The 26th Ipoh Car-Free Day programme managed to draw some 7,000 Ipohites to Jalan Raja Dihilir on Sunday morning, usually held on the last or second last Sunday of every month, except during the month of Ramadan. This event, as in the past months, also saw the presence of representatives from various government agencies and those ... continue reading »

On the last day of the year, there was one more edition of Ipoh Car-Free Day before we ring in the New Year. This 25th edition of Ipoh Car-Free Day successfully attracted some 8,000 people on Sunday morning to the usual venue along Jalan Raja Dihilir. With the theme "Happy New Year 2018", it also drew ... continue reading »

This morning's Ipoh Car-Free Day was the event's second anniversary, since its establishment in October 2015. This car-free event, with the primary aim of achieving lower carbon footprint in the city, is hosted on the fourth Sunday of every month along the stretch of Jalan Raja DiHilir, Ipoh, from 7am to 10am. This edition was also ... continue reading »

Celebrating the Islamic new year of Maal Hijrah 1439 (22/9), World Car-Free Day (22/9), World Tourism Day (27/9) and World River Day (29/9), Ipoh's monthly Car-Free Day attracted some 7,000 participants this morning. Hosted by the Ipoh City Council on the fourth Sunday of the month from 7am to 10am, today's event was the 22nd edition ... continue reading »

May's Ipoh Car-Free Day was brought forward by a week due to Ramadan, which tentatively begins on 26th May. Anyway, this month's Car-Free Day had a triple theme to celebrate three special occasions: Ipoh City Day (27th May), Mother's Day (14th May) and Teachers' Day (16th May). This 19th edition of Car-Free Day continued to attract the ... continue reading »

In conjunction with the 25th Jubilee anniversary of Ipoh City Day, Ipoh City Council has organised an exhibition at UTC Perak. Ipoh folks, young and old alike, will find this exhibition interesting as they go through the many old photographs on display. I like it that photos of streets are identified with both their former ... continue reading »

The official title of this event is actually: Karnival Sambutan Hari Bandaraya Ipoh Ke-23.... my, aren't there too many 'karnivals' already this weekend? Ipoh achieved city status on 27th May in 1988 but the carnival to celebrate its 23rd anniversary is only held this weekend from 3rd to 5th June, 2011. I went to Dataran Bandaraya ... continue reading »