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Sabah’s Cultural Mixing Pot At Hawkers’ Haven
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Christmas: Sabah’s Sytle
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Japanese Sisters Live On Borneo Jungle Art
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Sandakan To Revitalise Heritage Trails
Sandakan: A well known tourist attraction here has been given a new lease of life. The Sandakan Heritage Trails (SHT) took visitors to some of the oldest landmarks around the town dating back to nearly a century including a mosque, a few temples and a church. The unveiling of a new giant SHT billboard at the open space next to CIMB Bank in the heart of town by Sandakan Municipal Council president Datuk James Wong marked the beginning of upgrading works on trail to be implemented in stages.
Sheds For KPD Tamu Ground In Sabah
Kota Kinabalu: Local authorities have been urged to look into the Kota Kinabalu KPD Tamu Ground sheds in Tanjung Lipat here as many of the roofs need repairing.Sabah DAP Vice Chairman, Edward Ewol Mujie, made the call after inspecting the place with Member of Parliament Dr Hiew King Cheu on Jan 1.
Umbrella Concept For More Police Presence
Sandakan: Sabah police would be using the "umbrella" concept to increase their presence in public places in the state, said its Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib.He said under the concept, three police personnel would be on duty each time, with two of them on patrol and one seated under a large umbrella.
Sabah Duo: Tandem Cycling Record
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Sabahans are determined to enter the Malaysian Book of Records by cycling their tandem bicycle over more than 5,000km.more...
Sabah’s Suluks Struggle For Platform
The Suluks in Sabah still want to gather the flock under one platform despite the Registrar of Societies (ROS) rejecting their bid to form the apolitical Ikatan Bumiputera Sulu Sabah or Sabah Sulu Bumiputera Network.
Malaysian Food Can Boost Tourism
SIBU (Bernama) - Malaysia's great diversity of food can contribute to the development of the country's tourism industry, said Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit.more...
Certificate For Native Sabahan
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah DAP has lashed out at PBS’ “sudden” realisation that the freeze on native certificates issued to children of mixed parentage is unjustified.more...
KOTA KINABALU: Betitik is the Bajaus’ way of making ceremonial music. Their instruments are brass gongs and barrel drums made from the skin of goats and buffaloes. From them comes a trance-like music that is a cross between a dull drum thump and a ringing clash of cymbals quite similar to that of a xylophone. It is traditional music to celebrate marriages. But Betitik has become an annual musical festival, one that will take centre stage in Sabah’s Putatan district as a tourism event.more....
Sabah’s Delicacy - For The Love Of Durian
KOTA KINABALU: Felix Chiang, 56, and his two-year-old grand-daughter Janice Chan are strangers to Siti Haisah, 38, and Norayah Awang Aming, 35. But they were drawn to Wisma Pertanian by a common link: their love for the king of fruit, the durian. There, the Federal Agriculture Marketing Board (Fama) and the ministry of agriculture and food industry brought two tonnes of durians and a tonne of rambutans and mangosteens from Ranau to Kota Kinabalu to promote local fruit.more...
Business Potential Of Homestay Tourism
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Sabah’s Culture & Tourism
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Innovative Arts
KOTA KINABALU: Benedict Chong, 64, is Sabah’s most adventurous and sensational artist, according to Jennifer Linggi, the curator of the sabah art gallery. His lanky 170-cm (5-foot-7-inch) frame belies a penchant for grandiose art creations: the world’s longest batik tie (50 feet) in 1987, the world’s longest orchid tie (200 feet) in 1991 and now Malaysia’s biggest batik fan of wood and textile that measures 20 feet tall, 30 feet wide and weighs 100kg. It is still too early to tell if it would be the world’s biggest.more...
Mid-Autumn In Tropical Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: oday, October 3, is the mid-autumn festival that has traditionally been celebrated in China for the last 3,000 years to mark the end of a harvest in summer. It is also known as the moon festival because it is the time when the moon is at its fullest and brightest as the day parallels the solar equinoxes of autumn and spring.There is no autumn in tropical Sabah. But, there is no let up in celebrating the moon-cake festival in this easternmost Malaysian north Borneo island state where ethnic Chinese make up slightly more than a tenth of its three million people who include indigenous Kadazandusuns and Malays.
Gala Chinese New Year In Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu: Daily Express and Overseas Chinese Daily News (OCDN) are giving away free tickets to a special "Ai Xin Nian 2011" music event here next month.The event scheduled for 7pm at the KDCA Hall in Penampang, on Jan. 22, is being held in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year celebration. It is being organised by national radio station, Ai FM and sponsored by Daily Express and OCDN, who are also co-organisers for the event.
Sabah Is Popular Amongst Bruneians
Kota Kinabalu in Sabah is one of the popular destinations among Bruneians during the holidays.Based on observation made last Monday, throngs of Bruneians were seen headed to Kota Kinabalu using rental buses and private vehicles.
Do It Like The Sabahans
How many of you fellow Malaysians have been to at least once in East Malaysia or in particular Sabah? I have been there and her several cities like Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau and a few other small cities several times since. And each time I got there, I will get the same feeling, people there are seriously united. They will communicate with each other using this "heavy accent" ending with a "Bah". Even though they are Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans or others, they will speak similarly.more...
Cultural Festival In Tawau, Sabah.
Tawau: Four roads and a roundabout here will be closed, starting from 5pm today (Friday) until tomorrow (Saturday), for the Tawau Cultural Festival involving Bimp-Eaga nations.They are Jalan Dunlop, Jalan Mahkamah, Jalan Persatuan and part of Jalan St Patrick, and the Nusantara roundabout until Tanjung Tawau market.
Suluk Cultural Village In Tawau
TAWAU: It would be good to have a Suluk community cultural village in the state as this could not only enable the younger generation to understand Suluk history but also act as a commercial product outlet for tourists coming from abroad to Sabah, the land below the wind.more...
1Malaysia Unity In Bajau Music
Betitik, the soothing trance-like music played at Bajau weddings and ceremonies, is alive and well. And the Tuaran district in Hajiji Noor’s Sulaman constituency is using it to foster neighbourliness. Music, after all is a universal language of love, peace, harmony and unity. The local more...
Young People Take To Lion Dances
The pulsating drum rolls from deputy chief minister Peter Pang En Yin and Dr Yee Moh Chai, minister of resource development and information technology, ushered in the Chinese new year festival. The lunar new year day falls on February 3. Young people performed the yearly traditional dragon, lion and unicorn dances at the Merdeka Padang in Kota Kinabalu on January 22 with great cultural fervour. They seemed to have answered chief minister Musa Aman’s call to make them popular or else they will vanish.more...
Peak Nam Toong Temple Celebrations
Kota Kinabalu: The Peak Nam Toong Temple at Taman Fortuna here will be organising two special celebrations on February 8 and 10.The first is in conjunction with the birthday of the Qing Sui Zhu Shi and Chinese New Year, while the second is to pay homage to the Jade Emperor, who is the reigning ruler of the heaven, according to the Taoist belief.
Invitational Exhibition At UMS Until Feb 28th.
Kota Kinabalu: The Invitational Exhibition 2011 is open from today (Feb 10) to Feb 28 at the School of Arts Gallery, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), from 9am to 4pm.According to Sabah Art Gallery Curator, Jennifer P Linggi, since its introduction 23 years ago, the Invitational Exhibition has been an important event for artists in Sabah, providing them with a showcase for their distinctive talents and latest pre-occupations in terms of subjects, techniques and artistic media.
Thousands Throng Temple To Pay Homage To Deity
Kota Kinabalu: Thousands of devotees of all ages thronged the Peak Nam Toong Temple at Taman Fortuna here Thursday night, the eve of the Jade Emperor's birthday, to pay homage to the deity.more...
Action Plan To Protect Sabah Artistes’ Works
Tambunan: In its effort to battle the activities of music piracy in Sabah, the Government has set up an action plan called "Rakan Bestari", led by those directly involved in the State's music industry.On January 26 this year, formed under the Home Ministry, committees of Rakan Bestari elected local singer, songwriter and music producer, Francis Landong as Chairman of the movement.
Body For The Muruts Registered
Keningau: The Borneo Murut Native Organisation Sabah has been officially registered by the Registrar of Societies (RoS), said its President Datuk Bernard Maraat.Maraat, who is the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Sook chief, said the organisation was set up to provide opportunity to the Muruts in Sabah to develop their economy and education in order to compete with other races.
Sabah Sinos Want Equal Treatment
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Recognition For Sabah Forest Dwellers
KOTA KINABALU: The United PasokMomogun KadazanDusunMurut Organisation (Upko) wants the plight of forest dwellers in Sabah resolved via the issue of communal titles, on a priority basis, to the lands that they have occupied since time immemorial. more...
Bajau ‘Parang’ Making
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The Last Of The Shamans
In Sabah, the bobohizan, or high priestess, braves the tides of modernity to bring changes into the lives of those around them.The sceptics say it’s a load of superstitious nonsense; you’d have to be a certified nut to believe it. However, that has never discouraged some of Asia’s richest and most powerful from dabbling in the occult.
Donggongon Tamu
I DISCOVER that Tamu days are happy and busy days at Donggongon. This small town in the Penampang district of Sabah comes alive on Thursdays and Fridays each week when there’s a hive of trading activities not only at the actual tamu grounds but business in the entire area gets a boost on those days.more..
Revitalising Sandakan Via Heritage Trails
SANDAKAN: A well known tourist attraction here has been given a new lease of life.The Sandakan Heritage Trails (SHT) took visitors to some of the oldest landmarks around the town dating back to nearly a century including a mosque, a few temples and a church.
Grand Cultural Carnival In Tawau
TAWAU: A grand cultural carnival will be held here on January 14 and 15 to promote arts and culture in Tawau as well as to attract more tourists to the district.Municipal Council president Ismail Mayakob said 20 different communities would take part in the carnival while Brunei and Indonesia had also been invited to participate in the event.
Sabah Natives Won’t Lose Their NCR Rights
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government is doing everything it can to ensure that the natives in the state do not lose their native customary rights (NCR) to their ancestral land.more...
Tenom Villagers Enforced Native Customary Rights
KOTA KINABALU: Six local farmers from Kampung Imahit in Tenom who were convicted of trespassing and cultivating in a forest reserve without permission won their appeal against the Magistrates Court’s decision in the High Court here yesterday.more...
Documenting Sabah’s Cocos Community
KUNAK: Radio Television Malaysia is currently documenting the unique culture of the Cocos community as well as their economic activities for its Anjung Bestari slot over TV1.The recording, which started three days ago, is carried out in conjunction with the Info Bestari programme jointly organised by the 1Malaysia Community, Sabah Information Department and Sabah National Security Council.
Pilot Project: Teaching Of Murut Language
Penampang: The Kadazandusun Language Foundation (KLF) will be organising the first Murut Language Seminar to kick-start a three-year pilot project to introduce the teaching of the Murut Language in primary schools in Tenom.The four-day seminar, part of an early phase of the pilot project funded by the Finnish Government through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland, will take place at the Perkasa Hotel Tenom beginning tomorrow (Monday).
Sabah’s Ethnic Lingo Facing Extinction?
KUDAT: Edi Tutun felt uneasy when two strangers paid him a surprise visit at his house in a remote village in Kota Marudu, in the northern district of Sabah.more...
Kaiduan Dam Will Drown Native Way Of Life
Amidst reports of indigenous people being displaced from their ancestral land for the controversial Bakun Dam project in Sarawak, a similar story is brewing in Sabah as Ulu Papar natives are facing possible relocation due to the proposed Kaiduan dam project.more...
Kadazandusun Chair At University Malaysia Sabah
FOLLOWING is the final part of our special focus on the Kadazandusun Chair at Universiti Malaysia Sabah following recent queries from members of the community as to its objectives and results.The first part of the interview last week featured the Chair's holder Dr Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan.
Here we include the views of UMS Vice Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr Kamaruddin Ampon.
Chinese Culture Thriving In Malaysia
SIBU: The Chinese culture has been developing excellently in Malaysia compared to other countries.Pointing this out, Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh said this was still possible despite Malaysian Chinese living far away from China, the origin of Chinese culture.
Another Cultural Extravaganza In Store
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Treasure & Safeguard Chinese Temple
KOTA KINABALU: The Chinese community in the State, especially Taoists, have been urged to treasure and safeguard Chinese temples as they are the nucleus of their values, culture and tradition.more....
