Penang Activities

Colouring competition

The Kuntum-McDonald’s Colouring Com-petition will be held from 8am to 1pm at the D’Piazza Mall in Bayan Baru, Penang, on Saturday. The competition is for primary school pupils and divided into two categories. For details, call Kam at 04-6473399.

Buddha relics

The Maitreya Relics Tour will be held at Chokyi Gyaltsen Centre (CGC), 37-Y Lorong Zoo 1, off Zoo Road, Air Itam, Penang, this weekend. The exhibition is open free to the public daily from 10am to 7pm on both days. The relics are those of Shakyamuni Buddha and other Buddhist masters. The relics resemble beautiful, pearl-like crystals. For details, call Chew at 012-5379389 or Daniel Yeoh at 012-3810622.

KDU roadshow

SPM school leavers who are interested in pursuing a career in design are invited to attend a KDU College roadshow at Gurney Plaza from Friday to Sunday (10am to 10pm. For details, call 04-2266368.

CSR seminar

Universiti Sains Malaysia’s communication students are holding a two-day seminar on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts by University for the Environment’ from Saturday at the School of Communi-cation (C10 Building). For details, call project director Rajeswary at 014-6170746 or email nemgrads10rajes@gmail.com.

Career path

There will be a talk on career and further education for SPM and STPM leavers at Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday. It is open to students and parents. Admission is free. For details, call Premila at 012-4073164, Shanmugam (012-4502225) or Sivakumar (012-4052306).

Meet-the-people session

The Penang Municipal Council will hold its monthly meet-the-people session on March 19 from 3pm to 5pm at Komtar Level Four (Bilik Minda). For details, call 04-2637637.

Computer class

YWCA Penang is organising a two-month-long computer class for senior citizens from April 3 (11am to noon) at its 8A Jalan Masjid Negri premises. The fee is RM20 per person. For registration, call 04-8281855/04-8280741.

Charity walk

A blind folded charity walk will be held on April 11 at Padang Polo to raise funds for St Nicholas Home. Lucky draw prizes include a motorcycle, LCD television and a laptop. For details, call 04-2290800 or log on to www.walkforsight.com.

English workshop

Wawasan Open University (WOU) will hold a two-day workshop for teachers on the teaching of second cycle of literary texts for KBSM English Language at WOU Penang on Saturday (Form One texts) and Sunday (Form Four texts) from 9am to 5pm. For details, call Mohan (03-92817323).

Flea market

The Malaysian-German Society Penang will hold its annual open day together with a flea market from 3pm onwards on March 20 at its premises at 250B Jalan Air Itam. There will be lots of German food, homemade cakes and bargains at the flea market. All are welcome. Those interested to set up a stall can call Caryn at 04-2296853.

-Info courtesy of The Star-