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Penang vor der Küste Malaysias gilt als Ort von grandioser kulinarischer Diversität und Paradies des guten Essens...
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GEORGE TOWN - SMOKING will only be allowed in gazetted areas under a proposal by the state government to make Penang 'smoke free'. If such a proposal gets the nod from the Health Ministry, it will certainly give smokers in the state a 'harder' time. State Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said it had handed the proposal to the Health Ministry. 'Instead of gazetting non-smoking areas, we have proposed to the ministry for the situation to be reversed. We will gazette the areas where people can smoke. 'We want to encourage the people to discipline themselves, rather than using laws alone to solve the problem,' he said, adding that the proposal was aimed at creating a healthier state.
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GEORGE TOWN - MALAYSIAN police have stepped up security at all entry points in the state, including the Penang International Airport, following reports that terrorists had planned to blow up places of worship in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. State Special Branch chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Rosly Abbas assured the people that there was no cause for concern. 'We want to be careful at entry points to check on the possibility of unwanted elements entering the state,' he said on Sunday.
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KUALA LUMPUR - TEMPLES in Batu Caves and Penang are stepping up security following the threat to blow up certain places of worship. R. Nadarajah, chairman of the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Devas-thanam temple in Batu Caves said the 24-member temple committee will hold an emergency meeting soon to discuss additional security for the temple, a major tourist site in Malaysia. 'I was shocked after reading about the threat. I knew it was Batu Caves after reading it,' he said, adding that he would ask for more police presence near the temple grounds. 'We will also install CCTVs within the perimeters of the temple and have more security guards to carry out patrols,' he said, adding that the assistance of Rela would also be sought. The temple, also known as Batu Caves Temple in Malaysia, is a prominent religious site for Hindus across the world. Nadarajah said they might even consider screening the people to prevent any untoward incident. In George Town, the body managing the Kek Lok Si Temple urged police to set up a police beat base at the temple and also at the entrances to other famous places of worship in the state for safety.
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GEORGE TOWN - AN INDONESIAN woman, who was forced to have sex with hundreds of men by two Bangladeshis over the past two months, was rescued from a life of vice by the state Immigration Department. Its enforcement chief Abdul Rahman Hassan said an Immigration team raided a house in Weld Quay at about 10pm on Tuesday and found the woman, in her 20s, without any valid travel documents locked in a room. 'The Bangladeshis, who were also without any documents, were in the house then and were arrested. They have been remanded pending investigations and the woman has been sent to the Penang Hospital for a check up,' he said when contacted on Wednesday.
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