Public Forum on TB Lung Infection

The Perak Chest Society held a public forum today at 11.30 am at its secretariat to coincide with World TB Day.  TB incidence is increasing and we need to be well informed about the disease.  The talk attracted about 18 participants with nurses from Hospital Fatimah and Perak Community Specialist Hospital.  

Admission to the public forum is free but very surprisingly TB patients are not too keen to learn about the disease they are suffering from.  Hopefully the next meeting will have a larger audience!!

Book on Iverson launched

Iverson - Architect of Ipoh and Modern Malaya launched today at the Sarong Paloh Event Hall. Good turnout and a great time meeting old friends.

Public Forum on PTB (pulmonary tuberculosis)

This public forum will be held in conjunction with world TB day 2015.  You may preview the slides for the upcoming presentation here:  Fighting PTB

Ipoh ACS celebrates 120 years

The year 2015 will be an exciting year for Ipoh ACS which will be celebrating it's 120th year of existence.  True to its founding father's mission, it continues to provide excellent educational opportunities for many young people. Come and attend the various events organised for the year.

Physiotherapy classes

Cik Azmeera (physiotherapist) and Ms Vivian Cheah (registered nurse) will be conducting these new pulmonary rehabilitation classes in the clinic:

1.  Active cycle of breathing techniques.
2.  Breathing retraining with chest and lung exercises.
3.  Chest physical therapy.
4.  Monitoring asthma control.
5.  Respiratory muscle strength training.

Further details are available by clicking on the Physiotherapy Class tab above.

The CGMC Website has evolved

The Canning Garden Methodist Church website project was started in 2007 with the blessings of the church leadership.  The pastor then was Ps. Ashok.  We engaged Exabyte to host the webpages on 6th April 2007 and chose www.cgmcipoh.org as our web address.  

I was introduced to a content management system (CMS) using the Joomla engine by Bro. Michael Khor. We both worked at it for a few weeks and presto the church website was born.  

This banner, with the church theme then, was created with Corel Painter.  

This logo was plucked off from a church bulletin. 

Sometime in April 2011 a decision was made to handover the website to the church administration for better control and efficiency. I was greatly relieved because I could not keep up with the very many church events and developments which needed to be posted.  Sis Lee Chui Chong helped to manage the website from the church office.

The website is now under the administration of Bro. Abel How our church youth leader.  I strongly believe it will be more attractive and relevant as he will be able to post the latest church news as soon as they arrive.  I had the opportunity to review the new webpages recently and find them very tastefully done using the WordPress engine.  Well done Bro. Abel!  Keep it up for Him.

Leong Sin Nam Memorial 2015

Every year, on the 19th January, the Perak Kaying Association will celebrate the life of Leong Sin Nam via a traditional Chinese ceremony at his tomb and  a memorial dinner at the Association hall. My grandfather passed away in Port Dickson on the 19th January 1940.

This year is different because my mother is not present.  She had always enjoyed the company of her old friends with stories of old and laughter that would cheer everyone present.

Leong Sin Nam was a staunch advocate of education for all be it in the Chinese or English language. Following his footstep his children had donated generously to uplift various schools. The YN Leong Education Trust was set up in 2003 to honor my father whom most of his friends called him Yeow Nyean (YN).  He was the 3rd son of Leong Sin Nam.

Tonight the Trust donated to SJK (C) Min Tet, Shen Jai High School, Perak Kaying Association and the Leong Si Realty Sdn. Bhd. The Trust is currently planning to hold Leadership Classes for the 5th and 6th Formers with emphasis on mentorship to produce the next generation of honest, trustworthy and charitable leaders.