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IPOH, Friday 3 September 2010 (Bernama) -- The New Village, opened during the Emergency from 1948 to 1960 as a security measure under the Briggs plan to counter the Communist insurgency, is synonymous with the Chinese community.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear a judicial review application by former Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar and six others, challenging the decision made by the Election Commission (EC) not to hold by-elections for three state seats, on Nov 23.

SMK Jalan Tasik beat SMJK Yuk Choy 2-0 to take home the challenge trophy in the inter-school football league organised by the Perak Chinese Recreation Club (PCRC) on Sunday.

IPOH, Thursday 2 September 2010 (Bernama) -- About 7,700 imams, muezzins, siak (mosque caretakers), and Quran and Fardu Ain (Kafa) teachers in Perak will receive a special Aidilfitri allowance of RM200.

IPOH, 2 SEPT, 2010: About 7,700 imams, muezzins, siak (mosque caretakers), and Quran and Fardu Ain (Kafa) teachers in Perak will receive a special Aidilfitri allowance of RM200.

IPOH, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- The Perak Road Transport Department (JPJ) is to deploy 167 officers to patrol 15 accident-prone roads in the state from Friday to Sept 19 in view of the anticipated heavier traffic during the Aidilfitri season.

IPOH, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- The hardcore poor in Perak can now apply for micro-credit financing with a five-year repayment period from Yayasan Bina Upaya Darul Ridzuan (YBUDR), said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.

IPOH: The Perak PKR leadership has urged all divisions in the state to nominate its state chief Mustafa Kamil Ayub for the deputy president's post in the coming party elections.

103 kanak-kanak diberi peluang memilih baju raya sendiri IPOH: Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir semalam berbelanja sakan apabila membawa 103 anak angkatnya membeli pakaian raya di sebuah pasar raya di sini.

IPOH: Scores of riders who had hoped to make a roaring start to the National Day celebrations in Perak had their revelry muted in a statewide pre-dawn operation that saw several motorcyclists dumping their machines to escape the police dragnet.