News about Perak

SHAH ALAM (Nov 13): The 233km long West Coast Expressway (WCE) from Taiping, Perak, to Banting, Selangor, is seen to boost economic development in the northern region of Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): Only one of five pilot reconstruction projects for fishermen's settlements in Perak, begun in 2014, have been completed with the remaining four still underway.

  KUALA KANGSAR (Nov 11): The Perak government has asked for the consent of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah to gazette the Taiping lake Garden including Bukit Larut as the Royal Lake Garden.

Transport infrastructure developments such as roads, railways, airports and ports tend to signal where the next property hot spot will be as they often serve as catalysts to drive economic activity while enhancing the liveability of the areas they serve or operate in.

IPOH (Nov 4): A total of 406 people from 100 families are still placed at four temporary evacuation centres in three districts in Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Majuperak Holdings Bhd has appointed Nizran Noordin — a former private secretary to the Perak chief minister — group chief executive officer with effect from tomorrow, in a boardroom reshuffle.

TAIPING (Oct 30): Taiping has been selected for the implementation of the first phase of the Age-Friendly City @Taiping pilot project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Almost a week after the nation enters the monsoon season phase, six states have started to feel the brunt of daily heavy rain which caused more than 2,345 people to be evacuated to temporary relief centres when their houses were flooded.

  IPOH (Oct 28): Batang Padang became the latest district in Perak to be hit by floods, resulting in 53 people from 12 families being evacuated to a temporary relocation centre at the Dewan Kampung Haji Tahir, Tapah.

LARUT (Oct 26): Occupants of 50 houses in Kampung Teras, Ijok, Batu Kurau near here are advised to move out to avoid the risk of landslides.