Essence of Borneo

Mohd Bahrin KOTA KINABALU: Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO Bahagian Kota Kinabalu hari ini mempersoalkan motif sebenar Presiden Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal menggesa Kerajaan Persekutuan mengisytiharkan 30 dan 31 Mei sebagai cuti kebangsaan Pesta Kaamatan. Ketuanya  Mohd.Bahrin Abd.Karim berkata, tindakan Shafie seperti telah terdesak sehingga menggunakan cuti umum Pesta Kaamatan sebagai isu untuk kepentingan politiknya. Beliau berkata, Shafie sepatutnya memperjuang dan mensyorkan agar Kerajaan Persekutuan mengiktiraf dan menjadikan sambutan Pesta Lepa-Lepa yang diraikan oleh masyarakat Bajau Semporna sebagai cuti umum kebangsaan dan bukan memainkan isu Pesta Kaamatan. “30 dan 31 Mei setiap tahun adalah cuti umum bagi negeri Sabah dan Kerajaan  menerusi Pejabat Daerah dan KDCA juga menganjurkan sambutan Pesta Kaamatan di daerah-daerah di seluruh negeri sebagai mengiktiraf pesta yang penting bagi masyarakat KadazanDusun Murut (KDM) ini. “Sambutan Pe

The Muddy Road By:Anna Vivienne The start of the journey towards Long Pasia, from Sipitang, a township south of the State,   is somewhat exciting. The road meanders through the countryside where quaint little houses stand among larger more opulent abode. The greeneries around are picturesque, lending a tranquil atmosphere along the road. One can enjoy the view indefinitely but this nicely asphalted road comes to an end an hour or so drive afterwards, and then it starts on gravel. Most people understand and have experienced how uncomfortable driving on or travelling on a four-wheel drive vehicle can be over gravelly road.  Its like being trundled and shaken in a tin can. Bumping one’s head is a periodic occurrence where one definitely acquires a blazing headache after wards. To boot it all one bump up and down which is not very good for the back. It helps if the vehicle slows down a little, but it is still quite bumpy nevertheless. Long Pasia The graveled road comes t

Windbell Restaurant Most people want a cosy ambiance and comfortable sitting arrangement when they want to have a good and filling dinner without any hassles. An overcrowded restaurant may be indications that the eatery serves good food, but it does not offer much in terms of comfort for diners. Sometimes fellow diners pass by and hit or kick the chair of their dining neighbours, due to overcrowding. This is one of the most irritating things to happen, not only because of the discomfort of sudden unmitigated moves, but at times one end up with soup on the face, or a whole fork full of noodles. Some of the food available The other thing that diners want is good and swift service. Slow service is very annoying. There are times when diners have to wait for half an hour to get their order and at times the order might not even be correct. This happens often, not only in coffee shops but in good restaurants including those fast food franchises. I believe these issues that

Mizma (right) in friendly interaction with the orphans during lunch CONCERNED…Silam Women UMNO Chief  Mizma Appehdullah with her committe members visited the Welfare Homes under the Malaysian Medical Services and Charity Foundation (YKPPM) at Taman Sri Perdana, Lahad Datu, recently. Mizma and her group feted the residents of the home with lunch. They comprised of 36 orphans, converts and the impoverished. She was given a tour of the home and briefed on its needs. She stated that she would look into providing assistance to meet their needs.-AG

Mizma (right) receiving a memento from Aida during the function..   LAHAD DATU: The Barisan Nasional (BN) Government prioritize women's development in its agenda. Silam UMNO Women Chief, Mizma Appehdullah said the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman recognised the role and contributions of women in the State. She said the BN Government had never ignored women in any development plans including in the policy making levels . “The Government accorded important roles to women in both State and National levels, in various aspects including administratives and developments roles." “In fact the contributions and roles of women are recognised by the Governmnent. The BN Government had never sidelined women in the  mainstrean of development in the National level," she said Mizma said this when asked about the Decision of the State Government to allocate RM5 million in the 2917 Budget as Additional Special Funds for Women groups in Sabah.

Yahya (dua dari kanan) menyampaikan cenderamata kepada Madius (tiga dari kiri) di majlis itu KOTA KINABALU: Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin telah merasmikan Seminar Penternakan Kerbau Sawah di Sabah dan menyaksikan Majlis Menandatangani Perjanjian Projek “Enhancing The Productivity of Farmed Buffalo through Modification of Rearing Practices” diantara Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan dan Perusahaan Ternak (JPHPT), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) dan National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) di Hotel Promenade, Kota Kinabalu. Turut hadir ialah Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi Malaysia, Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau, Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Makanan Negeri (MAFI)  Ahmad Haji Awang Hashim, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif NIBM, Haji Rozairi Muhammad, Pengarah JPHPT, Datuk Dr.Yeo Boon Kiat.-AG

 Ketua Daerah Matunggong, OKK Makinsos Nawai. MATUNGGONG: Seramai 36 peserta telah menyertai Bengkel Khas Memperhalusi Pengisian “Pesta Magahau” yang diadakan di Bilik Mesyuarat Pejabat Daerah Kecil Matunggong, baru-baru ini. Bengkel itu dianjurkan oleh Mahkamah Anak Negeri Matunggong dan dipengerusikan oleh Ketua Daerah Matunggong, OKK Makinsos Nawai. Peserta bengkel terdiri daripada Ketua-Ketua Anak Negeri, Wakil Ketua Anak Negeri, Ketua-Ketua Kampung, wakil-wakil persatuan Rungus, pertubuhan keagamaan,10 orang tokoh adat dan  pemimpin masyarakat Rungus. Bengkel ini merupakan sambungan kepada bengkel pertama yang telah dilaksanakan pada tahun 2009 (Konvensyen Undang- Undang Adat Matunggong 2009). Bengkel itu bertujuan untuk memurni dan memperhalusi acara-acara dan pengisian Pesta Magahau agar iannya selaras dan mengikut adat dan ketetapan yang telah dibuat dan dipersetujui oleh pihak Mahkamah Anak Negeri dan tokoh2 adat Rungus sebelum ini. Antara agenda yang

Yahya (tengah0 dengan ketua masyarakat Cina Putatan PERJUMPAAN…Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin (tengah) bergambar kenangan bersama ketua-ketua masyarakat Cina daerah Putatan selepas menerima kunjungan mereka di pejabatnya di Wisma Pertanian Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, baru baru ini. Turut serta dalam kunjungan itu termasuklah Ahli Majlis Daerah Putatan, Ngu Woo Dung (kanan) dan E Lawrence Hee Wee Liong (tiga dari kanan). Pelbagai isu telah dibincangkan dalam kunjungan itu terutama mengenai kepentingan masyarakat Cina di Putatan amnya dan rakyat keseluruhannya.-AG

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Rubber Industry Board in collaboration with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Sabah conducted a briefing on the “Culture of Integrity among LIGS staff” at its Headquarters attended by 50 officers including staff of its subsidiaries.  This is a continuation of Corporate Integrity Pledge signed with MACC in March 2016. Present at the briefing were SRIB Deputy  Chairman, Dato’ Webley Disim,  General Manager, Datuk Harris Mathews and MACC Deputy Director of Operations, Karunanithy a/l Y. Subbiah. The briefing was conducted by the MACC Assistant Commissioner, Aini Ag. Muda.  A corruption free pledge was lead by LIGS Integrity Officer, Jenus Gansau. Harris urged LIGS staff to inculcate positive values while carrying out their daily duties to ensure a free corruption agency.  He added that the Board is both socially and commercially oriented.  The main objective is to eradicate poverty among rubber smallholders.  The staff were advised to have int

   Yahya menerima cenderamata daripada pasukan tarian singa di majlis itu. PUTATAN: Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin telah merasmikan majlis sambutan Tahun Baru Cina SJKC Hwa Shiong di gelanggang bola keranjang sekolah itu, baru baru ini. Yahya yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Petagas turut mengaul yee sang bersama para jemputan selain menyampaikan limau dan angpow kepada pelajar sekolah itu. Majlis itu turut dihadiri oleh Pembantu Menteri kepada Ketua Menteri, Datuk Ir. Edward Yong, Pengerusi Dewan Perniagaan dan Perindustrian Tionghua Kota Kinabalu, Datuk Michael Lui Yen Sang,Penolong Pengarah Unit Bahasa Cina, Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri, Tham Yun Fook, Pengerusi Persatuan Sekolah Cina Negeri Sabah, Datuk William Chu, Pengerusi Lembaga Pengurus Sekolah, Frankie Chung, Pengerusi Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru-Guru (PIBG), Michael Chin Wee Yee,Guru Besar sekolah, Tang Siew Kean dan pemimpin masyarakat setempat.-AG

The recipeints of the Christmas gifts with the Palace Hotel team lead by Ms Phang 5th right, back row. KOTA KINABALU: The Palace Hotel Kota Kinabalu presented gifts to some 100 parishioners’ children and residents of the Mother of Divine Grace Hostel, Kota Belud, recently. The gifts were collected from Hotel staff, guests and generous members of the public for the less fortunate, in conjunction with the Christmas celebration. Ms Phang Joo See, the General Manager said a Christmas tree was placed  at their lobby where the names of the potential recipients were hung. The tree aptly called ‘Angel tree’ was at the lobby for the whole month of December last year with the names hung on it, and guests as well as generous individuals were encouraged to pick a name off the tree as a recipient for their gifts,  she said. According to her, the names were of children from the Mother of Divine Grace Hostel and children from impoverished families around the area. “We coll

Frankie (barisan hadapan, sembilan dari kiri) bergambar bersama kakitangan  Tukim,  Nuga Best, Kian Teck dan YMM Cawangan Tanjung Aru  yang menyertai program amal itu KOTA KINABALU: Menjelang perayan Tahun Baru Cina, golongan warga emas di Rumah Warga Tua Sri Pritchard Kinarut tidak dilupakan oleh mereka yang prihatin khususnya syarikat-syarikat swasta dan juga individu. Presiden Dewan Perniagaan Malaysia-Cina (Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce)(MCCC) Cawangan Sabah, Datuk Frankie Liew telah mengetuai kakitangan 2 buah syarikatnya iaitu Tukim Enterprise Sdn.Bhd dan Nuga Best (Sabah) Sdn.Bhd mengunjungi 94 penghuni warga emas rumah amal itu untuk menyampaikan sumbangan berupa makanan dan “Ang Pow”. Frankie Liew merupakan Pengarah Urusan (MD) Tukim Enterprise dan Pengerusi Nuga Best (Sabah) Sdn.Bhd. Turut menyertai rombongan Frankie dalam kunjungan mesra itu ialah Pengarah Kian Teck Sdn.Bhd, Encik Louis Tan, Pengarah Urusan Nuga Best, Francis Liew dan anggota Yong Malaysia

 Bryan Chew (3rd left) and Mok (2nd right) recieving mementoes from the Dance Troupe team during the event CONTRIBUTION OF FOUR LION HEAD SETS….Tai Pak Gong Temple Tenom recieved four units of 'Lion heads' from entreprenuers Bryan Chew and Mok Sau Ngen, which would go to their Lion Dance Troupe, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year. The hand over ceremony held at the same time as 'opening the Lions' eyes' ceremony was carried out at the Temple ground. It was witnessed by the Chairman of Tai Pak Gong Tenom, Kapitan Yong Yaw Chen and his deputy Chong Vun Kiong. Yong  expressed his appreciation and thanks to Bryan dan Mok for their contribution to the temple's Dance Troupe. According to Bryan, he presented two units of 'Lion head' annually so the Tai Pak Gong Lion Dance Troupe can perform well during the Chinese New Year celebrations. “This is one of my corporate social responsibilities, with my friend, Mok”, he said.-AG

Datuk Yahya Hussin The Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Sabah,  Datuk Seri Panglima Hj Yahya Hussin today express his happiness for the rubber smallholders in the state for the higher income enjoyed by them.  Yahya said,  the International price of Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 (SMR 20) has increased from its low of RM4.70 cents per kilogram early last year to today at RM9.68 per kilogram.  The increase in price is due to a short supply in the world market due to flooding in Southern Thailand.  He expressed his hope that the International rubber price will be maintained. Yahya said, as a result, the smallholder rubber prices in Sabah  has increase from a low of RM1.50 per kilogram for cuplumps at 50% dry rubber content to a high of RM3.75 per kilogram as of today.  The increase has resulted in rubber smallholders earning between RM2,500.00 per month to RM7,000.00 per month. Yahya reminded the smallholders that the government has a social safety net policy

UNTUK ALBUM…Timbalan Ketua Menteri,Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin (bersongkok) yang juga Setiausaha Badan Perhubungan UMNO Negeri, Bendahari UMNO Negeri, Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Haji Noor (empat dari kanan) yang juga Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan Negeri, Menteri Pembangunan Masyarakat dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna Negeri, Datuk Hajah Jainab Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Ahmad Ayid bergambar kenang-kenangan bersama Ketua-Ketua UMNO Bahagian sebelum mesyuarat Badan Perhubungan UMNO Negeri Sabah di Bangunan UMNO Sabah, Kota Kinabalu. Turut kelihatan dalam gambar, Datuk Seri Panglima Abd.Ghapur Haji Salleh (tengah), Datuk Abd.Rahim Ismail (dua dari kiri), Datuk Sri Haji Nasir Tun Sakaran (tiga dari kiri), Datuk Bolkiah Ismail (kanan), Datuk John Ambrose (empat dari kiri), Datuk Isnin Aliasnih (dua dari kanan) dan Datuk Nilwan Kabang (kiri).-AG

RASMI…Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Juhar Haji Mahiruddin telah berkenan merasmikan Majlis Ulang Tahun Jubli Intan ke-6 Maktab Sabah, Kota Kinabalu di dewan sekolah itu, kelmarin. Turut hadir ialah Toh Puan Datuk Seri Panglima Hajah Norlidah Tan Sri R.M.Jasni, Menteri Pembangunan Masyarakat dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna Negeri, Datuk Hajah Jainab Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Ahmad Ayid, Pengarah Pendidikan Negeri, Datuk Maimunah Suhaibul, Pengerusi Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru-Guru (PIBG), Datuk Fatimah Shara Ahmad Noor, Pengetua Cemerlang Maktab Sabah, Datin Hajah Nuinda Haji Alias dan Pengarah Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur Negeri, Datuk Hajah Safar Untung. Pengerusi PIBG, Fatimah Shara berkata, majlis itu diadakan bertujuan memperingati genapnya 60 tahun usia penubuh Maktab Sabah selain untuk menghimpunkan mantan-mantan pelajar. Kelihatan, Juhar (enam dari kiri) dan Norlidah (tujuh dari kiri) bersama Jainab (empat dari kiri), Fatimah (dua dari kiri), Nuinda (empat dari

Yahya (bersongkok) menandatangani plak perasmian sambil diperhatikan oleh Yusra (tiga dari kanan), Sani (dua dari kiri), Umar (kiri) dan Mohamad Azmi (dua dari kiri) di majlis itu. KOTA KINABALU: Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin telah merasmikan Koperasi Co-opbank Persatuan Malaysia Berhad (Co Opbank Persatuan) Cawangan Kota Kinabalu di Alamesra Plaza Utama, Jalan Sulaman, baru baru ini. Yahya yang juga Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Makanan Negeri berkata, Kerajaan Negeri amat mengalu-alukan pembukaan Co-opbank Persatuan di Sabah yang telah pun mula beroperasi pada 23 September 2016. Katanya, Co-opbank Persatuan sehingga kini telah mencapai modak syer berbayar lebih RM343.1 juta, sementara sebanyak 531 buah koperasi daripada seluruh negara telah menganggotainya dan anggota individu melebihi 75,000 orang. “Dengan adanya 20 cawangan merentasi semua negeri di seluruh Malaysia, Co-opbank Persatuan bukan sahaja berjaya menampatkan dirinya seb