Perak state launches digital channel
IPOH: The Perak government has launched an indoor digital channel to relay information and current news on the state to the people called PerakTV.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said PerakTV would be broadcast via 300 LCD screens to be installed throughout the state, including rural areas, in the first quarter of 2010.
“State agency KPerak Inc Corporation is responsible for providing the content while private company Simfoni Maya Sdn Bhd will provide the infrastructure.
“We are identifying the locations to put up the screens,” he told reporters after its launch yesterday.
Denying that it was a propaganda tool aimed at countering allegations by the Opposition, Dr Zambry said PerakTV would allow people to find out about developments in Perak from the state itself rather than from other sources.
“It will at least give them the right picture of what the government is doing.
“Hopefully, by doing so, there can be some balanced news,” he said. “It is meant to give the rakyat a true picture on everything about Perak, be it in the form of economic, social or educational activities, and so on.
“It also presents an opportunity for the private sector, especially small and medium enterprises, which have found it hard to advertise in the mainstream media due to high costs, to do so,” he said.
He said PerakTV would be especially beneficial to rural people, allowing them to take part in the initiatives set out by the government.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Illegals hiding out in old folks homes
KUALA LUMPUR: Illegal immigrants are now targetting old folks home as their hideout in the latest tactic employed by foreigners to stay in the country.
Authorities believe many owners of such homes are cashing in on the illegal immigrants bent on hiding from the law.
The illegals also help out the owners by taking care of the senior citizens and housekeeping of the home.
In a joint operation conducted by the police, Immigration Department and National Registration Department, enforcement officers raided a Nan Yang retirement home in Tasik Permai, Ampang at 1.30am here Sunday.
Officers nabbed 18 Bangladeshis and Indonesians at the old folks home and initial checks revealed that the illegals paid about RM400 each in rent.
It is learnt that the illegals earn their livelihood working as labourers or doing odd jobs in the vicinity of the home.
Ampang Jaya police Asst Comm Abdul Jalil Hassan said there were only eight senior citizens living at the home that had been renovated to house the illegals.
“The old folks lived in front portion of the home while the illegal stayed at the back where the owner had reconstructed the area into several rooms.
“We learnt the foreigners had been living there for at least six months,” he said.
ACP Abdul Jalil said that in the same operation, the authorities picked up another 157 illegals from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Myanmar in the three-hour operation conducted throughout Ampang.
“We caught 67 men, 60 women and 30 teenagers and children without valid documents,” he said adding there were a total of 140 officers in the operation dubbed Ops Nyah II.
Authorities believe many owners of such homes are cashing in on the illegal immigrants bent on hiding from the law.
The illegals also help out the owners by taking care of the senior citizens and housekeeping of the home.
In a joint operation conducted by the police, Immigration Department and National Registration Department, enforcement officers raided a Nan Yang retirement home in Tasik Permai, Ampang at 1.30am here Sunday.
Officers nabbed 18 Bangladeshis and Indonesians at the old folks home and initial checks revealed that the illegals paid about RM400 each in rent.
It is learnt that the illegals earn their livelihood working as labourers or doing odd jobs in the vicinity of the home.
Ampang Jaya police Asst Comm Abdul Jalil Hassan said there were only eight senior citizens living at the home that had been renovated to house the illegals.
“The old folks lived in front portion of the home while the illegal stayed at the back where the owner had reconstructed the area into several rooms.
“We learnt the foreigners had been living there for at least six months,” he said.
ACP Abdul Jalil said that in the same operation, the authorities picked up another 157 illegals from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Myanmar in the three-hour operation conducted throughout Ampang.
“We caught 67 men, 60 women and 30 teenagers and children without valid documents,” he said adding there were a total of 140 officers in the operation dubbed Ops Nyah II.
Perak state launches digital channel
IPOH: The Perak government has launched an indoor digital channel to relay information and current news on the state to the people called PerakTV.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said PerakTV would be broadcast via 300 LCD screens to be installed throughout the state, including rural areas, in the first quarter of 2010.
“State agency KPerak Inc Corporation is responsible for providing the content while private company Simfoni Maya Sdn Bhd will provide the infrastructure.
“We are identifying the locations to put up the screens,” he told reporters after its launch yesterday.
Denying that it was a propaganda tool aimed at countering allegations by the Opposition, Dr Zambry said PerakTV would allow people to find out about developments in Perak from the state itself rather than from other sources.
“It will at least give them the right picture of what the government is doing.
“Hopefully, by doing so, there can be some balanced news,” he said. “It is meant to give the rakyat a true picture on everything about Perak, be it in the form of economic, social or educational activities, and so on.
“It also presents an opportunity for the private sector, especially small and medium enterprises, which have found it hard to advertise in the mainstream media due to high costs, to do so,” he said.
He said PerakTV would be especially beneficial to rural people, allowing them to take part in the initiatives set out by the government.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said PerakTV would be broadcast via 300 LCD screens to be installed throughout the state, including rural areas, in the first quarter of 2010.
“State agency KPerak Inc Corporation is responsible for providing the content while private company Simfoni Maya Sdn Bhd will provide the infrastructure.
“We are identifying the locations to put up the screens,” he told reporters after its launch yesterday.
Denying that it was a propaganda tool aimed at countering allegations by the Opposition, Dr Zambry said PerakTV would allow people to find out about developments in Perak from the state itself rather than from other sources.
“It will at least give them the right picture of what the government is doing.
“Hopefully, by doing so, there can be some balanced news,” he said. “It is meant to give the rakyat a true picture on everything about Perak, be it in the form of economic, social or educational activities, and so on.
“It also presents an opportunity for the private sector, especially small and medium enterprises, which have found it hard to advertise in the mainstream media due to high costs, to do so,” he said.
He said PerakTV would be especially beneficial to rural people, allowing them to take part in the initiatives set out by the government.
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