Retrospective Exhibition At Penang State Art Gallery

The best of Tay’s lifetime
Story and photos by JEREMY TAN

RENOWNED local watercolour and batik artist Tay Mo-Leong has been accorded one of the art scene’s highest honours – a retrospective exhibition featuring his life’s works at the Penang State Art Gallery.

The exhibition showcases Tay’s masterpieces dating back to the 1950s, many of which are in the hands of private collectors who have generously allowed the pieces to be exhibited.

It also marks the 10th solo exhibition for the 71-year-old who was born in Sungai Bakap and a full-time artist for the past 45 years.
Tay's batik piece "Legong Dancers in Blue".

During his secondary education at Chung Ling High School in Penang, he joined the art society and developed a passion for art under the tutelage of Khaw Sia, one of Malaysia’s foremost art pioneers.

Upon finishing high school, he enrolled at the Provincial Taipei Normal College, graduating with a diploma in fine art. Since then, Tay has enjoyed a long and illustrious career, contributing greatly to the local art scene and in particular, batik.

State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai, who was guest of honour at the opening ceremony on Saturday, said the exhibition was a great tribute to one of Penang’s most outstanding artists.
A batik piece entitled, 'Native Girls'

“Tay Mo-Leong is no doubt a household name in art circles. As such, this exhibition is a major event not just for Penangites, but the entire nation as well,” he said.

Tay also donated three of his works to the gallery, which Wong said would go a long way in making the gallery’s permanent collection one of the best in the country.

The opening ceremony also saw the launch of a 300-page hardcover book detailing Tay’s life and accomplishments. Titled Tay Mo-Leong Retrospective, the book includes a selection of over 150 of Tay’s best artworks.

“This publication is the definitive work on Tay and his life. It will be an inspiring piece for all artists and art lovers alike,” said gallery chairman Datuk Tang Hon Yin.

The exhibition at the gallery, located at the ground floor of Dewan Sri Pinang, runs until Nov 30. For details, contact 04-2613144.


As reported in Sinchew.
戴懋龍回顧展至31日‧45水彩蠟染畫作登場
2009-11-09 14:59

（檳城）《戴懋龍回顧展》於11月7至31日，在檳州藝術畫廊展出。共展出45幅畫作，水彩及蠟染畫各半，是戴懋龍歷年來的心血之作。

戴懋龍發明的“雙重防染”蠟染方式，突破了蠟染畫過去一直面對的限制，其靈感來自夏威夷的一次日本和服展。他發現日本人為和服布料染色時用的並不是蠟，而是糯米粉和面粉煮成的漿糊。

2講座會談水彩蠟染

目睹了和服的染色方式後，戴懋龍把蠟與漿糊兩種防染方式結合為雙重防染法。這種新技術解決了蠟染畫的線條限制，從此以後，蠟染畫家在畫布上就可以真正做到隨心所欲，也使蠟染畫風格更多樣，色彩更特出。

在畫展期間，戴懋龍將親自主講2場講座會，分別談論水彩和蠟染技巧，他也會示範如何製作蠟染畫。

黃漢偉：屬大馬重要展覽
戴懋龍蠟染畫嚮當當

掌管藝術事務的行政議員黃漢偉表示，戴懋龍作品回顧展不只是檳州最重要的展覽，也是大馬最重要的展覽，若大家有留意獨立後大馬的藝術發展，戴懋龍是一個嚮當當的名字，尤其在蠟染畫方面。

他前日（7日）主持“戴懋龍作品回顧展”開幕時表示，通常由像檳州藝術畫廊這樣的單位主辦的回顧展，是為了肯定一名重要的藝術家的重大貢獻，戴懋龍擁有一段長久及活躍的藝術事業，當然值得檳州政府為這位在檳州出生及作為全職畫家的子民，主辦這場特別的回顧展，檳城以他為榮。

檳州藝術畫廊主席拿督鄧康賢表示，戴懋龍今年71歲，已經舉行了第9次的個人畫展，他記得每次參觀戴懋龍的畫展，都對其水彩和峇迪畫留下深刻印象。

策展人陳忠源表示，回顧展對一個畫家來說非常重要，因為這是人生只有一次的機會，檳州藝術畫廊每年都舉辦一次回顧展，這次選擇了在繪畫事業上相當有成就及傑出的畫家戴懋龍。
星洲日報／大北馬‧2009.11.08

Presenting the school uniforms to students.

As reported in Sinchew.

打開與華校的互動之門‧民聯議員走“校服外交”
2009-11-18 14:36

（檳城）民聯議員要以“校服外交政策”打開華校與民聯議員互動之門？

近些日子以來，感觸華校不敢邀請民聯議員出席學校活動的亞依淡區州議員黃漢偉，聲稱或必須以頒發校服、校鞋來打“外交政策”，以便能名正言順走入學校，和校方有正式互動。

就在週二（11月17日），他終於有這機緣，在一所華小的全體學生面前，頒發校服給15名貧寒生。這所華小是在他選區內的僑南華小。

對於僑南小學董家教以及校方邀請他親自頒發校服給貧寒生的舉動，黃漢偉表示欣賞。

選區8所華校僅僑南回應

不過，他卻也感觸地告訴記者，早前已向選區內的各源流學校發函，通知校方若需要哪一方面的援助，包括了捐助貧寒生校服、校鞋，都可向他反映，可是反應並不鼓舞。

他說，其選區內共有8所華校，只有僑南小學回應，呈上需要校服援助的學生名單。

他相信亞依淡區內的學校必有一些貧困孩子，因此，他希望學校別因為政治壓力，而損及學生利益。

黃漢偉準備了100套校服、校鞋捐予區內的貧寒生，除了頒發給僑南小學以及拉惹茲淡小，其餘的將通過回教堂負責分發給國小的學生。

出席頒發校服、校鞋儀式的嘉賓包括了僑南小學董事長江錫強、家協主席王碧宣、財政黃輝岩、黃漢偉服務隊團員李榮友以及僑南小學校長曾清月。
星洲日報／大北馬‧2009.11.17

Rumah Hijau - Handing over the keys to the residents.

As reported in The Star
Finally, after 40 years
By DERRICK VINESH

AFTER nearly a 40-year wait, the 236 families living in the slum of Rumah Hijau in Mak Mandin, Penang, can finally move into new three-room low-cost flats located 3km away from their longhouses.

Penang Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said about 170 families had accepted the 650 sq ft units in Ampang Jajar, Butterworth, adding that he hoped the remaining families would follow suit.
236 families living in the slum of Rumah Hijau in Mak Mandin in Penang finally after 40 years.

“We will meet with the remaining families to convince them to accept the flat units which have been built for them.

“Hopefully, upon seeing their neighbours enjoying a better quality of life, they will move here as well,” he said after presenting keys to the units to families who had accepted the offer at the flats’ community hall yesterday.

Wong said the project’s developer, Silver Channel Sdn Bhd, obtained the certificate of fitness for the 20-storey block comprising 304 flats on Oct 28, while balloting for the units was done on Sept 15.
New homes: Rumah Hijau residents registering to collect their low-cost flat keys at Ampang Jajar in Butterworth, Penang yesterday.

Under an agreement with the developer, he said, all temporary occupational licence holders (TOL) from Rumah Hijau would get a free unit which costs RM42,000.

“The non-TOL holders are being offered cash compensation of RM25,000 per family.

“They have an option to take up units in this flat block by paying the difference of RM17,000,” Wong said.

He said tenants who lived in Rumah Hijau for more than five years would receive a compensation of RM5,000, while those who stayed there between a year and three years would receive RM3,000.

Tenants, who lived under a year, would not be entitled to any compensation, he added.

Wong said those who accepted the flat units had been asked to voluntarily demolish their present houses and vacate by Dec 31.

“We have to give them a deadline to move out otherwise they would take their own time to do so,” he said.

Resident Fatimah Mohamad, 53, said she was happy to relocate to the flat, noting that her wooden longhouse unit in Rumah Hijau, where she had lived for 40 years, was no longer habitable.

“The toilet in my termite-ridden house is broken; there is no proper sewage system and the area is infested with rats, flies and other pests,” she said.

Fatimah, a divorcee with five children aged between 14 and 33 including a daughter who is deaf, however, said she could not afford the deposit for water and electricity to be installed in her flat.

“I hope the developer will graciously give us a small amount for relocation expenses as we are finding it hard to raise the amount by Dec 31,” she added.

Fellow resident M. Munusamy, 49, an ex-lorry driver, said he too did not have the money to move within such a short period, adding that he hoped the state would extend the deadline.

Another resident, Chong Hsiao Nam, 79, said he was thankful to the state government for expediting negotiations with the developer, noting that the residents there had waited a long time to move into better abodes.

In April last year, Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy said that the residents gave up their original squatter houses in 1972 and moved into the longhouses in Rumah Hijau to enable the Penang Development Corporation to develop the Mak Mandin Industrial Area project.

Initially, the residents were supposed to stay in the longhouses temporarily for about three to five years, Ramasamy said, but it had been almost 40 years since they moved out.

Rumah Hijau is a slum-within-a-town. It is not accessible by cars and the houses are often hit by flash floods as well as drainage backflow.


青屋區66戶拒州政府獻議‧接受“屋賠屋”居民獲鎖匙
2009-11-25 11:57

As reported in Sinchew.

（檳城‧北海）檳州房屋、城市及鄉村規劃委員會主席黃漢偉表示，北海麥曼珍青屋區的72%家庭，即170戶經接受州政府以一屋賠一屋或2萬5000令吉的賠償方案。

他說，北海麥曼珍青屋區共有236戶家庭受到迫遷的影響，所以目前僅剩下66戶居民尚不接受州政府獻議的賠償。

他表示州政府賠償方案的門戶隨時開放，所以那些尚未接受賠償的家庭如果改變初衷的話，可致電威北縣署官員里查04-5759963。

黃漢偉是週二（11月24日）早上代表州政府移交安邦惹惹組屋鎖匙予全部接受以“一屋賠一屋”的青屋區居民之儀式上致詞時這麼說。出席者尚包括峇眼達南區州議員丹納及首長國會選區助理陳楷棕等人。

接受賠償居民須12月31前搬空

他說，拿到鎖匙的居民從即日（11月24日）開始，隨時都可以遷入居住，不過相信居民們都會等到申請到水電後才後陸續遷入新居。

他指出，州政府也限定接受賠償的居民，必須在12月31日前搬空青屋區的房屋及將房子拆除。

他說，在超過三分之二居民接受州政府的賠償方案後，經證明這是一個人民都能接受的賠償方案，不過州政府還是會繼續接見剩下的66戶居民，以瞭解他們不接受賠償方案的理由後，然後才另尋方法逐一解決。

他說，此座20層組屋共有304個單位，每個單位有650平方呎及有3間房，而且它與青屋區的距離尚不到3公里，如以時速50公里行走，只須6分鐘而已。

安邦惹惹組屋10月28獲入伙證

他希望那些尚不願意搬遷的居民，應該會想像到當其中三分之二鄰居及朋友都遷走及將房屋都拆除後的情景堪憐。

他指出，安邦惹惹組屋已在10月28日獲得入伙准證，而州政府則早在9月15日經讓青屋區居民進行抽籤。

他說，此組屋的基本建設和居住環境遠比青屋區完善清潔，希望那些尚在考慮的居民，能重新改變不搬的決定。

沒能力負擔搬遷裝修費
居民盼州政府再撥款

部份北海麥曼珍青屋區居民在領取房屋鎖匙後，突然在現場向首長助理提出額外要求，並希望州政府能夠再撥出一筆款項，充作他們搬遷及裝修屋子的用途！

這些居民說，他們都是貧苦人家，所以沒有能力負擔搬遷費用，希望州政府能考慮協助他們，否則他們可能沒有能力在短時間內遷離青屋區。

他們表示，再加上組屋內的百葉窗口及廁所旁皆尚未裝上鐵支，這可能對小童的生命造成威脅及竊賊輕易潛入屋內，所以希望州政府能撥款為人民建造鐵花或鐵支，來保障小童們的安全。

80歲居民：終於脫離惡劣居住環境

在北海麥曼珍青屋區居住長達40年的居民張紹南（80歲），終於等到政府賠償的組屋，讓他得以脫離青屋區的惡劣居住環境！

他表示在與妻子繳交水電費抵押金後，就會遷入安邦惹惹組屋居住。

他表示其一男一女經成家而住在他處，所以只有他與老妻相依為命。

他表示感激州政府特地安排第一樓的單位給他，以方便他們出入。
星洲日報／大北馬‧2009.11.24

Revival of Abandoned Project - Fettes Villa

As reported in Sinchew.
光大52樓首次對談會
花地園購屋者發展商雙贏

拖了13年的花地園（Fettes Villa）屋業擱置計劃，週四中午在檳州政府撮合下，受影響的購屋者於新接手的發展商瑋力產業，在光大52樓首次舉行對談，並獲得不錯的成果。

計劃命名“嵩峰閣”

州行政議員黃漢偉說，花地園共有588戶單位受影響，其中中廉價屋為356戶，中價屋212戶，店屋則20戶。在白武士瑋力接手後，有望在明年復工，並將計劃命名為“嵩峰閣”（The Peak）。

“這是我們首次召開會議，絕對不會是最後一次。希望受影響者能夠配合，儘快把問題一起來解決。”

中廉價屋增至564個

此發展商代表羅振銓在會上解釋，“嵩峰閣”計劃和較早前的“花地園”不同，其中中廉價屋的數量從原有的363單位，增加至564個，而中價屋亦從907單位減少至648個單位，至於店屋則從20單位提昇到30個。

“中廉價屋單位的面積，從原有的500平方尺增加至650平方尺，價錢也從原本的5萬令吉提高到7萬5000令吉左右；中價屋的面積從700平方尺改成1000及1100平方尺兩種設計，價錢方面則從原來的12萬令吉躍升至25萬8000令吉起。”

不願意購買將退回訂金

他說，目前這間公司會先處理中價屋的問題，並在明年3月才發信通知中廉價屋購屋者作出協調，看看對方是否願意繼續購買。

“如果不願意購買，我們將退回10%的訂金，這僅僅限於中廉價屋而已。”

另一方面，購屋者行動委員會陳錦鐘亦說，現在他們所面臨的問題是聯絡不上先前的購屋者，因此，他呼吁之前的購屋者能夠主動聯繫瑋力產業（04-2108000）或他本身（016-4905286），以期能夠儘快解決問題。

Solving water gutter leakage problem affecting 4 houses at Solok Zoo, Air Itam

It is an in-fill development. During the construction of a double storey house, the water gutter of 4 neighbouring houses were affected by the vibration and leakage happened. My voters came to me. I intervened by asking the contractor to resolve the problem and now it is solved.

黃漢偉早前巡視阿依淡選區時說，他早前接到居民王良輝的投訴，鄰居裝修時不小心弄壞連接他及鄰居共4間家的雨水槽，導致雨水偶爾會流進家裡。

他在接到居民投訴後，在他、裝修住家的屋主、市政局等人的協助下，已解決此問題。

Visit to Rifle Range Flats and Kampung Melayu Flats

As reported in The Star.

CHIEF Minister Lim Guan Eng spent about 90 minutes inspecting the living conditions of the flat dwellers in Rifle Range, Air Itam, Penang, and he had a lot of dissatisfaction over the poor maintenance of the blocks.

“I was in one of the lifts and noticed that one button panel was spoilt.


Living in squalor: A five-year programme to improve and enhance the 42 state-owned low-cost housing quarters in Penang is in the works.

“Once these things are fixed, there must be a system to ensure that they are well-maintained,” he said after making his rounds at the blocks of flats on Saturday.

He said more should be done to clean up the area so that the residents could enjoy a better quality of life.


Vandalised: A lift panel that has been damaged.

Television serviceman S. Bala, 48, who has been staying there for seven years, said hygiene and frequent lift breakdowns were the main problems faced by the residents.

“People will simply throw their rubbish everywhere and the bins are overflowing with garbage.

“We used to have lift attendants patrolling the blocks to attend to our complaints but now, we have to wait for the lifts to break down before they are repaired,” he said.

He hoped the police would patrol the blocks more frequently to deter crimes such as motorcycle theft.

Kebun Bunga assemblyman Jason Ong, who was also present, said the state housing department had applied for RM4mil to upgrade the water piping system for all nine blocks.


Dismayed: A resident looking at his vandalised mail box at the Rifle Range flats.

He added that he would also submit a proposal to build a multi-storey car park for about 200 cars.

The Rifle Range scheme, which has nine blocks comprising 3,660 units and housing about 15,000 people, was built in 1969.

Lim also said a five-year programme to improve and enhance the 42 state-owned low-cost housing projects in Penang would soon be unveiled.

“The programme, which will have two stages — development and maintenance —, is scheduled to start next year.

“Among the problems faced by residents at low-cost housing schemes is the lack of maintenance on basic facilities such as the lifts,” he said.

On Sunday, Lim inspected the Kampung Melayu flats in Air Itam.

The two 16-storey blocks of low-costs flats consist of 966 one-room units.

Lim inspected the buildings and took note of the various issues raised including leaks, poor rubbish disposal system, water and sewerage piping problems, and even indiscriminate throwing of rubbish from the higher floors.

He said the main problem was still cleanliness and the state needed to work out how to carry out cleanliness projects and educate the people at the same time.

Also present were state executive councillors Abdul Malik Abul Kassim and Wong Hon Wai.


As reported in Guang Ming.

打鎗埔及甘榜馬來由2政府組屋先“整容”
2009-10-28 00:00
（檳城訊）檳首長林冠英日前宣佈，州政府將在5年內逐步整頓及提升所管理的房屋。檳島打鎗埔及甘榜馬來由組屋的樓齡已超過40年，是州政府首要先進行整頓及提升計劃的兩座政府組屋。

檳州城市、鄉村規劃及房屋委員會主席黃漢偉指出，全檳共有42座房屋屬於州政府管理，包括組屋及排屋。

他說，州政府擬定的5年整頓及提升計劃中，目前已決定為打鎗埔及甘榜馬來由組屋進行“整容”工程。

樓齡超過40年

“主要是因為這2座組屋樓齡已有40年，所以問題也比較多。”

他指出，打鎗埔共有9棟組屋，近4000個單位，而甘榜馬來由組屋，則有2棟16層，共996個單位的組屋。

他週二上午受訪時說，他和首長及當地議員日前已到打鎗埔及甘榜馬來由組屋巡視，實地瞭解居民面對的問題。

“目前我們正著手處理這2座組屋的復新工程，報告將在一個月後完成，主要是提升電梯及改善衛生。”

他指出，目前能未能估計復新工程的費用，必須等報告完成後才能宣佈

CAT mascot unveiled

檳政府福貓出爐主‧鄭立偉設計‧命名“檳能”
2009-10-25 10:53

充滿活力、動力、親和力的“檳能福貓”（MENANG），將成為檳州各項活動的大使。（圖：星洲日報）

檳城福貓設計比賽4名得獎者鄭立偉（左3）、洪國輝（弟弟代領，右2起）、葉智淇以及林想琳領獎後與黃漢偉（左起）、拉瑪沙米、林冠英（左4）以及羅興強（右）合影。（圖：星洲日報）

As reported in The Star.

GEORGE TOWN: Chang Lip Wei toiled for two weeks to conceptualise a mascot he dubbed Menang. And true to its name, his design won him the top prize in the Penang CAT (Competency, Accountability, Trans-parency) mascot competition.

Chang, a junior lecturer with The One Academy in Bandar Sunway, Selangor, added that he took another two days to come up with the sketch.

The Bukit Mertajam boy said the word “Menang” was a combination of ‘M’ for Malaysia and ‘enang’ from Penang.

He added that “Menang”, for him symbolised power, respect and inspired fear

“I find the characteristics of a tiger suits Penang perfectly and ‘Menang’ means that although we are Penangites, we are also Malaysians,” he said after receiving his RM3,000 cash prize from Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng in Komtar yesterday.

He said the black stripe on Menang’s ears represented the Penang Bridge while the black stripes on the back of its head symbolised Penang island.

“The coat of arms on Menang’s chest which is accompanied by cultural patterns represents the racial unity in Penang,” he said.


Big winners: (From left) Chang, Lim, Yap and Ang Kok Kong (representing his brother Kok Hooi) holding up their designs, and (inset) the winning design.

Three more cash prizes of RM1,000 were each given to Lim Siang Ling, 20, Yap Zhi Qi and Ang Kok Hooi, 42.

Lim said “Menang” would be used to promote state programmes and serve as an “ambassador” for sports, cultural and tourism activities.


As reported in Sinchew Jit Poh

（檳城）代表檳州政府的福貓出爐了，名為“檳能福貓”（MENANG），外型充滿活力與親和力的“檳能福貓”是由The One Academy藝術學院初級講師鄭立偉（22歲）所設計。

“檳能福貓”的國文名字“MENANG”是由“Malaysia”第一個字母及“Penang”結合而成。

吸引234人參賽

為了推廣能干、公信及透明（CAT）施政原則，檳州政府通過舉行2009年福貓設計比賽，尋找一隻能夠代表檳州政府的福貓，這項比賽吸引了全國各地234名參賽者參加，而鄭立偉所設計的“檳能福貓”，獲得評審青睞，在所有參賽作品中脫穎而出，奪得首獎。

5位評判共選出了4份優秀作品，即一份首獎以及三份特別獎，而4名得獎者都是來自檳城。

檳州首席部長林冠英週六（10月24日）在首長辦公室親自頒獎予這4名得獎者。

他在頒獎儀式上說，脫穎而出的福貓反映了檳州的活力、能力、廉正及社會和諧，展現州政府立志實踐“三民”的使命，即啟迪民智、賦權予民、富國強民。

他指出，州政府不只將讓“檳能福貓”來推廣州內任何活動，也會讓它成為州內體育、文化及旅遊活動的大使，而檳城環球旅遊機構將協助州政府進行這方面的事務，包括了研究是否會把“檳能福貓”製成絨毛玩具，以作進一步的推廣與宣傳。

出席頒獎禮者包括了檳州第二副首長拉瑪沙米教授、檳州旅遊與文化發展委員會主席羅興強行政議員、檳州城鄉規劃、房屋及藝術委員會主席黃漢偉行政議員、檳城環球旅遊機構董事經理黃玉玲、財政司拿督法力占、賽會評判梁海煜、蔡繼隆、丹尼瑪來等。

檳城福貓設計比賽得獎名單

★首獎（3000令吉）：
鄭立偉（22歲），來自大山腳，目前在吉隆坡The One Academy藝術學院擔任初級講師。

★特別獎得主（每人1000令吉）：
林想琳（20歲），葉智淇（22歲），洪國輝（42歲）。



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“檳能福貓”設計解說

作者採用老虎做為主題，因為老虎強壯及有力量，大膽又讓人愛戴。

老虎的個性符合了檳州的個性。

“檳能福貓”個性善良、活潑。

橙色及黃色讓它看起來無時無刻精神飽滿、充滿活力，代表檳州人民。

檳州成為大馬主要旅遊景點，“檳能福貓”將以它充滿活力的外形吸引遊客。

檳城大橋連接檳島和威省，讓我們跨過海峽與對方互相聯繫溝通。

“檳能福貓”的耳朵及頭上的檳城大橋，便象徵聯繫溝通，也代表其盡責、好客的特性。

“檳能福貓”的背後，是一個檳島形狀的條紋。其閃閃發亮的地標形條紋也讓“檳能福貓”與眾不同。

“檳能福貓”胸前的盾形紋徽結合大馬各族人民的文化色彩，與大馬國名的首字母“M”形相映成趣。

CAT mascot competition

State Housing, Town and Country Planning & Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai (second right) with judges Leong Hoy Yoke (right), Haryany Mohamad (left), Thanneermalai Muniandy (third right), Felix Chua (second left) and Julina Ismail evaluating some of the designs.

As reported in The Star.

Monday October 12, 2009
A difficult time for mascot design judges


JUDGES for the state government’s Competency, Accounta-bility and Transparency (CAT) mascot design competition are having a hard time selecting a winner from the 234 entries submitted.

State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said most of the participants were students from all over the country, and the youngest was 14 years old.

“Such overwhelming response show that the younger generation recognise our (state government) efforts in making CAT governance a way of life.”

He told a press conference on Saturday that the winning design would associate the state government with dynamism, competency, creativity, integrity and social harmony.

“The state will consider making the winning design the official state mascot. As we have a lot of designs to evaluate, we hope to announce the winning design within a month.

“The judges are art and design experts Leong Hoy Yoke, Haryany Mohamad, Thanneermalai Muniandy, Felix Chua and Julina Ismail,” he said.

There are four prizes: three special prizes and one top prize. Each special prize winner will receive an award of RM1,000 while the top prize winner will receive RM3,000.

As reported in Guang Min Daily.

老虎 獅子 貓頭鷹也來了•檳福貓設計賽變動物園
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（檳城訊）“福貓設計比賽”變成動物園，參賽者充分發揮天馬行空的豐富想像空間，在接獲的234份作品當中，也不乏有奇珍異獸，如老虎、獅子及貓頭鷹。

檳州城鄉規劃、房屋及藝術委員會主席黃漢偉行政議員指出，2009年檳州福貓設計比賽共接獲234份來自全國各地的作品，即日起由5名專業評審做出評估，並將會在一個月內舉行頒獎儀式。

他說，這次比賽的主題雖然是“福貓”，但只要是“貓科類”的作品，如老虎、獅子等也被大會接受，但是否可以獲獎，則交由評審滿足決定。

貓科類作品也接受

他說，是項比賽獲得年輕一代的響應，最年輕的參賽者只有14歲，最年長是40歲，最多的參賽者來自檳城，其次是雪蘭莪。這也顯示了年輕一代認同州政府打造一個能幹、公信及透明（CAT）的良好施政，同時也要融同入企業運作及普通市民的生活文化。

“在這項福貓設計比賽當中，年輕一代通過他們的作品表達了他們對檳州政府期望，希望領袖們能維護公共體系中的廉正、政治倫理及道德價值觀。”

“我們要讓年輕人相信未來一片光明，充滿平等機會、公平競爭的平台及社會公義。每個馬來西亞人都有權利在我們所熱愛的國家，享受民主、公正、法治、廉潔、人類尊嚴及自由及政治平等。”(TTK)

作品須能反映三民使命

黃漢偉說，脫穎而出的福貓作品必須能夠反映檳州的活力、能力、廉正及社會和諧，展現州政府立志實踐“三民”的使命：啟迪民智、賦權予民、富國強民。

“我們的評審團包括5名在檳州藝術設計領域皆有卓越成就的人士，他們是：梁海煜、哈雅妮、旦雅文萊、蔡繼隆及朱麗娜，他們將推薦優秀的作品給檳州政府。”

他指出，州政府將頒發4份獎項（3份特別獎及1份首獎）給得獎人士。每名特別獎得主可獲得1000令吉獎金。首獎得主的作品將被州政府選為檳州福貓，並可獲得3000令吉的獎金。”

針對優勝作品是否成為檳城的新標志，這則有待州政府的考慮。(TTK)

Hari terbuka PAS Kampung Melayu

Bergambar bersama PAS Kampung Melayu, Air Itam

Attending CPA at Tanzania, East Africa

The 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Meeting was held at Arusha, Tanzania. I attended this meeting as the representative for Penang State. It was a memorable trip meeting fellow elected representatives from all over the world.

I sat in the public gallery to hear the proceeding of the International Criminal Court for genocide case at Rwanda which was held at Arashu Convention Center, Tanzania.

I also have good exchange of views with the representatives from other countries. It is important to strengten and empower the legislative assembly. Legislative assembly is not a rubber stamp and it should have functional committees to serve as check and balance for the executive. An elected representative should also debate on policy level and not merely as a messenger between the voters and the authorities. Elected reps should not spend too much time on drainage and rubbish issue but instead should highlight it in the budgetary meeting and look for a better solution etc.

A speaker told me he goes to his speaker office every working day and works for the whole day. No wonder some of the legislative assemblies are more active than what we observed in Malaysia.

英聯邦議員協會會議黃漢偉代表檳州出席

　（檳城29日訊）亞依淡州議員兼行政議員黃漢偉將于本月30日（星期三）至10月8日（星期四）代表檳州州議會，前往非洲坦桑尼亞參加第55屆英聯邦議員協會會議(CPA Parliamentary Conference)。

　英聯邦議員協會會議是年度會議，每年都會在不同的英聯邦國家舉行。去年這項會議在吉隆坡舉行，而今年將移師到非洲坦桑尼亞內阿魯沙舉行。

　所有參加者都是來自英聯邦國家的議長，部長或者是國州議員。

　今年的會議主題是 “未來全球挑戰”，在會議的數天裏面，來自世界各地的代表們將會被安排參與小組會議，分享經驗等。

　黃漢偉將參與有關青年與民主政治及議會民主課題的工作營。檳州州議會除了委派黃漢偉出席以外，彭文寶行政議員及議長阿都哈林也將會出席上述會議。

　在這段期間, 黃漢偉位于亞依淡極樂寺山腳7-11便利店樓上選區服務中心(04-828 0926)將照常開放。

　光大53樓行政議員辦公室(04-261 0763)辦公時間為每星期一至五早上9時至下午5時。

Together with Moana, MP from New Zealand. This is our second encounter. We met at Hawaii in year 2008 at the East West Center Seminar.


Together with Mahana, a young MP from Malawi.