Cameron’s blooms to cost
Thursday July 31, 2008
IPOH: The price of Cameron Highland flowers will go up by 10% from Aug 8.
Flower Floriculture Association chairman Lee Peng Fo said the increase was inevitable as the price of raw materials such as fertiliser and petrol had been increasing.
“The last time we increased the price of flowers was in December 2004,” he told a press conference here yesterday.
“We have no choice. If we do not increase the price, some of us may be forced to turn to vegetable farming,” he added.
Lee noted that the price of raw materials had increased by between 40% and 50% since last year.
The flowers produced at Cameron Highlands are mostly sold in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baru, he said. -- The Star.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Impressed by the food and people
Impressed by the food and people
Friday July 25, 2008
LAST week four of us returned to New Zealand after spending two glorious weeks holidaying in Malaysia.
After crossing over from Singapore, we picked up a rental vehicle from Johor Baru and departed for the east coast. Here we took one week to sink ourselves into the remoteness of your pristine beaches, amazing countryside, beautiful people and very tasty makan.
From Kota Baru, we motored across to Ipoh through some of the most beautiful views ever, sighting many wild animals along our way. From Ipoh, we surrounded ourselves with fresh strawberries and Boh tea as we wandered around Cameron Highlands.
Kuala Lumpur beckoned as we once again hit the roads, at times taking the minor highways over the expressways, driving through so many kampungs and enjoying fresh fruit from the many road-side stalls.
Our holiday ended with a couple of nights in historical Malacca, followed by a sumptuous seafood lunch over the waters at Kukup prior to returning to Johor Baru.
There is so much I could write about our holiday in your amazing country but there are two things I must comment on.
Firstly the IPRAC car-hire people we dealt with in Johor Baru and secondly the staff at Traders Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Both of them offered an extremely high level of service, exceptional professionalism, competency and a friendly personal service.
We left Malaysia with two great impressions. Firstly, the exquisite food and secondly the people who were always so friendly and helpful, laughing with us and not at us as we clumsily attempted to speak Malay. Terima Kasih.
ROGER & DIANE THOMPSON,
Marlborough,
New Zealand.
Friday July 25, 2008
LAST week four of us returned to New Zealand after spending two glorious weeks holidaying in Malaysia.
After crossing over from Singapore, we picked up a rental vehicle from Johor Baru and departed for the east coast. Here we took one week to sink ourselves into the remoteness of your pristine beaches, amazing countryside, beautiful people and very tasty makan.
From Kota Baru, we motored across to Ipoh through some of the most beautiful views ever, sighting many wild animals along our way. From Ipoh, we surrounded ourselves with fresh strawberries and Boh tea as we wandered around Cameron Highlands.
Kuala Lumpur beckoned as we once again hit the roads, at times taking the minor highways over the expressways, driving through so many kampungs and enjoying fresh fruit from the many road-side stalls.
Our holiday ended with a couple of nights in historical Malacca, followed by a sumptuous seafood lunch over the waters at Kukup prior to returning to Johor Baru.
There is so much I could write about our holiday in your amazing country but there are two things I must comment on.
Firstly the IPRAC car-hire people we dealt with in Johor Baru and secondly the staff at Traders Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Both of them offered an extremely high level of service, exceptional professionalism, competency and a friendly personal service.
We left Malaysia with two great impressions. Firstly, the exquisite food and secondly the people who were always so friendly and helpful, laughing with us and not at us as we clumsily attempted to speak Malay. Terima Kasih.
ROGER & DIANE THOMPSON,
Marlborough,
New Zealand.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Fraser’s Hill or Fraser Hill?
Fraser’s Hill or Fraser Hill?
Wednesday July 23, 2008
I MUST thank Captain P.J. Rivers for his response (July 4) to my article on eponyms. He wondered what I could make of Cameron Highlands. Well, the place could conceivably have been called the Cameron highlands although highlands it was not, because it was man-made.
Malaysia, beginning with Malacca in 1511, came under three colonial masters; and they left, amongst other things, a legacy of place names, e.g. the Portuguese Jalan Tranquerah, the Dutch Jalan Heeren and Jalan Jonker, and the British Province Wellesley.
These names have been changed to Jalan Tengkera, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Jalan Hang Jebat, and Seberang Perai, respectively.
Future waves of national fervour may change many more of the place names with a colonial flavour. But name change was not the drift of my article. I posed the question whether the hill in question should have been called Fraser’s Hill or Fraser Hill. Since the English language seems to have as many exceptions as there are rules, I merely wished to know which is the rule (Fraser’s, the eponymous possessive) and which the exception (Fraser, the eponymous modifier), or vice versa.
– Dr Lim Chin Lam, Penang
Wednesday July 23, 2008
I MUST thank Captain P.J. Rivers for his response (July 4) to my article on eponyms. He wondered what I could make of Cameron Highlands. Well, the place could conceivably have been called the Cameron highlands although highlands it was not, because it was man-made.
Malaysia, beginning with Malacca in 1511, came under three colonial masters; and they left, amongst other things, a legacy of place names, e.g. the Portuguese Jalan Tranquerah, the Dutch Jalan Heeren and Jalan Jonker, and the British Province Wellesley.
These names have been changed to Jalan Tengkera, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Jalan Hang Jebat, and Seberang Perai, respectively.
Future waves of national fervour may change many more of the place names with a colonial flavour. But name change was not the drift of my article. I posed the question whether the hill in question should have been called Fraser’s Hill or Fraser Hill. Since the English language seems to have as many exceptions as there are rules, I merely wished to know which is the rule (Fraser’s, the eponymous possessive) and which the exception (Fraser, the eponymous modifier), or vice versa.
– Dr Lim Chin Lam, Penang
Friday, July 04, 2008
There’s also Cameron Highlands
There’s also Cameron Highlands
Friday July 4, 2008
DR Lim Chin Lam has rightly made a distinction between the British usages of Maxwell Hill and Fraser’s Hill (June 13).
Just as Mount Swettenham took its name from a colonial administrator, so was Bukit Larut renamed after Sir William Maxwell when as Assistant Resident he built a government bungalow there. I’m not sure that Louis James Fraser actually owned his eponymous hill but he certainly mined it for tin.
I wonder what Dr Lim can make of Cameron Highlands, which takes its name from an obscure surveyor who first reported a “tableland” in that mountainous area.
Although William Cameron never actually reached the site, several parties were sent to look for Cameron’s “plateau”. As it never actually existed, earthfill from the road that was eventually cut and a valley was levelled named Tanah Rata – “Flat Land”.
So over time, the title of Cameron’s plateau was replaced with Cameron’s highlands to now become Cameron Highlands.
– Captain P.J. Rivers, Cameron Highlands
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Excerpt:
What the dickens is eponym?
By Dr Lim Chin Lam
Friday June 13, 2008
Why is it, in British colonial Malaya, we had (and still have) Maxwell Hill and Fraser’s Hill? Why the two styles of naming? I have this nagging feeling that Maxwell Hill was named after Maxwell whereas Fraser’s Hill must have been owned by Fraser!
“Oh, Why can’t the English, Why can’t the English” – recited to the patter song in My Fair Lady – “set a good example and make up their minds: Is it Fraser’s Hill or Fraser Hill?”
Friday July 4, 2008
DR Lim Chin Lam has rightly made a distinction between the British usages of Maxwell Hill and Fraser’s Hill (June 13).
Just as Mount Swettenham took its name from a colonial administrator, so was Bukit Larut renamed after Sir William Maxwell when as Assistant Resident he built a government bungalow there. I’m not sure that Louis James Fraser actually owned his eponymous hill but he certainly mined it for tin.
I wonder what Dr Lim can make of Cameron Highlands, which takes its name from an obscure surveyor who first reported a “tableland” in that mountainous area.
Although William Cameron never actually reached the site, several parties were sent to look for Cameron’s “plateau”. As it never actually existed, earthfill from the road that was eventually cut and a valley was levelled named Tanah Rata – “Flat Land”.
So over time, the title of Cameron’s plateau was replaced with Cameron’s highlands to now become Cameron Highlands.
– Captain P.J. Rivers, Cameron Highlands
--------------
Excerpt:
What the dickens is eponym?
By Dr Lim Chin Lam
Friday June 13, 2008
Why is it, in British colonial Malaya, we had (and still have) Maxwell Hill and Fraser’s Hill? Why the two styles of naming? I have this nagging feeling that Maxwell Hill was named after Maxwell whereas Fraser’s Hill must have been owned by Fraser!
“Oh, Why can’t the English, Why can’t the English” – recited to the patter song in My Fair Lady – “set a good example and make up their minds: Is it Fraser’s Hill or Fraser Hill?”
Chicken manure shortage, farmers turning to compost
Chicken manure shortage, farmers turning to compost
Friday July 4, 2008
Following a shortage of chicken manure, hard-pressed Cameron Highlands farmers are turning to compost as fertiliser.
China Press reported yesterday that there was an acute shortage of chicken manure on the highlands now.
Farmers blame the shortage of chicken manure to the skyrocketing price of non-organic fertilisers worldwide, forcing oil palm estates to also use chicken manure.
The shortage was also due to farmers rearing fewer chickens because of low profit margins.
A farmer told the daily that during Chinese New Year, a packet of chicken manure cost RM4.
“Now the price has increased to RM6.50 and there are signs of it going up further,” he said.
The farmer added that previously he could get his order of chicken manure delivered within two days.
“Now I am lucky if I can get the manure in a week. Sometimes I have to wait for a month.”
Sin Chew Daily reported that following the fuel price increase, traders had recorded a drop in business of between 10% and 20%.
> Petroleum Dealers’ Association of Malaysia president Wahid Bidin was quoted as saying that petrol sales had dropped between 10% and 20%.
He explained that motorists, in a bid to save petrol, had turned to using motorcycles.
Federation of Sundry Goods Merchant Associations of Malaysia president Lean Hing Chuan told the daily that members had reported a 5% drop in business.
The fuel price increase had forced consumers to practice smart consumerism, he said.
“While consumers continue to buy daily necessities such as cooking oil and other foodstuff, they have cut down on unnecessary items,” he said, adding that the people were also turning to cheaper alternatives.
Federation of Hawkers and Petty Traders Associations president Datuk Chai Soo Min told the daily that hawkers had complained of business dropping by 20%.
“People are cutting down on eating out, choosing to cook at home instead,” he said.
-- Compiled news from Star
Friday July 4, 2008
Following a shortage of chicken manure, hard-pressed Cameron Highlands farmers are turning to compost as fertiliser.
China Press reported yesterday that there was an acute shortage of chicken manure on the highlands now.
Farmers blame the shortage of chicken manure to the skyrocketing price of non-organic fertilisers worldwide, forcing oil palm estates to also use chicken manure.
The shortage was also due to farmers rearing fewer chickens because of low profit margins.
A farmer told the daily that during Chinese New Year, a packet of chicken manure cost RM4.
“Now the price has increased to RM6.50 and there are signs of it going up further,” he said.
The farmer added that previously he could get his order of chicken manure delivered within two days.
“Now I am lucky if I can get the manure in a week. Sometimes I have to wait for a month.”
Sin Chew Daily reported that following the fuel price increase, traders had recorded a drop in business of between 10% and 20%.
> Petroleum Dealers’ Association of Malaysia president Wahid Bidin was quoted as saying that petrol sales had dropped between 10% and 20%.
He explained that motorists, in a bid to save petrol, had turned to using motorcycles.
Federation of Sundry Goods Merchant Associations of Malaysia president Lean Hing Chuan told the daily that members had reported a 5% drop in business.
The fuel price increase had forced consumers to practice smart consumerism, he said.
“While consumers continue to buy daily necessities such as cooking oil and other foodstuff, they have cut down on unnecessary items,” he said, adding that the people were also turning to cheaper alternatives.
Federation of Hawkers and Petty Traders Associations president Datuk Chai Soo Min told the daily that hawkers had complained of business dropping by 20%.
“People are cutting down on eating out, choosing to cook at home instead,” he said.
-- Compiled news from Star
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