Monday May 13, 2013
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IPOH STARWALK
Ipoh International Starwalk 2013 is open for registration at The Star’s Ipoh office, No 8-10, Lorong Chung Thye Phin from 9am to 5pm daily on weekdays. There is the 10km competition Malaysian category and International category (for all with qualifying time below 50min) and 7km non-competition category. Registration is RM20 (Inter-national), RM15 (Malaysian) for competition walkers and RM10 for non-competition walkers. Regis-tration deadline for the competition category is on May 17 while the non-competition category is May 31. To be flagged off at Stadium Indera Mulia at 7am on June 16. For details, call 05-253 0402 or visit http://sites.thestar.com.my/starwalk or e-mail ipohstarwalk@thestar.com.my.
STUDENTS’ CAMP
SMK Raja Perempuan Ipoh will hold its Go Green Students’ Camp 2013 from June 15 to 19. The camp is open to all secondary school students and includes a one-day trip to the Royal Belum Rainforest. Students must register in groups of three and be accompanied by a teacher. The registration deadline is May 15. For details, call 05-249 4830 (Chan) or visit www.smkrajaperempuanipoh.com/ggsc2013.
CHESS COMPETITION
The 4th Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Perak Grand Prix Chess Championship 2013 will be held at Kolej Vokasional Kerian, Jalan Siakap, Bagan Serai on May 19. The entry form is available at http://perakchess.blogspot.com and must be in by May 15. For payment, call 013-390 8129 (Yunus) or 012-468 1665 (Mas’ud Hamzah).
CPR TRAINING
KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital will hold CPR training at the hospital’s Dewan Anugerah from 8.30am to 5pm on May 18. Registration is RM30 and limited to 30 seats on a first-come-first-serve basis. For details, call 05-240 8777 ext 8111 or 8110.
SPEECH CONTEST
The Perak Malaysian-Japanese Friendship Society and the Consulate-General of Japan, Perak will hold its 27th annual Japanese speech contest at the Ipoh City & Country Club, 283, Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh at 7.30pm on May 18. The top two winners of the open category will represent Ipoh at the national final at Kuala Lumpur. For details, call 05-253 7530 or 012-510 0418 (Fong).
OPEN DAY
Wawasan Open University will hold on open day at its Ipoh Regional Centre at Wisma Gerakan, Persiaran Greenhill, Ipoh from 10am to 4.30pm on May 18 and May 19. For details, call 05-242 6323.
LUNG HEALTH DAY
The Perak Chest Society will hold a “Walk for your Lungs” in conjunction with the Perak Lung Health Day at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Recreation Park at 6.30am on May 19. Registration is RM20 and can be done at the KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital, Perak Community Specialist Hospital, Pantai Hospital Ipoh and Perak Chest Society Secretariat. For details, call 05-255 6302.
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