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Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:57 AM PST

2011/11/06
By Jassmine Shadiqe

Pupils from 13 Pintar schools in Gelang Patah are given lessons on the importance of keeping clean

AS part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives, UEM Land Holdings Bhd (UEM Land), master developer of Nusajaya, organised a hygiene talk for students at Columbia Asia Hospital under its Pintar (Promoting Intelligence, Nurturing Talent and Advocating Responsibility) programme.

The programme, targeted at primary school pupils, aimed to promote and educate the children on the importance of personal hygiene, self-care and healthy living.

Sponsored for the first time by UEM Land in collaboration with Columbia Asia Hospital, the programme saw active participation from 180 Year Three and Year Four pupils from its 13 adopted Pintar primary schools around Gelang Patah, Johor.

The one-day programme on Oct 20 was divided into three sessions, with 60 pupils per session.

In each of the two-hour sessions, pupils were guided through basic personal hygiene practices, including proper hand-washing techniques, and body and oral care.

The programme was filled with exciting yet educational activities such as health quizzes and demonstrations, which created a cheerful atmosphere.

The event ended with a short hospital tour. The pupils also visited some of the wards, led by Columbia Asia Hospital staff nurses.

"Before joining this programme, I did not know the importance of personal hygiene; in particular, the right way to wash my hands and brush my teeth," said Nazatul Nazlia Norazlan, a Year Three pupil from SK Kg Pulai.

"Through this programme, I realised what I had been doing wrong, and need to change," he said.

"I strongly support this programme because it is good for primary school pupils.

SK Ladang Pendas student affairs teacher Yakni Tahar said the programme was beneficial for her pupils.

"Health and hygiene awareness among the pupils are still low. I hope this programme will make them realise the importance of personal hygiene.

"Hopefully, these students will share their knowledge with their friends, family members and neighbours at home," said Yakni.

UEM Land is the flagship company for the real estate investment and development businesses of UEM Group and Khazanah Nasional Bhd.

UEM Group is wholly-owned by Khazanah, the investment holding company of the government.

UEM Land has undertaken to develop Nusajaya into a regional city with diverse catalysts developments to create and promote economic growth and development in the area and to meet various economic and market demands.

Pintar, a programme spearheaded by Khazanah, was launched in December 2006.

UEM Land adopted 17 schools within Nusajaya, in Iskandar Malaysia, under the programme.

Since 2007, UEM Land has implemented five key initiatives to accomplish the objectives and aspirations of Pintar using an intervention approach to influence better educational outcomes for underserved students in predominantly rural areas, through promoting intelligence, nurturing talent and advocating responsibility.

The programmes, developed by UEM Land and based on Pintar's key tenets, include Academic Excellence, ICT Knowledge and Appreciation, and English, as well as its Micro Controller project, and the Green School project.

Another significant CSR programme initiated by UEM Land is the Pintar Al-Quran programme for pre-school children.

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Enjoy tasty fish, orawn dishes at RZ’s

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:56 AM PST

2011/11/06
By Rizalman Hammim

IF you are craving for freshwater fish cooked in traditional kampung style, then head over to RZ Restoran in Taman Utama in Segamat.

The restaurant, which has been operating there since 2006, offers a variety of traditional Malay dishes that can easily whet anyone's appetite.

On a normal day, the restaurant offers over 40 dishes for customers to choose from, although their specialties are their ikan baung and udang galah (freshwater prawn) dishes.

Restaurant supervisor Rosdi Mohamad said the restaurant started out as a stall at Segamat's Arked Mara, and was run by his father Mohamad Ithnin in 1983.

"All the recipes were developed by my father, because he was very passionate about cooking," said Rosdi.

Among the ikan baung dishes offered are ikan baung lemak cili padi and ikan baung masak lemak tempoyak. Favourite udang galah dishes are sambal tumis udang galah and udang galah masak lemak nenas.

"We sell up to 50kg of ikan baung and udang galah a day. We keep our dishes fresh by cooking them in small batches," Rosdi said.

He said the restaurant uses ikan baung reared in the river, while udang galah come from Sabah and Sarawak.

"We do this because it's difficult to get a constant supply of wild ikan baung and udang galah," said Rosdi.

The restaurant can seat about 120 people at any one time.

An air-conditioned dining room upstairs, available for special events, can accommodate 150 people.

The restaurant operates from 7am to 6pm.

However, customers are advised to come early as the dishes are usually sold out before closing time.

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Isnin, 7 November 2011

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