A FARMER, whose vegetable farm was destroyed by the Ipoh City Council, has now received approval to farm on the plot, Makkal Osai reported.

       Tharmendran Kannapiran, 26, and Madam Tan, 84, had been farming on empty plots near each other in Buntong for several years without any problem.

       However, their produce was destroyed by council workers.

       Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran said Mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin had encouraged people to take up small-scale farming on unused land in the city, but had to submit an application to avoid an issue.

       Tharmendran and Tan will receive compensation

       > Students and teachers from SJK(T) Bestari Jaya, Selangor, won two silver medals at the second Annual Virtual Innovation Competition (VIC21), the daily reported.

       The competition by UiTM Kelantan and the Education Ministry also attracted participants from Indonesia, the Philippines and India.

       Teachers Sathish Kumar, Guang Leong Yee, Sumathi Murugiah and Punithavathi Maduraiveeran won medals for their Number Sense Kit, while the students won silver in the Young Scientist category for the Bombeja Playing Kit.

       ● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.