HOLIDAY REGISTRATIONS

 It’s the school schoolidays again.

The majority of Ipoh Children work out station because there is a severe lack of good paying jobs here. During weekend public holidays and school holidays they usually return home with the whole family in tow to visit parents and grandparents which commonly results in packed coffee shops and their favorite eateries.

That was the scenario yesterday Saturday Nov 28 outside of Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant. Located  along Jalan Leong Sin Nam it is one of several Dim Sum outlets on this road which is popular with breakfast Ipohites

Knowing about this regular scenario the DAP team (Uncle Lim, legal speaker Siva, YB Kula. Thomas, Mee Meng and more) set up their voter registration kiosk immediately outside Foh San restaurant.

The response to this exercise was good with many young faces lining up and filling up registration forms.

Perak, explained YB Kula has 1.3million eligible voters. Of this number close to 500,000 are not registered despite the Election Commission having spent RM100 million on a registration exercise.Interesting data which the DAP are apparently putting to good use early to attract voter sentiment.

DAP's goal is to tap all the eligible voters though they are targeting  the youthful voters who have so far been providing support for the party. This is part of DAP's aggressive 'voter-registration-technique' a DAP in-house competition to register 10,000 voters by February 2010. The competition, constituency vs constituency, is focusing on the constituencies in the Kinta Valley. Whether or not these voters actually cast their votes in the next election is a dual guess.However if they do exercise their right "well the option is there ready and waiting"
Somehow when the DAP does something an example being this voter registration exercise, well even that feels like a holiday!!!!All the best guys and ....

cheers!

FREE: Heritage Maps of Old Town Ipoh

I have got to hand it to the Kinta Heritage Society group. Those chaps have published a Heritage Map of Old Town and are giving it out FREE!!. 

They have left their maps at Hotels and the Railway Station. I was told that when they gave the maps to the State Tourism Office, the tourism office asked for more copies to take down to Singapore, if not mistaken, on November 8.

The free map outlines the heritage trail around Old Town starting from the Railway Station to the Kinta River and borders between St Michaels Institution and Hugh Low Street Bridge.

The map has write ups of the popular heritage buildings, concubine lane and such.

Below, Concubine Lane, past, present and ???Future??

What a commendable effort by this NGO group. It certainly puts the state tourism office in a spot. But then again they probably are used to it by now.

Now if only KTM, our railway authority would add more coaches coming to Ipoh during this holiday season KL-ites could take the train to Ipoh Station and tour around Old Town, devour the delicious foods before taking the evening train back to KL.And by-the-way, KTM.....can you improve your ticket sales system...just to buy a ticket takes like forever especially during the peak season!!!

cheers!

kk

.. Lat...... the original 1 Malaysia.

i happened to pick up the NST today and saw Dato' Lats cartoon. Great piece. His one drawing beats my 1 dozen photos. Whats more while there is so much gloom from the haze and h1n1 his drawing made me laugh. Imagine h1n1 moving so much faster than an F1 or Air Force 1. That makes h1n1 the No 1 for now. I tell you this Lat cracks me up. And yes..i've got most of his books. Prefer the earlier ones though.

By the way Lat was was born in Kota Baru( Perak) and studied at Batu Gajah and Anderson Ipoh. So that makes him a product of Ipoh and Kinta. He should be almost 50 by now. AND HE SPEAKS ENGLISH. Its so good he doesn't need to write pages. His one page says a hundred words. Whats the issue??. Well if he can speak jolly good english when he was taught 40 years ago (back then)...then..why on earth can't the later Malaysians speak good english too (imagine Professor Higgins from the play 'My Fair Fady' speaking). Anyway i know the reason. Its due to Wonky management. hahahaha.
cheers!

kk

Ipoh Indoor Hockey

If you are free check out the Asian Hockey Federation Indoor Hockey Tourneament at Indera Mulia Stadium. It started on Monday 3 August and lasts till this Sunday 9 August. I wasn't interested in this sport earlier but each game lasts an hour hence my attention span was kept interested.....??? This is the 2nd indoor hockey tournament held in Ipoh. Only 5 countries are participating this round. Malaysia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Thailand and includes the mens and womens teams. India pulled out at the last moment. Seems they are going to be penalised for their last minute decision.
Below ...i caught a few games on the first day on Monday morning between Thailand and Uzbekistan (womens)

..the Thai team....

..the Uzbek team...

...click on the photo to enlarge and check out the game times. Unfortunately most of the games are run during office hours. But its free. So if you have the time check it out. Fast action and besides the stadium is air conditioned.

cheers!

kk

Rights & Priveleges Committee - locked out - AGAIN!

The members of the Rights & Privileges Committee were again locked out at the State Secretariat gate on July 30 at 10am.

The first time they were locked out was on Monday July 27 when the committee wanted to meet to investigate the complaint received from Pokok Asam Assemblyman Yee Seu Kai regarding the appointment of Datuk R Ganesan as the "new speaker" during the controversial May 7 Assembly sitting and allowing the police into the State Assembly.
Being locked out the committee adjourned to a hotel to convene their meeting. After hearing the testimonials from 3 witnesses the committee found Datuk Ganesan guilty of contempt of the house and recommended a 6 month jail term for him in the next sitting.
(below pics L : the committee members / R: Complainant Yee and Tommy Thomas)

The whole world, with the exception of BN (obviously), knows that the appointments on May 7 are illegal because the resolutions were passed before the Raja Muda declared the sitting open.

Anyways this was the scene before 10am on Thursday July 30. Police having breakfast at the malay shop near our State Democracy Tree.

Police bikers standing in the shade opposite the gate entrance.

10am. The committee members taking a group photograph before proceeding to the gate.The group had decided to have their committee hearing inside the state building but it of course did not materialise.

..the now famous "shut gate"that regularly refuses to allow the elected representatives of Perakians from entering...

...the now infamous Supt Glenn Anthony (far right: he's been promoted) on duty ......
.. to ensure "our elected representatives " are kept out of their "house"

..the poor fella, chief asst to the state secretary named Shamsuzaman again had to be the bearer of bad news. His boss, state secretary Dato Dr Abdul Rahman creates the problem but he sends his assistant to 'explain' his 'nonsense'

YB Chang Min Kai cheeky as ever. He was planning to sneak in when the motorcyclists were being let out.

Our elected representatives showing off their house badges. However they were not allowed in even to have coffee at their cafeteria.

Thats the 'hero', the state secretary Abdul Rahman (below left of photo) who has been giving instructions not to allow the committee through the gate. Always breaking all the rules. Anyway notice the photo below whereby everyone is wearing a songkok the dress code on May 7 when royalty was present. Now notice the chap without the songkok in the centre. Thats the 'pirate speaker' Ganesan looking on from the sidelines,( remember he wasn't elected), during the "assembly within an assembly" waiting to be called. Everyone, reporters included, must follow the dress code tapi untuk Ganesan dia "tidak apa lah' and Abdul Rahman doesn't mind.

Points to note: The Raja Muda had not yet entered the hall to officiate the new assembly and would not do so for another 2 hours. But within that time Ganesan had been appointed the 'new speaker'. There was so much of 'crap' taking place on that day and this is just one more of it. Ganesan had no right to be in the assembly in the first place. The assembly had to convene first and only then could he be invited to enter before his appointment could take place.
Najib should be ashamed of his Perak BN boys for breaking every rule in the book. In fact he should be slapped on the wrist for allowing the Raja Muda and Raja Puan Besar (she's from the Main Convent you know) to have to be put through this 'circus'. .......May 7 ...1 CRAP day.

kk