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Plan to revive Ipoh Airport

by Humayun Kabir “We are now identifying areas and will
[email protected] be calling for tenders for the installation of
the CCTVs next year,” Roshidi said, adding
THE Ipoh City Council is holding talks that City Hall will work closely with the
with Malaysia Airlines and other domestic police to combat crime.
airlines in a bid to make the dormant He also said City Hall was seeing red
Ipoh Airport an international stop, after having cleared 18,900 tons of rubbish
especially for Indonesian and Chinese at 1,331 illegal dump sites last month.
tourists. “Irresponsible people dumping
Ipoh Mayor Roshidi Hashim said rubbish at illegal sites not only cause
measures will be taken to put Ipoh on the a health hazard to the public but also
international flight map. cause the council to waste manpower and
“There are currently six airlines flying expenditure.”
from Penang to Medan in Indonesia. If Roshidi said the council had deployed
we can get two or three of these to divert 10 undercover enforcement officers to
their flights to include Ipoh as a stop, it catch the culprits and discourage such
will boost Perak’s tourist industry,” he practice.
said. Meanwhile, Zone 13 city councillor Ding
Also, many Chinese in Perak visit Poi Kooi has called for Lorong Panglima
southern China for personal or business (formerly known as Concubine Lane),
reasons by using air routes from Penang or situated in the old town sector, to be made a
Kuala Lumpur. heritage lane.
“We can tap this cash outflow if we He said the lane, just about 3m wide and
open our airport again to local and foreign 100m long, is a favourite location for the
tourists,” Roshidi told reporters after making of international films.
the council’s full board meeting here on Ding said Concubine Lane in those
Wednesday. days was so called as many rich Chinese
On another matter, the council plans to tin miners had mistresses and concubines
install 64 closed circuit television cameras living there.
in crime prone and busy public places like It currently has about 20 double-storey
supermarkets next year to reduce the city’s shophouses with about 10 families resident
crime rate. there.
Asimo brings message

of hope and inspiration
GEORGE TOWN: The 20th anniversary lished in 1988, has mended the hearts of
celebration of the Penang Adventist Hos- 473 children and adults, including children
pital’s Heart Patients Fund was a one-of-a from the Southeast Asian region under
-kind event for the fund’s beneficiaries the Gift of Life International Programme,
and guests when the walking, talking with a total disbursement of over RM6.7
humanoid robot, Asimo, made a special million.
appearance. “In conjunction with the fund’s 20th
Asimo, which was created by Honda anniversary, we have offered 50 heart
Motor, performed a short dance with surgeries free of charge to patients from
some of the children and even served a government hospitals, and so far 11 have
drink to the very first beneficiary of the been referred to us and have been oper-
fund, Kho Chon Teck, 54. ated on successfully,” he said.
Honda Malaysia managing director and Thanking Honda Malaysia for bringing
chief executive officer Atsushi Fujimoto Asimo to the celebration, Mohr said the
said Asimo – the acronym for Advanced hospital was honoured that it had been
Step in Innovative Mobility – was in chosen as the first hospital in Malaysia
the country to spread a message of hope to have Asimo visit.
and inspiration to encourage Malaysians “For many of us, it is great to be able to
to reach for their dreams. watch him perform, but more importantly,
“Just as the Heart Patients’ Fund gave we are inspired by the hope that he has
patients the hope of a healthy life, we brought to this place of healing.” Asimo
hope Asimo will encourage all of us to Mohr said he hoped Honda’s vision shows his
hold on to our dreams and rise to the of Asimo some day becoming a human moves at
challenge of turning them into reality,” assistant would become reality. the 20th
he said. Asimo has been in Malaysia since the anni-
Honda hopes Asimo will one day be end of October and the hospital was its versary
able to make life easier with his height of second last stop before a road tour at celebration
1.3m – perfect for helping people around the Queensbay Mall until the end of this of the
in everyday life, be it at home or at the month. Penang
office, or even at the hospital to assist People who want to donate to the Adventist
people who are confined to a bed or fund may send cheques payable to the Hospital’s
wheelchair, Fujimoto said. Heart Patients Fund to the Development Heart
The hospital’s president Datuk Teddric Department, Penang Adventist Hospital, Patients
Jon Mohr said the fund, which was estab- 465, Jalan Burma, 10350 Penang. Fund.

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