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Mukhriz welcomes new ideas

PROGRESSIVE LEADER: Menteri Besar urges civil servants to help improve the state machinery’s delivery system

Symbols of abundance and affluence

SEA OF PROSPERITY: Nancy Lua Ching Sing chooses to paint carps because they represent grace, strength and good fortune

FOOTBALL: Kings of Penang

BOYS’ UNDER-18 FINAL: Mutiara Impian are champions

Award-winning varsity buildings

MASTERPIECE: The firm that designed Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s campus buildings wins a PAM gold award

'Star' chefs to battle it out

GEORGE TOWN: Up-and-coming young chefs are all geared up to whip up a culinary storm at the 14th Battle of The Chefs from June 12 to 14 at the Straits Quay convention centre here.

Better days ahead for university

MISSION: Newly appointed exco’s top priority is to clean up ‘the mess’ at Kolej Universiti Insaniah

Ipoh police told to aim for greater excellence

IPOH: City police are urged to work harder to ensure that the police district will come out tops in the country.

Fathers Day getaway

RELAXING: The retreat is having a special promotion for men offering spa treatments and facials

Nasi kandar offerings

TAIPING: Those who enjoy good food should stop by the Pelita restaurant located in the Taiping Sentral shopping mall.

Hot mamas win the day

THESE MOTHERS’ DAY: Voon Li Fong and Salimi Morah Ali are named the two most beautiful mothers of the year in the ‘Mom on Parade’ beauty pageant

BIG TURNOUT AT ANNUAL BALL

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Malaysian German Society celebrated its annual Sommernachtsball at a city hotel recently.

Schoolchildren exposed to bad side of Internet

SOME 15 years ago, a student wrote a letter to a Malay newspaper concerning his worries about juveniles misbehaving and bullying inside and outside school grounds.

GENTING HIGHLANDS: Chin Swee Caves Temple has organised a series of fun-filled activities in conjunction with the Dumpling Festival which is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.

New traffic lights at Menara KWSP

BENEFIT: Facility allows office workers, students of the soon-to-open Sekolah Agama Perempuan Al-Mashoor to cross safely

CEO post for MB’s former secretary

HIGHER LEVEL: Datuk Ismail Saffian vows to take Yayasan Bina Upaya to new heights as the state charity body’s new chief executive officer

Works Dept called to explain new, leaking pipes

GEORGE TOWN: The Works Department has been asked to explain why the sewer and water pipes at the Rifle Range Flats, here, are still leaking after they had been replaced.

Zambry hosts 'thank you' dinner for media

IPOH: Some 100 media members attended a dinner reception hosted by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir at his official residence, here, recently.

Fowl smell ruffles feathers

GROWING PAIN: Taman Rishah folk nauseated by stench from fertiliser factory

Floods the bane of Kg Piandang

BATU GAJAH: RESIDENTS of Kampung Piandang here are in dire need of a flood mitigation plan after their houses and belongings were damaged in the worst flood incident recently.

Have standard spelling of road names in Penang

THE different spellings on road signages in Penang for the same location have long irked many quarters.