IPOH: Perak is firm in its decision of not being able to supply water to Penang due to shortages in the state, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad. The Perak Mentri Besar said it was not that he was unsympathetic towards the request from Penang, but the state itself did not have enough raw water supply for its people and industries.He said the technical departments, mainly the Perak Water Board( LAP), Tenaga Nasional Bhd, and the Drainage and Irrigation Department( DID) were not agreeable to the mat

LENGGONG: The drop in water level at the Bukit Merah Dam in Bagan Serai near here, due to the hot and dry weather, is not only affecting Kerian district’s padi farmers but its industrial sector too, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad. The Perak Mentri Besar shared that aside from these farmers, they had also received complaints from glove factories which use a lot of water for their operations and production.“ I will bring up this matter at the state executive council meeting to find a more effecti

KUALA KANGSAR( Bernama): The royal town of Kuala Kangsar has been proposed to be gazetted as a national heritage to uphold and recognise the heritage of Istana Bukit Chandan. Perak Housing, Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi( pic) said her team had a discussion with the National Heritage Department over the proposal." After resolving the national heritage issue, we will seek for Kuala Kangsar to be nominated as a United Nations Educational, Scientif