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19theSun | FRIDAY DECEMBER 5 2008
by Tan Yi [email protected]
THISyears Penang Food Hunt will beexpanded by the use of Google,
which will
bring hunters to locations off the beatentrack, say the
organisers.
A part of the hunt will be themedGoing by Google. It will have
the hunterssearching for the food places with the useof printed
Google maps as a navigationtool, said Lim Siang Jin of Rasa
Rasa,co-organiser of the hunt.
The hunt will flag off at noon tomorrowfrom the Paradise Sandy
Beach Hotel inTanjung Bungah, and will end at 9am onSunday at the
same resort.
There is nothing like solving a goodold-fashioned puzzle.
Nevertheless, thisyear we will be putting a few spins to thecommon
motor hunt, said Lim.
Dominic Roche of Time Out Solutions, theother principal
organiser of the hunt, said theparticipants will go to places that
have notbeen published in Rasa Rasa Penang.
This way the participants can expectto discover more options for
Penangsfavourite local delights than many may
know, said Roche.Shell and DiGi are the events mainsponsors.
Other sponsors include BBQChicken and New World Park, Penang.In
addition, the event has TMS Asia andJobstreet.com as web partners
and PenangHeritage Trust as a resource partner.
Apart from the fun and excitement,participants will be competing
for greatprizes, including cash for the top threeteams. Overall,
there are RM20,000 worthof prizes for the first 20 teams. There
willalso be attractive goodie bags for everyparticipant.
Google way to navigate food huntby Thomas
[email protected]
AT the age of five, Kam Su-Sze raised RM33,000for Unicef to help
survivors of the Asian tsunamiusing only colour pencils and
paint.
Now eight, her passion to help childrenin need is still strong,
and over the past threemonths, she has produced 12 sets of gift
wrap-pers and gift cards from her personal drawingsand poems for
sale, this time teaming up withWorld Vision Malaysia.
Like many children her age, the MontKiaraInternational School
pupil spends her weekendsdrawing pictures about things she loves
most her family, her pet bunny and animals. She alsolikes to
read.
Su-Sze received much support and somehelped from her mother
Cheong Kim Tho in herproject while a graphic designer transferred
theoriginal drawings onto gift wrappers.
At a press conference at World Visionsheadquarters recently,
Cheong, who has been
sponsoring a child under World Vision for thepast 10 years, said
all proceeds from the saleswould be channelled to World Visions
Food forLife project in North Korea.
She hopes to raise RM60,000 from the cam-paign. With the funds,
two operational noodlefactories by World Vision will be able to
feed chil-dren in the Dochi-ri province of North Hwanghaewhich
faces a severe shortage of food.
There are about 44,000 children in theprovince who need to be
fed daily as typhoonscontinue to destroy crops on an annual
basis.
By providing a steady source of food, WorldVision hopes to
improve the health of childrenand prevent health problems
associated withmalnutrition.
300 workers in two buildings evacuated
Girls passionto help needychildren
However, traffic police wereon hand to control traffic flow.
In addition, the road on thehillslope where the landsliphad
occurred had been closedto traffic to prevent an evenworse
incident.
However, there were noreports of casualties, accord-ing to a
policeman stationedthere.
Some 300 workers in thetwo buildings were asked toevacuate
immediately after thelandslip occurred.
Federal Territories MinisterDatuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique,who
visited the site, said the
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL),Public Works Department
(JKR),Ikram and the Fire and RescueDepartment were
investigating
the cause of the landslip.He said he was made to un-derstand no
one was trappedunder the rubble.
I advised the building own-ers not to allow their staff toenter
the buildings until theyget the green light from DBKL,he said.
Deputy Federal TerritoriesMinister Datuk M. Saravanan,when
contacted, estimated theclearing work would take aboutfour
hours.
Initial estimate of losses wasput at RM300,000, he added.
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A Fire and Rescue personnel checks out the extentof the damage
caused by the landslip.BE
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