Residents get to know new Bagan Dalam Barisan coordinator

NEWLY appointed Bagan Dalam Barisan Nasional coordinator M. Karuppanan was introduced to Taman Bagan residents at a grand dinner in Seberang Prai which was attended by more than 1,000 people.

It was organised in conjunction with Deepavali.

Also present, Bagan parliamentary constituency coordinator David Chua called on the Taman Bagan residents to give their support to Karuppanan.

He said he was sure that the new coordinator would give the best service to the people.

Meanwhile, Karuppanan, who spoke in fluent Hokkien, assured the residents in Bagan Dalam that he would do his best for them.

“I will be at my service centre on Jalan New Ferry in Butterworth every Tuesday (5.30pm to 8.30pm) and Sunday (10am to 1pm) to handle the people’s problems.

“I will have two Chinese staff members to handle problems faced by the Chinese community in the constituency,” he said.

Karuppanan and Chua later donated RM6,000 and RM2,000 respectively to SJK Chung Hwa 2.

The former also sponsored RM15,000 for Saturday’s dinner which was jointly organised by Taman Bagan MCA, Taman Bagan Rukun Tetangga, Pertubuhan Penganut Dewa Hock Teik and Persatuan Phor Thor Taman Bagan.

Penang MIC chief Senator Datuk P.K. Subbaiyah said he was sure that his successor, Karuppanan, who is a lawyer for the past 25 years and also Penang MIC secretary, would do better than him in serving the people.

Present were Sungai Puyu coordinator Sum Yoo Keong, Bagan Jermal coordinator Teh Lay Cheng, Bagan MCA chief Loo Khay Thye, Penang MIC Youth chief J. Dhinagaran and dinner organising chairman Gun Seong Joo.

Star Metro Monday October 24, 2011

Workshops can treat exam phobia

★ All the best: Chua presenting The Star's SPM workshop certificate to SMJK Chung Ling student Leong Kai Jian, 17. Also with them are Ooi (second left) and his other students at the school on Jalan Raja Uda in Butterworth.

MORE workshops should be held for students just before their examination to help them prepare.

Bagan MCA Youth chief David Chua, who is also Bagan Implementation Coordination Unit officer, said workshops had also proven to help students eradicate their fear of examinations.

He urged the corporate sector to organise more of such workshops which would benefit students, who are the future and hope of the nation.

Chua said this after presenting certificates of attendance to students of SMJK Chung Ling Butterworth, Penang, who had attended a two-day SPM workshop by The Star which was held at the KDU College in Penang yes-terday.

A total of 256 students from schools in the state had attended the workshop.

Commending The Star for organising the event, Chua said he had sponsored a total of 15 students from SMJK Chung Ling, SMK Bagan Jaya and SMK Convent Butterworth.

“It is indeed a meaningful and worthwhile event which will benefit the participants,” he said.

SMJK Chung Ling principal Ooi Poh Beng said such workshops should be held earlier as the students would have more time to pre-pare for the examination with enough gui-dance.

He also thanked Chua for sponsoring students from the school and hoped that more students would get the opportunity to participate in such workshops in the future.

The Star
Wednesday October 19, 2011

Free eye checks for two schools

PUPILS from two schools in Butterworth got free eye checks in a programme organised by the Rotary Club of Butterworth.

Six volunteers from the club spent more than three hours at SK Assumption and SK Kuala Perai recently to conducts the tests. There are 240 pupils in SK Assumption and 170 in SK Kuala Perai.

The programme, which included food for the pupils, was funded with a RM2,000 allocation from the Prime Minister’s Department that was channelled through Barisan Nasional’s Bagan co-ordinator David Chua.

Club president Khor Meng Chong said the club would sponsor the spectacles for pupils who were recommended to wear them after the test.

“We have been conducting the programme for the last five years to help needy pupils,” he said.

Khor said the club also organised other yearly events such as water awareness programmes for schools, festivals of joy for children in orphanages and medical camps.

“We also give out hampers to the needy during the major festivals, wheelchairs to deserving patients, and school bags, uniforms and shoes to poor students,” he said.

SK Kuala Perai headmaster Zainalee Ibrahim thanked the club for selecting the school for the programme.

He said this was the first such programme held in the school.

Student gets PSD scholarship, thanks to MCA

GEORGE TOWN: A student who failed to get a government scholarship twice to pursue higher studies is now rejoicing, thanks to the MCA.

Teoh Bee Kah, 18, who failed to get the scholarship earlier, has been granted a Public Service Department scholarship after she sent an appeal letter to MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.

Teoh, who was born with the nystagmus condition (a form of involuntary eye movement), was awarded a full scholarship for an 18-month Foundation in Business Studies course at the University of Nottingham’s Malaysian campus in Semenyih.

The former Convent Pulau Tikus student, who is now studying in Form Six at St Xavier’s Institution, will start the course on July 8.

“I was verbally guaranteed a National Scholarship on March 19 when I went to Putrajaya to receive an award for being an outstanding student.

■ She got it: Teoh showing her parents, father Lye and mother Kim Guat Khim the congratulatory letter she received from Dr Ng.

“However, the name list came out a week later without my name. So, I thought I would be accepted by the PSD. But my name wasn’t in that list either when it came out on May 21.

“I cried for two days after that because I was so disappointed,” she said after receiving a congratulatory letter from Bagan MCA division Youth chief David Chua on behalf of Dr Ng at the Penang MCA headquarters on Pahang Road here yesterday.

Teoh, who scored 4A+, 3As and 3A- in last year’s SPM examination, said although her first choice was Psychology, she was nevertheless grateful for the scholarship.

She said her nystagmus condition was made difficult with her short-sightedness.

“My eyeballs are constantly moving and it is difficult for me to focus. Doctors told me my condition cannot be corrected with spectacles or surgery,” she said.

Her father, Lye Chuan, 58, said she did not let her condition stand in her way.

“She didn’t attend any tuition classes. Her hearing and memory are excellent too,” said the fisherman.



From : The Star. Northern 1 July 2010

TRAIN Programme 技职教育计划

Program TRAIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Bm9H7o4PY
Program TRAIN dilancarkan untuk menggalak dan menyelaraskan latihan kemahiran vokasional bagi semua warga Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum dan agama.

TRAIN技职教育计划

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3r-rtOPSbE
TRAIN技职教育计划，协助各个种族、各个宗教，为所有合格的马来西亚公民提供专业职业训练。


TRAIN Programme for Malaysians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRz8WKS5Sk
Technical Resource and Internship Network (TRAIN) was established to promote and coordinate vocational skills training for all qualified Malaysians, regardless of race and religion.


Laman Web Rasmi : http://www.train.org.my/

HOPE Programme for Malaysian Students

HOPE Programme for Malaysian Students

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPJSGR4MQtE

HOPE programme coordinates the placement of students who are unable to secure a place in local public universities into academic programmes offered by private universities and colleges, regardless of race or religion.

HOPE 希望基金会:《再闯高教门》计划

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCNFiXXzgcM

希望基金会协助各个种族、各个宗教，协助那些无法在国立大学取得一席之位的莘莘学子，在私立大专学院获得进修的机会。

Official HOPE Website : http://www.hope.org.my/