DAFTAR MASUK
ARKIB : 09/06/2011
Tajuk : Lebuh raya RM6 bilion akan dibina di Perak
Sumber : Utusan Malaysia
IPOH 8 Jun - Kerajaan negeri mencadangkan kepada Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) supaya laluan Lebuh Raya Pantai Barat (LPB) di negeri ini dibina di sepanjang pesisiran pantai bermula dari Bagan Datoh hingga ke Changkat Jering.
"Kerajaan negeri sudah mendengar taklimat daripada LLM mengenai cadangan pembinaan LPB dan kita memberi pandangan agar laluan tersebut dibina di sepanjang pesisiran Pantai Barat walaupun mereka mencadangkan laluan dalam Perak tidak di sepanjang pesisiran pantai iaitu terus dari Teluk Intan.
"Kita harap lebuh raya baru ini akan membantu membangunkan kawasan Bagan Datoh hingga ke Manjung dan Changkat Jering," katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Exco Kerajaan Negeri Perak di sini hari ini.
Pada 28 Mac 2007, Kabinet membuat keputusan meneruskan projek pembinaan LPB menghubungkan Taiping di Perak dan Banting di Selangor walaupun projek itu ditolak oleh Unit Perancang Ekonomi (EPU) pada November 2006.
Menurut Zambry, dalam taklimat oleh LLM, projek LPB dikatakan bakal menelan belanja RM6 bilion yang akan ditanggung oleh syarikat konsesi dan ia melibatkan laluan dari Banting, Selangor ke Changkat Jering dekat Taiping.
"Pada masa ini, projek ini masih dalam peringkat kajian dan ia dijangka dilaksanakan seawal-awalnya tahun depan," katanya.
Dalam pada itu, beliau meminta LLM menyegerakan pembinaan tiga persimpangan bertingkat iaitu di Alor Pongsu, Meru dan Gua Tempurung dari kedua-dua arah Projek Lebuh Raya Utara Selatan (PLUS) bagi membantu perancangan pembangunan kerajaan negeri di kawasan tersebut.
Katanya, persimpangan bertingkat Alor Pongsu dijangka dapat dilaksanakan dalam masa terdekat kerana kajian kesesuaian tanah sedang dijalankan.
"Persimpangan bertingkat Gua Tempurung penting kerana kawasan tersebut dan Kampar sedang membangun sebagai pusat pengajian tinggi," katanya.
Beliau berkata, persimpangan bertingkat Meru pula dapat membantu pengguna yang terlepas susur keluar ke Plaza Tol Ipoh Selatan untuk keluar ke Meru.
"Pada masa ini, mereka yang terlepas susur keluar itu perlu berpatah balik dari Kuala Kangsar," ujarnya.
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Sumber:The StarTarikh: 16 April,2011
Visitors info centre relaunched
Many thanks: Abdul Halim (centre) presenting a memento to Ho. With them is Dr Rajendran.
THE Taiping Tourist Association (TTA) relaunched its Visitors Information Centre at the Heritage Taiping Clock Tower.
Its president Abdul Halim Yahaya said through the relaunch they hope to further boost the tourism industry in Taiping.
“We have planned many interesting activities throughout the year. Some of the proposed activities are food festival, tourism fair and EcoPeace Heritage Treasure Hunt,” he said.
Bukit Gantang MCA division chairman Datuk Ho Cheng Wang praised TTA for its effort in promoting Taiping.
“Taiping has many attractions such as lakes, mountains and the best mangrove swamp in the world,” he said.
He hoped TTA would go a step further and promote historical buildings to tourists.
Many visitors were spotted checking out the booths.
Among them was local G. Gowri, 25, who said that she had not visited many places in the town.
“I just found out that there is a firefly colony in a village here. I am going to take my family to visit the place,” she said.
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Sumber: The Star
Tarikh: 27 Mac 2011
Let heritage guide the future
A CENTURY ago, the double-leafed doors of Ng Boo Bee’s town house in Taiping, Perak, stood almost perpetually open to accommodate the endless flow of visitors.
Apart from for the tin tycoon’s famous philanthropy, many of the townsfolk had business with him: they were Ng’s tenants, for he had built many of the structures in town, including Malaya’s first railway, connecting Taiping and Port Weld (now Kuala Sepetang).
Over the years, as Ng’s descendants scattered throughout the world, his modest house faded from the town’s notice. The peeling paint, broken balustrades and cracks in the walls whispered of neglect.
Last month, though, the old house came alive as curious townsfolk once again trooped in, this time to explore this building that had been such an integral part of Taiping’s development but that had been largely ignored for decades.
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