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TEMPORARY MARKET IN MOUNT ERSKINE Work has commenced on the new temporary market located at Jalan Mount Erskine which will incorporate a wet market and hawker food stalls. This market is for the re-location of the wet market and stalls currently at Fettes Park.

WEB CAMP 2000 - 2 Dec 2000 A 2-day web creation workshop was organised by the Online 2020 Club for secondary school students in the Bukit Bendera Constituency. The workshop, held on 25th November and 2nd December, was attended by 6 schools and 2 youth organisations as follows: Sek Men Pendidikan Khas Sek Men Perempuan Cina Sek Men Perempuan St George Sek Men Phor Tay Sek Men Tunku Puan Habshah Sek Men Union Sunshine Cottage, Kulim Student’s Welfare Council, Tanjung Bunga WebCamp 2000 was officially opened by YB Chia Kwang Chye, Bukit Bendera MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia. During the 2 day workshop, students were taught how to conceptualise and create their own school’s web page using HTML web creation tool. Sek Men Phor Tay won the Best Design Homepage while Sek Men Perempuan Cina won the Best Overall Homepage. The other schools and organisations should also be congratulated for their efforts and hard work. Click the links to visit their homepage. Congratulations!!

BUKIT BENDERA e-COMMUNITY LAUNCHED - 1 July 2000 Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon launching the Bukit Bendera Online homepage The Bukit Bendera Online Homepage, your link to the Bukit Bendera e-Community was launched by Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon on 1st July 2000. Be a part of the cyber community of Bukit Bendera Parliamentary Constituency. Click here to join and get your own free e-mail account. BUKIT BENDERA ONLINE - USJ.COM Twinning - MoU signed (Left) Online 2020’s Kay Peng and USJ.com’s Jeff Ooi exchanging the MoU, witnessed by Chia (middle) Twinning of USJ & Bukit Bendera Cyber-twinning a bold step in fostering a knowledge economy By usj Xpress Team SUBANG JAYA - Efforts in fostering a knowledge economy in Malaysia took a bold step with the twinning of USJ Subang Jaya and Bukit Bendera. An MoU signifying future joint development programmes between usj.com.my and bukitbendera.com.my was held in Penang on July 1. Chia Kwang Chye, the Parlimentary Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications and Multimedia, witnessed the ceremony. He is also the Member of Parliament for the Bukit Bendera constituency. Usj.com.my was represented by its founder Jeff Ooi, while BukitBendera.com.my was represented by Khoo Kay Peng, president of Online 2020 Club, which managed the website. Both the e-communities are cyber networks initiated by volunteers and talents in the web technology. They are financially independent and non-political by nature. "The twinning programme carries a significant meaning for all of us," said Jeff Ooi. "It marks the networking of the Internet generation from the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and Malaysia's Silicon Island," he said Subang Jaya has a quarter million population and 80 per cent came under the MSC boundary while Bukit Bendera, with its 150,000 population, comprised one of the most progressive zones in Malaysia's high-technology state. "We have no time to re-invent the wheel as Internet applications change at warp speed," Jeff said. "We will tap into each other's resources and experiences to create a difference in building a Bangsa Malaysia that is net-savvy." Earlier, Khoo announced that Online 2020 Club would partner programmers from usj.com.my to co-develop applications that will benefit the e-community through the vast use of information and communications technology (ICT). "Online 2020 Club is a group of young technocrats who work in the high-tech industries in Penang and we share a vision to make Penang a developed state by 2010," Khoo said. "But we also harbour a mission to help the community in Penang to quickly embrace the Internet or else we will lose out in the new economy" he added. "Therefore, by working together with usj.com.my, we can not only share our resources, but it will quicken the networking of e-communities in the country," he said. For a start, Usj.com.my will make available its dynamic web content updating software, the ECWeb Publisher 3.0 running on Linux, to Bukit Bendera Online when it is ready by mid July. The ECWeb Publisher, which supports wireless applications protocol (WAP) and PalmOS, was developed by a team of volunteers led by Penangite E.L. Ho who was now based in Subang Jaya. Web teams from both the e-communities will then proceed to develop a dynamic engine for business directory to help the small and medium-sized businesses to migrate to e-Commerce. The USJ Subang Jaya website can be accessed at usj.com.my while the URL for Bukit Bendera Online is bukitbendera.com.my. Visit www.usj.com.my

BOOST TO FIRE-FIGHTING Penang Chief Minister and State Assemblyman for Tanjung Bunga, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon,announced that the state government would spend between RM30,000 to RM40,000 to install 3 more new fire-hydrants each at Pepper Estate, estimated population 2,500 residents, and Hong Seng Estate, estimated population 4,000 residents. The two areas have been given top priority in a move to upgrade fire-fighting facilities in housing areas with a large number of wooden buildings. With the 3 new hydrants each, Pepper Estate will now have nine fire hydrants while Hong Seng Estate will have ten units. Dr Koh also called on residents of the two areas, especially youth, to set up voluntary fire-fighting squads. These squads will be provided with basic fire-fighting skills training.

Bukit Bendera UpComing Activities

CERAMAH KEMPEN KESEDARAN KEBERSIHAN 16 December 2000 Organised by JKKK Bukit Bendera and Lintang Residents’ Association. Held at Hui Yin She, Air Itam.

GOTONG ROYONG AT RIFLE RANGE FLATS 17 December 2000 Date    :-  17th December 2000 (Sunday) Time   :-  7.30 am Venue :-  Rifle Range Flats Organised by the Service Teams of YB Chia Kwang Chye and YB Lye Siew Weng, the gotong royong will be held from 7:30 am to 11:00 am. Residents are invited to register at the Padang Tembak Market Complex from 9:00 am to 11:00 am beginning 6th December to 10th December. Each registered housing unit will be given one 7 litre tin of paint.

PERTANDINGAN MELUKIS DI BUKIT BENDERA, 17 December 2000 Children’s Drawing Competition Date    :-  17th December 2000 (Sunday) Venue :-  SJK Kong Min (Main) Organised by JKKK Bukit Bendera and Jalan Lintang Residents’ Association. The theme of the competition is “I Love Penang” and the venue will be at SJK Kong Min (Main). Organising Chairman is Mr Chuang Keng Kong. Get you registration forms at: 28 Lintang Angsana, Bandar Baru Air Itam 11500 Air Itam Tel: 04-8262298 700H Jalan Lintang, 11500 Air Itam tel: 04-8295198 600H Paya Terubong Road, 11060 Penang Tel: 012-4545499

GOTONG ROYONG AT TAMAN BATU BUKIT FLATS,  7 January 2001 Pasukan Perkhidmatan YAB Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon dan YB Chia Kwang Chye dengan kerjasama Persatuan Penduduk Taman Batu Bukit akan menganjurkan aktiviti Gotong Royong Kebersihan Alam Sekitar pada Tarikh    :-  7 Januari 2001 Jam       :-  7:30 pagi hingga 11:00 pagi Tempat  :-  Taman Batu Bukit. 250 unit yang berdaftar terlebih dahulu dan mengambil bahagian dalam gotong royong ini akan menerima sebuah tong cat 7 liter percuma. Sila hubungi Pusat Perkhidmatan YAB Tan Dr Koh (Tel: 04-8998730) untuk keterangan pendaftaran. Organised jointly by the Service Teams of YAB Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and YB Chia Kwang Chye and Persatuan Penduduk Taman Batu Bukit, the gotong royong will be held from 7:30 am to 11:00 am at the Taman Batu Bukit Flats. Residents are invited to register at Dr Koh’s Service Centre (Tel: 04-8998730). The first 250 units who register and participate in the gotong-royong will be given one 7 litre tin of paint.

VISITS TO KUALA LUMPUR The Stude nts Welfare Council of Rifle Range and Tanjong Bungah will be organising a trip down to KL to visits places like Parliament House, Astro/NT7, Twin Tower, Genting and more. The trip will be chargeable at RM150.00 per person and on the first come first serve basis for the first 40 person. For further details, contact Students Welfare Council of Rifle Range or Students Welfare Council of Tanjong Bungah.