Manure said to cut costs and increase fruit yield up to five times
Furniture makers in Muar are at their wit’s end in dealing with labour shortage
SEGAMAT: Several welfare officers from the Segamat Welfare Office are in trouble as their names are being used to con senior citizens and the physically-challenged who have applied for government housing schemes.
JOHOR BARU: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Skudai achieved its target of having 50 per cent of its total enrolment made up of post-graduate students.
The festive celebration continues at the private school with pupils and families enjoying themselves
Pulai Springs Resort is offering special food promotions next month
HUNZA Properties Bhd's latest prestigious project, Gurney Paragon Mall, has launched the centrepiece of its development called St Jo's.
PAINTER, lecturer and founder and president of Watercolour Society of Malaysia, Tew Nai Tong is showing his artworks in an exhibition titled "A Golden Era" at KL Lifestyle Art Space at Jalan Maarof in Bangsar, here.
PETALING JAYA: Pangkor Island Beach Resort donated 160kg of rice and served lunch to the boys of Agathians Shelter Petaling Jaya during Chinese New Year recently.
GIVEN a chance anyone can make changes. Those are my thoughts on the garbage issue in Selangor.
THE Senior Citizens Association Cheras is upset over a clogged drain in Taman Cuepacs.
A MALE 155-year-old crocodile weighing 600kg is among the main attractions at Taman Buaya Teluk Sengat, near Kota Tinggi.
KUALA LUMPUR: Radio station hitz.fm is holding its "Birthday Invasion Party" at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil at 4.40pm on Saturday.
PETALING JAYA: It was a memorable occasion for Aileen Gabriella Robinson when she became the first local ever to win an international-level pageant at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa.
KUALA LUMPUR: Zaiton Othman was awarded the International Olympics Council (IOC) Women and Sports award for Asia at the 5th World Conference on Women and Sport in Los Angeles, recently.
MORE than 30 ships were inspected during the Southeast Asia Flags of Convenience campaign (FOC) conducted by port-based trade unions here and Penang on behalf of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF).
OF late there have been many grouses raised by residents of Ipoh over the lackadaisical attitude of the Ipoh City Hall.
MORE than 1,000 visitors witnessed the launch of the much-awaited Visit Perak Year 2012 (VPY 2012) campaign held at Dataran Ipoh here recently.
THE Combined Old Boys Rugby Association's (Cobra) efforts to develop local talent showed no signs of slowing down as they welcomed 20 new players for a three-month training stint at their club grounds recently.
THE "Healthy Inside, Beauty Outside" (Hibo) event organised by the BP Healthcare Group Of Companies was a hit with visitors, guests and business partners.
IT was an eerie and gory sight. The "War is Crime" exhibition, launched at the History, Ethnography, and Literature Museum Stadhuys, provided a morbid encounter with horror to visitors.
GEORGE TOWN: Tune Hotels continues its winning streak in the Year of the Dragon by earning recognitions for hotels in Penang, Hat Yai, Thailand, and Bali, Indonesia.
RESIDENTS' associations and non-governmental organisations (NGO) in the city learnt about the River of Life (ROL) project and shared their views of the project, which was launched last year, at a seminar organised by City Hall recently.
THE Seremban Municipal field, opposite the Town Council building, is a popular venue for events and functions such as jogathons, marathons, state dinners, expositions and other state-related affairs.
THE arch, located just 5km from the Ayer Keroh Toll Plaza, welcomes visitors to the world heritage city of Malacca.
KUALA LUMPUR: Glitters, illusions, levitations and card tricks await audience as 13 of the world's top magicians dish out their performances at the Magical 1Malaysia Festival next month.
CITY Hall will soon be looking into revamping its food courts in the city. Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin said if the food courts are rundown and unpopular with the masses, City Hall may shut down these outlets and find other venues to set up new ones.
AN ex-colleague of mine came to Ipoh last week and we had lunch at a restaurant popular for its Malay cuisine.
EVERY state will soon be equipped with a Hazmat truck. Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Wan Mohd Nor Ibrahim said this was because of the rising number of accidents involving hazardous materials and chemicals in the country last year.
THE Lions Club of Perak Silver State (LCPSS) members donated a LCD television to Hospital Raja Permaisuiri Bainun's Pathology Department here recently.
PRAI: Pensonic Holdings Bhd threw a grand dinner at Hotel Ixora here recently to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the company's 30th anniversary, as well as pay tribute to its 500 staff.
Sales to continue even after some 7,000 tickets for theme park access till the end of 2013 have been sold
Three crocodiles at the Teluk Sengat Crocodile Farm with birth defects are given proper care by their keeper
BATU PAHAT: The presence of about 10 trawlers trespassing in the waters of Senggarang and Rengit over the last two years is threatening the livelihood of about 1,000 traditional fishermen in Batu Pahat.
JOHOR BARU: SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd has taken measures to ensure that the acute gastroenteritis (AGE) disease, which has been spreading in Perak, will not affect the people in Johor.
Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman to visit the people for swift resolution to their problems
JOHOR BARU: Tan Song Peng, 52, of Lions Club (LC) Kota Tinggi was the grand prize winner of the inaugural Inter-Lions Clubs karaoke competition held in Johor Baru recently.
PONTIAN: Residents of several villages in Pontian joined the authorities in a clean-up of the area at the road junction connecting Kampung Tenggayun, Kampung Sungai Bunyi, Kampung Rimba Terjun and Taman Nilam.
At the charming 1968 Bistro Cafe, diners will feel they are in an exciting time warp with all the nostalgia around
Pupils from Stamford American International School in Singapore and their counterparts from SK Sri Pulai Perdana learn about each other through fun activities
MY last memory of the Chingay parade in Johor Baru was when I was watching it as a young boy with my parents in the early 1980s near the current Prisons Department at the junction of Jalan Yahya Awal and Jalan Gertak Merah.
HOW would you feel if you receive a batu lesung (stone mortar) in your mail after you have paid RM2,000 for the latest smartphone at an online Internet portal?
Inconsiderate motorists parking where they please throw neighbourhood into chaos
Suites are designed to give unobstructed view of the sea and Gurney Drive
THE presence of a large population of monkeys in Lembah Kiara Park at Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) is worrying some park-goers who come there with their children. A large container was placed there last December to capture these primates for relocation.
AT 22, when other young men his age are either thinking of pursuing post-graduate studies or going abroad to seek their fortunes, Ashok has more or less decided that he would follow in his father's footsteps.
IN view of the increasing number of dengue cases in the city, the Rotary Club of Seremban (RCS), City Hall Health and Environmental Department and Federal Territory Health Department organised a gotong-royong programme at Taman Gembira in Kuchai Lama here.
UCSI University and Embassy of Uzbekistan hosted a Republic of Uzbekistan-Malaysia Exchange programme to foster ties between institutions of higher learning of the two countries.
SUBANG JAYA: About 1,000 guests attended the National Heart Institute (IJN) Foundation's "A night of a thousand hearts" charity dinner recently.
OCBC fetes its customers to a display of haute couture and fashionable collection of gems
PUTRAJAYA: A 30-year-old employee of Putrajaya Corporation Park and Landscape Department won an early "wedding present" after he caught a 7.5kg Temoleh fish at the Putrajaya Fishing Competition 2012 held in conjunction with the Federal Territories Day here on Sunday.
At the charming 1968 Bistro Cafe, diners will feel they are in an exciting time warp with all the nostalgia around
THEY were invited and came from various homes, organisations and schools in the Pahang area to Resorts World Genting to celebrate the annual Chinese New Year Children's Party.
THE Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) is gathering complaints from the public which will be channelled to the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar.
KULIM: About 500 people from several villages in Sungai Kob marched for nearly one kilometre to voice their protest against the proposal to build a private memorial park on a 76.4ha plot of land in Karangan here.
PETALING JAYA: Love was in the air at the Curve recently with the Lovie Dovie Valentine's contest.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU) is set to conduct a national grassroots rugby development clinic tour for schoolchildren and teachers starting in April.
FOR someone who hates to cook, Shoba Raman has come a long way.
More than 800 compete in King Edward VII Taiping’s annual meet
WHAT'S in store for KUL Sign Festival 2012? Will it be bigger and more exciting?
THE Japanese government has extended its grant assistance totalling RM266,428 to Alumni Look East Policy Society (Aleps), Malaysian CARE, Negri Sembilan Family Planning Association and PT Foundation.
Thousands enjoy the Chap Goh Meh celebration at Setia Pearl Island in Bayan Lepas
I WOULD like to commend the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) workers for their splendid job of cleaning up Penang Street after the recent Thaipusam festival.
SEREMBAN: The state government has approved a RM2 million allocation to upgrade Jalan Temiang which has been badly damaged over the last two years.
THE Higher Education Ministry's efforts in promoting sports at the tertiary level continues as it recently launched its major sporting events for the year.
IPOH: The "longest flying dragon", mentioned in the Malaysia Book of Records, made its debut at a recent Chinese New Year celebration in a promotion by Carlsberg Malaysia.
Residents want the former Umno branch headquarters, believed to be over 50 years old, to regain its former glory
Joint effort brings down crime rate by one-third in Ipoh
FRAME-MAKING is not a trade that one hears much about. Some wonder if there is much call for it and whether it is lucrative.
MAYBANK went on the rampage as they hammered Felda United 9-0 in Bangi on Friday to go top of the Kuala Lumpur FA Premier Division as the title race enters a decisive stage.
BULGOGI Brothers, an immensely popular Korean restaurant chain, will soon be tempting the tastebuds of Malaysians with authentic Korean dishes.
KUALA LUMPUR: For the second year running, Suria KLCC held its Purple Day campaign recently aimed at raising donations for the National Autism Society of Malaysia (Nasom).
ON the third day of the Chinese New Year, I received a text message from a political party leader of the area where I live, wishing me "Gong Xi Fa Cai".
CITY Hall is fulfilling its promise to bring back the KUL Sign Festival for graffiti artists to show off their talents.
TAMAN Senai Baru here appears like it is a small town in Myanmar. The housing estate is flooded with nationals from that country.
JOHOR BARU: The MCA and Gerakan Johor Baru youth divisions recently staged a protest against the exorbitant toll rates to be imposed at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex here with the opening of the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL).
BULGOGI Brothers, an immensely popular Korean restaurant chain, will soon be tempting the tastebuds of Malaysians with authentic Korean dishes.
IPOH: Chinese New Year signifies the coming of prosperity, good luck and good fortune.
KUALA LUMPUR: Looking for something worthwhile to do this coming school holidays?
A mass wedding saw couples exchanging or renewing vows
VETERAN singer Datuk DJ Dave recently celebrated his 64th birthday in his customary way, through a charity mini concert for special children.
KUALA LUMPUR: A new Chinese reality show focusing on health and beauty will be produced by beauty product ZELL-V.
LAST year, I attended a concert at the lush lawns of Fort Canning Park in downtown Singapore.
PROPERTY developer, SP Setia Bhd, recently threw a big party to relaunch the Bukit Indah town park here.
BUSINESS operators in Jalan PJU 1A/3, Ara Damansara, are at their wits' end over indiscriminate rubbish dumping in the area.
IT is not surprising to see another tree cutting exercise carried out by the Penang Municipal Council workers, (Trees fall victim again, Streets, Feb 13).
RESTAURANT operators at the Ampang Look Out Point and Tourism Centre in Hulu Langat are worried about their future as the case of this popular attraction is expected to be heard in court today.
THE Tourism Ministry has drawn up an aggressive programme to bring in more tourists this year.
KEPONG: Residents and traders in Taman Sri Segambut and Taman Pusat Kepong have sent a petition to City Hall (DBKL) to ask for openings in the divider in Pintasan Segambut.
JOHOR BARU: A fisherman who embarked on a 60-day walk covering a distance of 2,200 kilometres to raise funds for the Yayasan Fathir Pulau Pinang arrived here recently.
IT is time the Selangor government and the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) council took serious effort to maintain and develop Kampung Baru Sungai Buloh.
WHILE many spent Feb 14 in celebratory love mood, 120 Australians who were in Johor on Valentine's Day shared their love in a different way.
IT was a Sunday and a public holiday. But for Tham Kok Cheong, it was another work day, and he was a long way from home. His lorry, filled with tools and wares, was parked across The Strand in Kota Damansara.
JOHOR BARU: More than 50 members of the media recently participated in a bowling tournament organised by the KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital.
JUST by purchasing a Canon calculator, a grandmother of six was rewarded with a Perodua Myvi 1.3L EZ worth RM47,000, recently.
JOHOR BARU: The Southern Waste Management (SWM) Environment Sdn Bhd recently distributed 1,000 garbage bins on wheels to two areas under the city's Kampung Melayu zone.
MORE Orang Asli are applying for motorcycle licences as awareness of the need to follow traffic rules and regulations grows among the community.
Enjoy a delicious midday meal amidst tranquility
KUALA LUMPUR: A recent luxury watch and jewellery exhibition culminated in an awards presentation honouring and recognising the best timepieces.
Sandbags are used to safeguard the beach from erosion
