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Pacific's 58th Anniversary Shop & Win Closes 16 September: RM50 Buys One Entry, However Much You Spend
The Store Group's 58th Anniversary Shop & Win has been running since 22 May 2026 and stops accepting entries on 16 September. Spend RM50 in a single receipt at a Pacific, Pacific Grocer, The Store, Market Place, TS Concept Store or Super Jimat, scan the QR, upload the receipt, and you are in the draw for a Proton e.MAS 5. We read the full official terms on the organiser's own entry site this run, and the line that matters is buried in the middle of them: each purchase receipt is entitled to one entry only, regardless of the total purchase amount. A RM500 receipt and a RM50 receipt are worth exactly the same. Two more things the posters do not tell you: winners pay the registration, insurance and road tax on the cars themselves, and anyone who does not turn up in person at the prize ceremony forfeits the prize. This is also the rare national campaign that is almost entirely out of town: Pacific's own store list runs to ten outlets across Kedah, Penang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor, and not one of them is in Kuala Lumpur or Selangor.
Lost World of Tambun's Own Promo Codes: RM40 Off an Ipoh Day Ticket, RM450 Off the Hot Springs Pass
Sunway Lost World of Tambun prints two promo codes on its own ticket store and explains neither. We put both through the cart on 7 September 2026, re-tested them on 8 September, and the results invert. On day tickets, WS2602MYKAD is the real one: a Malaysian adult theme park ticket falls from RM160 to RM120, a child from RM140 to RM103, and a night park adult from RM130 to RM100. WS2602ONLINE is worth only RM5 to RM7 there. On the Hot Springs and Night Park Annual Pass it is the other way round. WS2602MYKAD is refused outright, while WS2602ONLINE takes the pass from RM648 to RM198, a RM450 cut that pays for itself on your second night visit. Two things to know before you buy: the store accepts only one code per cart, so the pass and the day tickets have to be two separate transactions, and every night park ticket is void on the nine October and November nights that belong to Screamfest 5.
Cinema Ticket Prices in Malaysia 2026: What Every Surviving Chain Actually Charges, From RM10 to RM80
Malaysia lost two cinema chains in eighteen months. mmCineplexes shut all 13 halls on 22 September 2025 after its parent entered creditors' voluntary liquidation, and MBO Cinemas closed its remaining eight sites in March 2026. We checked every surviving operator's own website on 7 September 2026, all the way through to the ticket-type screen, and found that the two chains everyone dismisses as obscure are the two that print their prices most plainly. Dadi Cinema shows a ringgit figure beside every showtime before you click anything. Mega Cineplex reveals adult, twin and Premier Hall prices two clicks in, with no login. Only one surviving chain genuinely publishes nothing. Here is the full rate card, from a RM13 Wednesday in Sungai Petani to an RM80 seat in Johor Bahru.
AEON Ipoh Stamp Card, Till 25 November: Why One RM400 Receipt Earns Less Than Eight RM50 Ones
AEON is running a stamp card at its Ipoh store called Stamp It, Fill It, Redeem It. Cards are issued until 27 October 2026 and the last day to redeem is 25 November 2026. The mechanic looks ordinary until you read the one line that matters: a stamp is earned per receipt, not per ringgit. One receipt of RM50 earns exactly the same single stamp as one receipt of RM400. That inverts the usual supermarket logic and decides whether the card is worth carrying at all. We worked out what a full card costs an AEON member versus a non-member, why the free membership is worth RM240 of avoided spending here, and why redeeming at four stamps quietly cancels the better reward at eight.
Sunway Lost World Hotel Stay & Play, from RM511: the Ipoh Room That Costs RM51 Once You Count the Tickets
Sunway Lost World Hotel in Ipoh is running a Stay & Play package to 30 September 2026, headlined "from RM511 per night" with theme park and hot springs entrance plus breakfast for two. We re-priced it on the hotel's own booking engine on 7 September 2026, searching 17 of the 23 remaining check-in dates. Every rate is unchanged: the same Exotic room without theme park tickets is RM387 on a Sunday-to-Thursday night, so the two park tickets cost RM124, or RM62 a head against a RM125 MyKad adult gate price. Three things did move. The hotel is closed on the night of Saturday 26 September and the engine refuses any stay covering it. Friday is priced identically to Saturday, not as a weekday. And a Monday check-in cannot be fixed by adding a night, because any stay with a closed Tuesday inside it loses the package.
8 Things to Do in Taiping, Perak 2026 — Built Around the Rain, Not Against It
Taiping is the wettest town in Peninsular Malaysia, and every itinerary written for it pretends otherwise. This one does not. Eight places worth the drive — with the fees and opening hours read from the zoo's own site, the Taiping Municipal Council's Bukit Larut office and the Department of Museums — arranged in the order that survives an afternoon downpour. Updated 25 August 2026: the Bukit Larut jeep runs daily again, and it now has a published fare.
Merdeka Run 2026 Ipoh Is Over — Results Still Aren't Up, and the Next Two Perak Fun Runs Open Now
Merdeka Run 2026 – Ipoh ran at AEON Mall Kinta City on 16 August 2026 and is finished — the Howei listing shows a disabled CLOSED button and AEON Mall has taken its own event page down. Twelve days on, Howei's results index still carries no Ipoh e-certs, while the Taiping leg run a week later is already published. The same organiser's next two Perak runs are open: Merdeka Run – Seri Manjung on 6 September (registration shuts 2 Sep, 10pm) and Batik Run – Ipoh Station 18 on 18 October, both RM34.90–RM39.90.
7 Best Solar Panel Installers in Ipoh & Perak (2026): SEDA-Registered EPCs, and the RM3,000 Rebate Quota That Can Close Before December
From Solar Sunyield's Bercham workshop to Kejuruteraan Cahaya Abadi's MATRADE power purchase deal, here are 7 real, currently-trading, mostly Ipoh-headquartered solar EPC companies serving Perak homes and businesses under the 2026 Solar ATAP scheme.
6 Best Dim Sum Restaurants in Ipoh (2026)
From the trolley-cart rivalry along Jalan Leong Sin Nam's "Dim Sum Street" to suburban locals' picks and a JAKIM-certified halal café, here are 6 real, currently-trading dim sum restaurants in Ipoh for 2026 — deliberately distinct from the city's famous white-coffee kopitiam trail.
7 Best Hot Springs & Nature Getaways Near Ipoh, Perak (2026)
From The Banjaran's geothermal cave spa and the public water-park pools at Sungai Klah to a free natural hot spring tucked behind a waterfall in Simpang Pulai, plus a limestone lake park, a proper hiking hill and an unfinished Scottish castle, here's where to go near Ipoh when Old Town's murals and cave temples aren't the trip you're after.
Malaysia Haze 2026: How to Read the API, When Schools Close, and Where to Check Live Readings
Read at 3pm on 29 August 2026: 31 of 67 stations are unhealthy or worse and none is rated good, with Sri Aman at 228. Here is what the API bands mean, the exact readings that close schools, why apims.doe.gov.my no longer works, and how to protect your family.
Decathlon's New Ipoh Store Opens 29-31 Aug 2026: Free Gifts From RM168, Kipcore Shoes RM129 — and the Fun Run Is Full
Decathlon's new outlet at AEON Mall Ipoh Station 18, Perak opens 29-31 August 2026, 9am-10pm daily, with a free backpack from a RM168 spend, a free cooler bag from RM188, both from RM350, and eight lines at opening prices including Kipcore Premium running shoes at RM129. The RM35 fun run is full, but Sunday's 5:15pm Zumba session is free and needs no registration.
GSC Seniors at the Movies: RM9 Moana Screening + Free Health Check at 6 Cinemas (8 Aug Only)
GSC Cinemas' Seniors at the Movies is holding a one-day special screening of the live-action Moana on Saturday 8 August 2026 at RM9 per senior ticket, with a free drink (mineral water or hot tea) thrown in and a free basic health screening from 10am before the 11am movie — bookable at six GSC cinemas, with the health check running at GSC Paradigm Mall and GSC The Starling in Petaling Jaya.
Thai Odyssey's RM69 Off Any Full-Body Massage Pair — Chain-Wide, Including AEON Ipoh Station 18 (1–31 Aug 2026)
Thai Odyssey's Merdeka promotion takes RM69 off any pair of two full-body services, mix-and-match allowed. Its own terms say the offer runs at all outlets nationwide from 1-31 August 2026 — including AEON Mall Ipoh Station 18, the chain's only Perak branch. Weekdays before 4pm, plus Merdeka Day itself.
7 Best Cafés & Coffee Spots in Ipoh Old Town (2026)
From a Harry Potter-themed café tucked into Concubine Lane to a specialty micro-roastery near Padang Ipoh, here's where to drink well in Ipoh's Old Town beyond the famous white coffee kopitiams.
8 Best Heritage Sites & Street Art Spots in Ipoh (2026): Free Entry, Hours & Closing Times
Ipoh's heritage trail is almost entirely free — what ruins a day here is arriving at a locked gate. Sam Poh Tong shuts at 2pm, Han Chin Pet Soo is appointment-only and closed Mondays, and Kek Lok Tong has been closed since October 2024. Here's the route that works.
OPPO Reno16 Price Malaysia, September 2026: Rebate Widens to RM500 and a New Eco Edition Opens the Range at RM1,699
Read off OPPO Malaysia's own store on 6 September 2026: the Reno16 5G instant rebate has widened from RM200 to up to RM500, taking the 12GB+512GB to RM2,999. The Reno16 F 5G is down to RM1,999, its RM1,799 128GB config has gone, and a new Reno16 F 5G Eco Edition — the identical phone with no charger in the box — now opens the range at RM1,699. The July Ipoh Parade store bundle is long finished.
Gatti Sports Mega Sale: the Ipoh Falim Leg Has Ended — Up to 80% Off Now at Taiping Sentral Mall, From RM8 (13–31 Aug 2026)
Gatti Sports Factory Outlet's mega sale at AEON Big Ipoh Falim ran 24 July–2 August 2026 and has ended. The same operator's Perak clearance has moved to Taiping Sentral Mall, Ground Floor, 13–31 August 2026 — up to 80% off, items from RM8, running shoes from RM59, badminton rackets from RM79, daily 10am–10pm.
8 Ipoh Food Institutions Worth the Drive From KL
From the original Ipoh white coffee kopitiam to a 60-year-old bean sprout chicken shop, these are eight real, still-operating Ipoh food institutions that explain why this Perak town keeps pulling road-trippers up from KL.
8 Family-Friendly Things to Do in Ipoh, Perak With the Kids
A limestone-cliff theme park at RM125 MyKad, four cave-tour levels at Gua Tempurung, a free lake park you reach by boat, a donation-entry tin-mining museum and a castle from RM9 — eight Ipoh-area attractions with the prices, hours and closed days you need before you drive out.