SENARAI NAMA AHLI MAJLISMPPP 2015


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Pix byAhmad Adil Muhamad

DOING three states on a bicycle may soundchallenging to many but not the 1,907 cyclistswho took the challenge.

Covering Penang, Kedah and Perak, thecyclists covered 128km starting and ending atJuru Auto City.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng flagged offthe cyclists at the break of dawn on Jan 4.

Also at the event were Batu Kawan MP

Kashturi Patto, Bukit Tengah assemblymemberOng Chin Wen, Seberang Perai MunicipalCouncil chief Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharifand Datuk Alex Ooi, chief executive officer of

Ideal Property, title sponsor of CFAL TriState.A total of 1,282 Penangites registered for

the inaugural TriState event, followed by Kedah 185,Perak 161, Selangor 128, Kuala Lumpur 87 and 20

from overseas.Today we mark a historical day by making the

mainland Seberang version of CFAL a reality, Lim

said in his speech.This is not a race, please ride safely on the ro

he added.

Tristate

cycling

Some of the cyclists raring to go.


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Story by Hoo Huey Ching

A Junior Green Camp was held on December 18,2014 (Thursday) specially formulated to educatechildren aged 5-6 years old about the importanceof environmental conservation. This camp was

joi ntl y org ani zed by Penang Green Cou nci l(PGC) and Institute For Research In MolecularMedicine (INFORMM) and Division of Industryand Community Network (BJIM) UniversitiSains Malaysia, Penang. A total of 40 children

from Melody Kindyland, Sg Ara accompanied

by 6 kindergarten teachers attended this campthat took place at INFORMM, USM.Similar to previous green camps, this Junior

Green Camp has been designed so that children

can learn and play at the same time. The maintopics covered include waste separation at source,3R concept, composting and saving water andenergy resources. Exposure given to children atpre-school age is important because good habitssuch as recycling, waste reduction and so on must

be nurtured from a young age. Apart from that,it is hoped that the take-home environmentalmessage from the participants to their parentswould help to start their green practices at home.

This program had also provided an opportu-

nity for academicand non-academic

s taff from IN-FORMM, USM toget on the ground

to serve the com-munity and soci-ety. They wereexposed to the im-portance of envi-

ronmental conser-vation and envi-ronmental educa-tion to the young-er generation.

Environmental conservation

begins at young age

WANT to look awless in

your make-up?

Well, you can earn aliving with it too.

Recently a total of 12participants from TanjungBunga area managed toobtain a Certicate of Ac-creditation in Makeup &Hairstyling (Advanced)after attending a courseorganised by Women Bri-

gade, Community Devel-opment and Security Com-

mittee (JKKK) SungaiEmas and Tanjung Bunga assembly-member Teh Yee Cheu.

The fully sponsored beauty courseheld for four days was conducted byOffice Cosmetics, Nailah Enter-prises face artist Nur Azlyanna D.Cornelies at a meeting room above

Tanjung Bunga market.We aim to help the local com-

munity, especially single mothers andfull-time housewives, to supplementtheir incomes as well as boost theircondence and skills, said Teh on

Dec 28, the last day of the course.Participants were taught abo

make-up products range and toomethods to apply make-up on varioskin types and also stylish hairdincluding wearing modern scarvetudung.

Nur Azlyanna said she was ecited to hold the course as it couwiden the womens opportunities earn a living especially in creativskills and not to mention a chann

for self-improvement.

Make-up course for home-makers

Nur Azlyanna in action at the beauty course


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Story byChan Lilian


GET a licence for your dogs or risk being finedRM250.

Thats the message in the awareness cam-paign launched by the Penang Island Munici-

pal Council (MPPP) on Dec 22.Led by its director of Health, Dr. Judy

Shoba, and councillor Sukumar Subramaniam,MPPP distributed leaflets to residents in AirItam advising them to apply for a dog licence

which costs RM10 per year.

The licence can be applied at the MPPPoffice in Beach Street.Only 30% of dog owners on the island

have applied for a dog licence. We wish to let

the public know that under the council by-law

(Dogs) 1977 dog owners are required to applyfor a licence or face gett ing fined. At the sametime, if dogs are found without licence, thenMPPP may capture them when they are onrounds to monitor stray dogs, Sukumar said.

The leaflet also provided information on

dog breeds like Rottweiler, German Shepherd,Doberman, Bullmastiff, Bull Terrier andPerro De Presa Canario where owners arerequired to obtain special permits from MPPPand the Veterinary Services Department as

they are categorised as restricted dogs.

Meanwhile, Pit Bull Terrier, AmericanBulldog, Neopolitan Mastiff, Japanese Tosa,Akita, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brazillieroare prohibited in Malaysia.

Awareness campaign

for dog owners

Sukumar distributing leaflets at a housing area in Air Itam.


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Story by Nazleen Najeeb


THE state government will provide adedicated bus lane if there are 800

RapidPenang buses operating on theroad daily.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng saidthis in his speech when he launched thenewly-built Terminal B RapidPenang

on Dec 16 at Weld Quay.RapidPenang has promised to pro-

vide an efficient bus transportationsystem and currently operates 242buses daily.

That gure does not include the free

services Bridge Express Shuttle Transit(BEST) between Seberang Perai andBayan Baru by 17 buses and ve free

Central Area Transit (CAT) busesaround the George Town Unesco World

Heritage Site.Penang still awaits the 200 buses as

promised to top up the 300 existing onesmade in 2010 in the presentation of theBudget by Prime Minister Datuk Seri

Najib Razak.Do not disappoint the people of

Penang, Lim, who is also Air Putihassemblymember, said.He hoped the federal government can

deliver on its promise as soon as pos-sible.

Earlier, Major (R) Mohd. ShukriAbdul Rahman, RapidPenang chiefoperating ofcer, praised the state gov-

ernment for the cooperation shownsince the project began in 2013.

I would also like to express mygratitude to the state government for theassistance given until the project was

completed, said Mohd. Shukri.

Terminal B Rapid Penang measuring3,515 sq metres was developed on landleased by Chief Minister Incorporated

(CMI) to the National InfrastructureCompany Berhad.

The terminal can accommodate 12buses in operation at any one time.

Operations commenced on Dec 17.Also present at the launch were exco

for Local Government, Trafc Manage-ment and Flood Mitigation Chow KonYeow, Komtar assemblymember Teh

Lai Heng, Penang Island MunicipalCouncil (MPPP) president Datuk Pata-

hiyah Ismail and some other MPPPcouncil members.

Dedicated bus lane if target met

Lim (fourth from right) and the team giving the thumbs-up after launching thenewly-built terminal.

Tan Kiah ThTF Land Sdn BhdLevel 15, Unit H, Wisma Boon SiewNo.1 Penang Road10000 Pulau PinangNo. Tel : 04-5512635 / 2622858No. Fax : 04-5512616

Di Atas Lot 15624-15632,15633-15642,Mukim 15, Jalan Machang BubukSeberang Perai TengahPulau Pinang.

Taman MachangBubuk

Rumah Kedai3 Tingkat

RM522,000.00 -RM589,500.00

RM495,900.00 -RM563,400.00

63.

-DSG Development Sdn BhdNo. 1 & 3, Jalan Maju JayaPusat Perniagaan Maju Jaya14000 Bukit MertajamNo. Tel : 04-5403899No. Fax : 04-5403895

Di Atas Lot 1956,1958,1959,1962,1964,1966 & 1968, Mukim 7Seberang Perai TengahPulau Pinang.

Bandar PerdaShop House

Kedai Pejabat3 Tingkat

RM888,600.00 RM843,000.00 14.

-Zuwen Bina Sdn Bhd86, 2nd Floor, Lorong Kota Permai 11Taman Kota Permai14000 Bukit MertajamNo. Tel : 04-5021172No. Fax : 04-5021171

Di Atas Lot 1957,1960,1961,1963,1965 &1967, Mukim 7, Jalan Perda SelatanSeberang Perai TengahPulau Pinang.

Bandar PerdaShop House

Kedai Pejabat3 Tingkat

RM888,600.00 RM843,000.00 25.

Jolyn TunTropical Diamond Dev. Sdn BhdNo.1 Jalan Maju JayaPusat Perniagaan Maju Jaya14000 Bukit MertajamNo. Tel : 04-5403891No. Fax : 04-5403895

Di Atas Lot 1751, Mukim 14,Lorong Industri Ringan PermatangTinggi 9,10 & 11Seberang Perai TengahPulau Pinang.

Taman IndustriRingan Permatang

Tinggi 1

Kilang PerindustrianRingan Sesebuah2 Tingkat

Kilang PerindustrianRingan Berkembar2 Tingkat

RM2,098,000.00 -RM2,218,000.00

RM1,588,000.00 -RM1,928,000.00

RM1,993,100.00 -RM2,107,100.00

RM1,508,600.00 -RM1,831,600.00

2

2

6.

Chow Chai COriental Megatop Sdn. Bhd.1797-1-8A, Kompleks Auto WorldJalan Perusahaan Juru Interchange13600 PeraiNo. Tel : 04-5078980/1No. Fax : 04-5075980

Di Atas Lot 733, Mukim 13,Seberang Perai TengahPulau Pinang.

Taman SeriJuru

Rumah Teres2 Tingkat

RM407,600.00 -RM520,980.00

RM387,220.00 -RM494,931.00

277.

Tsang Wai Vista Riviera Sdn. Bhd.E10-25 Menara MelawangiPusat Perdagangan AmcorpNo.18 Jalan Persiaran Barat46050 Petaling JayaSelangorNo. Tel : 04-3516698No. Fax : 04-3516697

Di Atas Lot 390,1193,1326, Mukim 7,Seberang Perai UtaraPulau Pinang.

Taman Nakhoda Rumah Sesebuah

Rumah Berkembar

Rumah Teres

RM758,080.00 -RM847,000.00

RM965,000.00 -RM984,680.00

RM528,000.00 -RM555,000.00

RM720,176.00 -RM804,650,00

RM916,750.00 -RM935,446.00

RM501,600.00 -RM527,250.00

2

1

10

1.

Tan Kiah ThTF Land Sdn BhdLevel 15, Unit H, Wisma Boon SiewNo.1 Penang Road10000 Pulau PinangNo. Tel : 04-5512635 / 2622858No. Fax : 04-5512616

Di Atas Lot 16750-16814, Mukim 15Jalan Machang BubukSeberang Perai TengahPulau Pinang.

Taman MachangBubuk



RM450,000.00 -RM689,219.00

RM522,000.00 -RM625,334.00

RM427,500.00 -RM666,719.00

RM495,900.00 -RM599,234.00

8

11

2.

BAHAGIAN PERUMAHAN, PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI PULAU PINANG.

SENARAI LOT-LOT BUMIPUTERA UNTUK DIJUAL

BIL NAMA PEMAJU LOKASI NAMA PROJEK JENIS PEMAJUAN HARGA SEUNIT

HARGA

SELEPAS

POTONGAN 5%

BAKI UNIT

KUOTA

BUMIPUTERA

PEGAW

PERHUBUN

A LANDSLIDEthat damaged theroad used by agroup of res i -

dents to accesstheir houses onBukit Kukus wasrepaired after de-veloper PLB Ber-

had contributedR M 9 0 , 0 0 0 t obuild an alterna-tive route.

PLB Group

Executive Chair-

man Datuk SeriOng Choo Hoon,together with oth-er senior repre-

s e n t a t i v e s o fPLB, were inKomtar with the residents on Nov 20to hand over the balance RM54,000.PLB had earlier given RM36,000 to

the residents for them to build theroad. Representing the ve families

staying on the hill was Chin LeongKong, 49, who is a durian plantationowner.

My family has been staying therefor ve generations and we have our

durian plantations there. On Sept 9,

a landslide occurred and the accessroad was blocked. We had to use amuch longer and difcult path and

we are grateful that another route is

now made available for us, Chsaid.

Witnessing the handing over of th

cheque were political secretary to thChief Minister, Wong Hon Wai, whis also assemblymember for Air ItamPaya Terubong assemblymembeYeoh Soon Hin and Penang Islan

Municipal Council (MPPP) Engineeing Department director AddnaMohd. Razali.

Wong said the money is not a formof compensation but a contributio

to the residents as the route sits oPLB land.

Alternative route for Bukit Kukus folk

Chin (left) receiving the mock cheque of RM54,000 froOng (right) as Wong (second from left) and Yeoh look o


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Story & pix by Danny Ooi

YOU dont have to go to Hawaii totaste delicious Hawaiian food!

Just head on to Golden Sands

Sigis Bar & Grill in Batu Ferringhifor the Hawaiian buffet dinner.

Some hundreds of guests whoturned up for the Hawaiian BuffetNight, themed Hawaii 5O

(named after the popular TV series)last Nov 29, were served an inter-

national buffet with Hawaiian de-lights including live cooking sta-tions and entertainment by hula

dancers and a live band.The Hawaiian Buffet Dinner is

an annual Signature Sigis Bar andGrill event.

They also took part in the hulahoop and limbo rock competitions.

The main dishes were grilled sh

with pineapple and Waikiki Barbe-cued Chicken.

Completing these were notabledishes such as Hawaiian Chicken

Lanai Chunks with pineapple, Ha-waiian Saiman Soup and Shrimp

Ono Nui.

The Waikiki BBQ ChickenLomi Lomi Saimin Soup usethentic ingredients with recresearched online by execu

chief, Adrian Lim.Lim said the dishes follo

Hawaiian recipes which are a bof East and West.

Guests started off with delic

appetisers like sweet and sour mballs, coleslaw, tomato, cucumcarrots, mixed green lettuce

pineapple boats and dip and llomi salmon.

Desserts included, among otCoconut Mango CheesecakeCocount Caramel.

For soup lovers, there wasHawaiian Saimin soup and oth

The Hawaiian Buffet Ncomes with vibrant rhythms,ours and avours from the Pol

sian paradise.The buffet is priced at RM15

for adults and RM77++ for dren.

For more information con04-8861852 or email sigis.g

shangri-la.com

ItsHawaii5-Onight

Guests helping themselves to the buffet spread.

Waiki BBQ Chicken.


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AT the stroke of midnight onJan 1, seven vehicles carrying

approximately 15 tonnes ofhumanitarian aid relief goodsleft the Seberang Perai Mu-nicipal Council (MPSP) forflood struck areas Bachok,

Kuala Krai and Tumpat inKelantan.

The focus of the humanitar-ian aid mission is to bringemergency items such as ready-

to-eat food, clean drinking

water, diapers, school uni-forms, towels, pillows andtoiletries, said MPSP coun-cilor Zulkifli Ibrahim.

All the items here werecontributions from churches,mosques, temples and otherplaces of worship worth aboutRM100,000. We have packed

and labelled each and everyitem into 500 boxes, saidZulkifli who was also the reliefcoordinator.

Also present to lend his sup-

port and coordinate with hisKelantan counterpartwas PAS deputy

president and a mem-ber of the board ofdirectors of the Pen-

ang Water SupplyC o r p o r a t i o n(PBAPP), MohamadSabu.

The effort saw 15

councillors, repre-sentatives from thecouncils Social Wel-fare and Sports Club(Pesuka) and 60 non-

governmental organ-isations in the districttaking part.

Among the NGOswhich volunteered

for

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