系列活动庆卫塞节．东禅寺5月6花车游行
马来西亚佛光山各道场将于5月份举行庆祝卫塞节系列活动，庆典节目多姿多彩，包括浴佛法会、毓麟祈福、云水浴佛、花车游行、茶艺比赛、素食烹饪比赛、义卖园游会、抄经祈福、水墨画比赛、亲子活动、绘画比赛、儿童填色比赛、儿童画展、环保活动、素食义卖园游会等等。
东禅寺从5月6日至10日举行一系列活动，5月6日（星期六）晚上7时，在仁嘉隆举行“佛祖出巡”花车游行，佛祖花车将途经仁嘉隆大街及主要道路，欢迎沿途商店及住宅设香案恭迎，届时，佛光将普照仁嘉隆幸福村、幸福村工委会、仁嘉隆八大姓氏宗亲会、各乡团及民间志愿团体等，都受邀参与游行。
5月7日（日）上午10时举行素食烹饪比赛、下午2时至4时水墨画比赛、下午2时至5时文化艺术市集，有创意陶艺、创意环保纰、手纹艺术彩绘。5月10日卫塞节当天将举行浴佛法会、毓麟祈福、茶文化交流、儿童才艺表演、素食义卖园游会等等。
欢迎热爱素食烹饪的信众报名烹饪比赛，佛光缘美术馆东禅馆亦举办水墨画比赛供儿童及成人报名参加，各项比赛可至http://www.fgs.org.my线上报名。
欲知系列活动内容，可浏览https://www.facebook.com/fgsmy或联络东禅寺Tel:03-31911533。
~星洲日报~
PLUS highway tolls go cashless
Traffic snarl: Motorists stuck in traffic jam on the first day of toll plazas going cashless.
KUALA LUMPUR: All tolls on PLUS highways are now fully electronic and no cash payments will be accepted.
PLUS Malaysia Berhad managing director Datuk Azman Ismail said as of yesterday, PLUS highway users were required to pay toll with PlusMiles card, Touch ‘n Go (TnG) Card, SmartTag, or MyKad equipped with TnG chips.
“The objective of a fully electronic system is to ensure a smoother and faster toll transaction and a more comfortable journey for road users,” said Azman.
“The electronic toll collection system is 300% faster than the manual cash system.”
A SmartTag lane can cater up to 1,000 vehicles per hour and a TnG lane, 600 vehicles per hour, compared with only 180 vehicles per hour at a manual cash lane, he added.
Azman said the migration to full electronic toll collection system was implemented by PLUS in stages since 2008.
The affected highways, which have a total of 94 toll plazas, are the North-South Expressway (NSE), North-South Expressway Central Link, New Klang Valley Expressway, Federal Highway Route 2, Seremban-Port Dickson Highway, Butterworth-Kulim Expressway, Malaysia–Singapore Second Crossing and Penang Bridge.
Speaking at a press conference at the Sungai Besi Toll Plaza, Azman said that feedback and the level of awareness from highway users on the cashless system have been positive, with a 92% penetration nationwide.
He added that PLUS has been running campaigns and advertisements to create awareness on the migration to the new system.
Lanes to top up and purchase TnG cards will be opened for 24 hours at all toll plazas.
PlusMiles cards are also available at all PLUS Customer Service Centres operating at selected toll plaza offices.
Meanwhile, Azman gave an assurance that all existing PLUS toll booth attendants numbering more than 2,000 would not be affected and that some would be redeployed to nearby toll plazas to assist with the new system.
Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Syahrunizam Samsudin said there were no plans to reduce the price of the SmartTag (RM127.20) or TnG card (RM10.60, without pre-loaded value).
He also clarified that the service charge to top up a TnG card and the cap on the reload amount were business models of respective retailers, and customers always have the options to reload their cards elsewhere.
~News courtesy of The Star~
