Kebun Bunga Charity Run 2010 : 24th Oct 2010

This year again as usual, YB Jason Ong and his team is back with another charity run.

This year's event will be extra meaningful and special as the Kebun Bunga Charity Run 2010 will benefit Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital “Needy Patients Fund” and Pure Lotus Hospice.

Date : 24th October 2010 (Sunday)

Time : 7.30am

Venue : Amphitheater Youth Park Penang (start/finish)

Entry fees : RM16.00 (adult) / RM12.00

(children age 12 & below)

(T-Shirt; Bag; Bun & 500ml Drinking Water)

Closing Registration Date : 12th October 2010

T-shirt Collection : MPPP Stadium on 22nd & 23rd October 2010

Prizes : Finisher medals for first 500 who completed the run Participation Certificate and Lucky Draw coupon for all who completed the run within 90mins.

A good cause for charity, plus you can relax and enjoy the run while flexing your leg muscles. I heard there are plenty of lucky draws, so you might just be lucky !

Penang 10km Veteran Run : 14th Nov 2010

Penang 10km Veteran Run
Date: 14 November 2010 , 8:00am

Venue: PISA, Bayan Baru, Penang

Distance: 10km

Contact: 012-4746037 (Jordan Lee)

There will be plenty of categories for you to join...I believe you will be meeting all those gurus or siffus of running here :)

Investpenang Optimistic To Achieve RM4.2 Billion Investment Target By Year- End

Invest-in-Penang Bhd (InvestPenang), the state government's investment promotion agency, is optimistic of the state achieving its target of at least RM4.2 billion investment by year-end.

Executive Committee Chairman Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the state has been buoyed by a surge in new investments in the second quarter of this year.

"Although we may not know from where the investments are coming from, we remain optimistic to achieve the target by year-end," he told a press conference at the Penang Skills Development Centre today.

Penang received only RM140 million investments in the first quarter of this year but picked up steam by wooing RM1.5 billion worth of projects in the second quarter.

Lee said the state government's aim to move Penang to a higher-income society must be supported by aggressive and pro-active promotion of investments in high-technology products and activities of InvestPenang.

He said Federal Government support was crucial to bring the aspiration to fruition.

Lee urged the Federal Government to promote locally-manufactured light emitting diodes (LEDs) and medical devices produced in the country.

"One of the means is to utilise the locally-made products which are mostly exported," he said.

Last year, the state attracted investments totalling RM2.1 billion vis-a-vis RM10.2 billion in 2008.

The state government announced recently it was setting up a Penang Tech Centre to boost innovations and spur new technology modelled after the San Jose Tech Centre in the United States.

I hope Penang government can get more investment in for the better of everyone from the state.

Burger King Whopper for RM1 only TODAY 6th Oct 2010

Only on 6 October 2010 !!!
Burger King Whopper for RM1 with any carbonated drink purchased !!!

Terms and Condition:

* Ala carte burger only
* Limited to maximum of 3 Whopper burgers per person
* Dine in and take away only
* Price subject to 5% government tax

With the opening of the Penang Burger King coupled with this promotion, I'm forseeing a super long queue and jam pack at the Penang Burger King restaurant today :)

Canon PhotoMarathon 2010 : 16th Oct 2010

Event: Canon PhotoMarathon 2010

Date: 16th Oct 2010 (Saturday)

Venue: Tanjong City Marina, Penang

Time: 9:00am to 7:00pm

From today's Star:

Some 2,000 photo enthusiasts are expected to take part in the annual Canon PhotoMarathon 2010 in Penang on Oct 16.

This is the first time the marathon is being held in Penang since the competition’s inaugural edition in 2007, and participants are in for an outdoor adventure at the George Town World Heritage Site.

The marathon, which will be held from 9am to 8pm, is organised like a treasure hunt with different stations within the vicinity of the island where themes will be handed out to test participant’s creativity and photography skills.

The event is open to all photography enthusiasts using either EOS DSLR or compact cameras.
Participation is free for Canon users but non-Canon users need to pay a RM100 registration fee at the event venue.

Participants will be flagged off from the base at the Tanjung City Marina at Weld Quay and given a few pit-stop locations where they can collect their themes.

After collecting all their themes, they are required to head back to the base to download their photos at the workstations there, then select and submit one best shot of each theme.

Participants using other formats apart from CF/SD must supply their own adaptors or drives.

The grand prize for the overall winner is a trip to Turkey for a Photo Clinic and an EOS 1D Mark IV camera.

TheStar

This is such an interesting event...photo bugs out there, don't miss it!

New civil courts to open in Penang and Selangor in 2011

Two more New Civil Courts (NCvC), one in Penang and the other in Selangor, will be opened next year to settle backlog of civil cases, Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria said.

He said the courts, expected to be operational in January, would enable cases to be disposed of faster, within a period of nine to 12 months after thefiling of the case.

He said the courts would be opened following the opening of the New Commercial Court in Kuala Lumpur.

"We have done it in Kuala Lumpur and it is a success. That us why we are expanding it to Johor today and then to Penang and Selangor, the states with high civil cases," he told reporters after the opening of the Johor Baharu New Civil Court at the High Court here.

He said the opening of the new courts would give justice to those involved, like not having to wait for up to 10 years to get their case disposed, or death of witnesses or missing documents.

Bernama

Better make sure the efficiency and transparency plus the quality of work are up to the required standard...I'll still go for quality rather than quantity :)

On the general front, if ever the government can improve on the work efficiency of government departments or agencies, then I'm sure we wouldn't have so many backlogs...

Penang Turf Club land up for bids ???

Talk is that major developers like Eastern & Oriental, SP Setia, IJM Land and Mah Sing would have put in their bids to buy and develop the land.

The Penang Turf Club, owner of the single largest plot of prime land in George Town, has called for bids to buy and develop 23.09ha on the island, sources say.

The tender, called two months ago, closed on September 30 and speculation is that major developers already present in Penang, like Eastern & Oriental Bhd (3417), SP Setia Bhd, IJM Land Bhd and Mah Sing Group Bhd, would have put in their proposals.

The club has been around since 1864, making it the oldest horse racing club in Peninsular Malaysia, and owns some 104ha.

However, it is unclear if the remaining land is available for sale or slated for development.Property valuers say the price for that 23ha site could amount to between RM160 million and RM180 million.

It is understood that some 16ha are on a hill.

A valuer contacted by Business Times, who had said that the piece of hillside land in Penang could not be developed, quoted the price at between RM30 per sq ft and RM40 per sq ft.

The land below the hill has more value at about RM150 per sq ft.

Sources said that the racecourse was not part of the sale and development plans. The Penang Turf Club could not be reached for comment.

Plans for the club's redevelopment came to an end in 2008 when Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng rejected a proposal from Equine Capital Bhd associate company Abad Naluri Sdn Bhd due to its failure to submit plans as required by the state.

The land was slated for the RM25 billion Penang Global City Centre project.

Later reports quoted the club's plans to build 25 bungalows to obtain rental income to fund operations.

Members had voted for the project comprising detached and semi-detached houses, and slated for completion by end-2012.

The maximum density allowed for the area is six units per 0.45ha and the development will not interfere with the running of the club.

Wow...now this piece of land is being targeted by all the developers....