At a time when some factories are retrenching workers due to the economic slowdown in the United States, Quantum Peripherals Malaysia is going against the tide by recruiting more people. More . . . Microfair 2001 in Penang at PISA from May 18-20 Microfair 2001, the biggest computer fair in the northern region, will be held from May 18 to 20 at the Penang International Sports Arena in Relau. The three-day fair will showcase the latest in the IT world. Organised by The Star for the 11th year here, the fair will be open from 11am to 10pm.
Admission is free.
A dying trade FOR more than 100 years, until the late 1980s, the banks of Sungai Air Terjun, near Suffolk House in Penang, was the enclave of traditional Indian dhobi or laundrymen. IF the Cookie Monster has some concept of paradise, it may well take the shape of Wing Yuen Bakery in Air Itam.