IAK lines up activities for 65th anniversary

IAK lines up activities for 65th anniversary

IAK lines up activities for 65th anniversary

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:09 AM PST

by Jonathan Chia, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on February 13, 2014, Thursday

KUCHING: Indian Association Kuching (IAK), which was established in 1949, will be celebrating its 65th anniversary this year.

Its president Anthony Ramanair said in conjunction with the celebration, IAK has planned various activities for its members and friends over a period of six months until the end of this year.

"The management committee of the association has planned various activities for its members and friends for over a period of six months, until the end of this year, beginning with a futsal competition open to all interested players residing in and around Kuching," he told The Borneo Post yesterday.

Anthony said the seven-aside competition will be held from March 22 to 23, and the closing date for submission of entry forms is March 16.

"Attractive cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of the competition."

Entry forms and details of the competition are available from Jamali Obeng (016-8584846), Navaraja (012-8917855), Joseph Perianayagam (012-8919026), Ratha Perumall (019-8285891) and P John Selvaraj (019-8165685).

In addition, Anthony said there will be a grand celebration for Vaisakhi and Tamil New Year, which fall in mid-April this year, with various activities planned including for IAK members' children.

"A badminton competition is also in the pipeline for IAK members sometime in June 2014, to be held at Dewan IAK which has three badminton courts."

The association is inviting those interested to submit logo designs for IAK, and the designer of the chosen logo will be awarded with cash prize of RM500.

"The logo should be simple and meaningful to the community in the context of our multi-racial society."

Entries can be sent to IAK secretary at Lot 1684, Rock Road, Kuching or emailed to tganesh2838@yahoo.com. Further details can be obtained by calling 013-8095288 or 019-8184178. The closing date for submission of logos is June 30.

As a grand finale, Anthony said the association plans to organise 'Malam Deepavali' dinner in early November this year, adding that Deepavali this year falls on Oct 22.

"The association hopes by organising these activities, the members will give their full support and participate actively in them."

He also said that 65 years is a long time for IAK and hoped that more youth will participate actively in the running of IAK.

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Mystical Mirage selected to compete in Hard Rock Rising 2014

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:09 AM PST

KUCHING: Local rock band, Mystical Mirage is scaling yet another height in their career, just after their recent haul of two awards in the coveted 5th Voice International Music Awards (Vima) Malaysia.

This time the band has been chosen to take part in an international competition known as Hard Rock Rising 2014, touted as "THE Global Battle of the Bands", which is taking place online in 82 participating Hard Rock Café locations around worldwide.

The winner will get to perform in front of 40,000 music fans at "Hard Rock Live Music Festival" in Rome, Italy.

Band vocalist and front man, Kenneth Ho Hong Hui, shared the band's exciting moment with The Borneo Post in an exclusive interview, saying that this is yet another milestone they hope to achieve.

"It all started when I received an email from an online musician platform Reverbnation, asking us to submit our profile for the competition. I asked our manager to send it and after a week, we received an email saying we have been selected.

"We were speechless and excited because we will be competing with talented bands around the world and only a few bands will be selected. This is a chance of a lifetime. We will just try our best and hope to move further," he said.

"Since I'm from Kuching I hope our achievement will encourage more Kuching people to take up music and never give up on their dreams," he enthused.

According to Ho, the band has started to create awareness through Facebook and other offline means after the fan online voting process began.

Voting closes on February 17. "To vote for us just download our song 'Heroes' from the site (http://reverbnation.com/contests/2728/artist/3526752).

"After that 25 bands with the most votes will be reviewed by an industry panel of judges selected by Hard Rock International and the select five semi-finalists to compete globally," he explained.

"The song 'Heroes' is the most unique Mandarin song ever done by us. It blends Chinese traditional musical instruments with modern rock. It is a song about musicians' struggle, courage and persistence to get their songs heard.

"When I first composed this song, it was not like this. It was less ethnic. However, the composition was lost when my computer was stolen during a house break-in.

"Luckily I had a copy of it at home in Kuching and when I took it back to Kuala Lumpur, I met up with Ryan Tan (of local rock band Daydream).

"He suggested that we do a collaboration so I recomposed the song and it became what it is today," he said, hoping to get support and vote for the song so that the band will have the chance to advance in the competition.

Mystical Mirage is a five-piece band consisting of Ho, Jimmy Pui, Jared Ng, Authur Cham and Aaron AC. It originated from Kuching and is now based in Kuala Lumpur. The band launched their first EP titled "Prelude" in Kuching last October and to-date

over 300 copies have been sold nationwide.

For more updates about Mystical Mirage, follow the official Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/mysticalmirageband) and official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/m2musicband).

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Celebrate ‘A Momentous Valentine’ at Paddy’s

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:09 AM PST

BINTULU: Paddy's coffeehouse of New World Suites here will be offering 'A Momentous Valentine' promotion on the special day.

The buffet dinner is from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, priced at RM128++ per person.

Buttered lobster, Oyster Veloute, roasted striploins, braised sea cucumber, grilled lamb with cheese and mustard gravy, pan-seared halibut with dill lemon Beurre Blanc will be among the delectable dishes on offer.

On top of that, carving, dessert, noodle and crepe stations will be put up.

In addition, a Valentine's Day special gift will be given to couples and couples stand to win prizes worth RM1,500 in a lucky draw.

For reservations, call 086-331122 or e-mail to nws.sales@destinygroup.com.my or visit its Facebook page at New World Suites, Bintulu.

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Srimurniyati Cranfield PWPM’s new president

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:08 AM PST

MIRI: Miri Petroleum Ladies Association (PWPM) has elected Srimurniyati Cranfield, an Indonesian with a Scottish husband, as their new president for the term 2014-2015, taking over from Anne Cunningham from United Kingdom.

The election was held during PWPM's recent Annual General Meeting which also saw elected members from different countries and backgrounds as executive and committee members, in keeping with one of its objectives of encouraging cross-cultural exchange.

Yoshiko Kosuge from Japan is the vice-president, Heilda Amer (Malaysian Malay) the secretary, Prema Raman (Malaysian Indian) the assistant secretary, Penny Saw (Malaysian Chinese) the treasurer and Norazlina Samin (Malaysian Malay) the assistant treasure.

The committee members are Bharati Anand (Malaysian Indian), Parveen Grewal (Malaysian Indian), Lily Chong (Malaysian Chinese), Adeline Soh (Indonesian Chinese), Fetty Fitriani (Indonesian Malay), Karen Ong (Singaporean), Christina Michelotti (Italian), Mona Khanna (Indian) and Jacqueline Buri (Venezuelan).

According to Cranfield, the meeting also discussed activities to be held this year.

The activities included open houses such as the Chinese New Year one – held today Japanese open house, Gawai and Kaamatan open house, Hari Raya open house, Diwali open house and Indonesian open house.

Among other activities proposed for the year are the International Women's Day celebration through recipe exchange, Charity Bake and Craft Sale at various locations, Shoebox of Thanks project for children of Miri, Mother's Day celebration dinner, International Dance for Humanity with Miri Chapter of the Malaysian Red Crescent, PWPM 2014 annual dinner and Christmas party.

PWPM, a non-profit organisation, currently has over 80 members from over 10 countries such as Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, India, China and Japan.

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Adenan to be new Chief Minister

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:42 AM PST

Posted on February 12, 2014, Wednesday

KUCHING: Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has announced that Minister of Special Functions Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem will succeed him as Chief Minister.

Taib also said during a press conference at Astana Negeri in Petra Jaya this afternoon that he would resign effective Feb 28, finally putting an end to weeks of speculation.

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Adenan, the Chosen One

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:36 AM PST

TAN SRI DATUK AMAR ADENAN HAJI SATEM will take over the reins as Chief Minister of Sarawak.

No state in Malaysia has been in the limelight over the choice of its Chief Minister as much as Sarawak has over the last few years. Much speculation, rumours, wagers and coffeeshop chatter have placed favourites as Adenan, Datuk Amar Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Tun Abang Haji Openg, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan and Datuk Sri Effendi Norwawi.

And it ended today with the announcement by Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

Adenan, 70, who was born in Kuching in 1944, once worked as a journalist and teacher before continuing his studies in law at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

His early education was at SRB St Joseph and SMB St Joseph, Kuching.

After graduating in 1970, he was appointed as a magistrate in Kuching.

His involvement in politics started in 1976 when he was appointed as legal advisor and a committee member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Sarawak.

In 1979, he contested and won twice, once in the by-election for the Muara Tuang constituency in January and again in the state election several months later for the same constituency.

He continued to defend the seat, winning every state election held subsequently.

He became an Assistant Minister in 1985.

In the 2004 general election, he also contested the Sadong parliamentary seat and beat the PAS candidate. Consequently, he was appointed to the federal cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment. He gave up the post to return to Sarawak.

Adenan was moved from the Muara Tuang constituency to Tanjung Datu in the 2006 state election which he won.

The Tanjung Datu assemblyman was appointed Special Advisor in the Chief Minister's Office on April 2, 2010.

He was later appointed Minister with Special Functions on June 6, 2011.

Among Adenan's other credentials were: chairman of Sarawak Foundation (since 1998), chairman of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus Council (since 2004), chairman of the Sarawak Malay Culture Foundation (YBMS), Board of Directors for Sarawak Higher Education Foundation (SHEF) and Board Member of Curtin University of Technology Sarawak Campus Miri.

As a member of the State Legislative Assembly since 1978, he held the post of Federal Minister for Natural Resources & Environment from March 31, 2004 till Feb 14, 2006), state Minister for Agriculture & Food Industries (January 1998 — March 2004), Minister for Social Development (September 1992 – January 1998), Minister for Land Development (March 1987 – September 1992) and Assistant Minister for Land Development (July 1985 – March 1987).

Adenan also oversee matters relating to Rela, Malaysian Anti- Crime Foundation (Sarawak Chapter), Suhakam, Education Department, Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, Information & Broadcasting.

Married to Datin Sri Jamillah Anu, Adenan has five children. His hobbies are fishing, hunting, golfing, reading, writing and amateur historian.

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