04Jul

Sunset Music Fest 2012

Sunset Music Fest 2012 YB Datuk Masidi Manjun was the guest of honor during the Sunset Music Fest which was held at the Tip of Borneo, Simpang Mengayau, Kudat on the 30th of June 2012. YB Datuk Masidi Manjun menjadi tetamu kehormat ketika acara Sunset Music Fest yang telah diadakan di Tip of Borneo, Simpang Mengayau, Kudat pada 30 Jun 2012. 
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04Jul

International Neuroscience Symposium courtesy visit


International Neuroscience Symposium 2012 courtesy visit YB Datuk Masidi Manjun received a courtesy visit from from the School of Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah in conjunction with the International Neuroscience Symposium 2012 on the 3rd of July 2012 at the minister’s office. YB Datuk Masidi Manjun telah menerima Kunjungan Hormat daripada Sekolah Perubatan UMS berkaitan dengan International Neuroscience Symposium 2012 pada 3 Julai 2012 bertempat di pejabatnya. 
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04Jul

Kota Kinabalu’s wakid wonder

KOTA KINABALU: A building resembling a wakid, the basket that Sabah’s ethnic Kadazandusuns use to carry their agriculture produce for generations, has become the first certified green structure in the state. The RM16mil Sabah Art Gallery Conservation Centre in Luyang here has been accorded the silver classification from the Green Building Index Accreditation Panel. On hand to receive the honour from panel chairman Boon Che We was state Tourism Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun who said the building’s solar pho­­­­tovoltaic electricity generating system produced 5% of its power needs. “The building electricity demand would thus be 1mW less a year – saving 780 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted during that period,” he said. Rainwater will also be harvested, thus saving up to 330,000 litres of potable water or 32% of the total annual consumption. Masidi said other energy-saving features in the building included the use of efficient LED lights with motion sensors that would automatically switch off should visitors walk away from paintings or any other exhibit there. “Automatic photo sensors have also been installed to integrate natural and artificial lighting systems to avoid unnecessary energy wastage.” Boon said the centre was among 70 structures in the country that had been accorded the green certification. Of these, 39 are new non-residential buildings, 25 residential ones and five structures that are green-retrofitted, one of which is the Prime Minister’s office. Boon said the panel had received applications for green certification from owners of a diverse range of properties, including government and corporate offices, hotels, shopping malls, factories, hospitals and airports. Source : New Straits Times
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04Jul

18 countries to take part in Sabah International Folklore Festival

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah International Folklore Festival (SIFF) 2012 will see 18 international cultural dance troupes showcasing their skills from July 8-17, said Sabah Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Bolkiah Ismail today.
He said seven of the troupes will be participating for the first time who are from Czech Republic, Finland, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Kuwait, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria.
"Sabah Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin is expected to officiate the festival on July 13," he said at media conference on the festival here today.
Bolkiah also said 14 schools will be taking part in the Local Folkdance Competition where three schools are from Sarawak, Selangor and Pahang.
He said the local folkdance competition will be held on July 11-12 from 7pm at the Sabah Cultural Centre, with tickets priced at RM10 (adult) and RM5 (under 17 years old).
The international folkdance competition will be held on July 14-15 from 8pm at the Sabah Cultural Centre, with tickets priced at RM50 (premier class), RM30 (adults) and RM10 (under 17 years old), he said.
Bolkiah said the tickets can be obtained from the LKNS office in Kota Kinabalu and the Sabah Cultural Centre, Penampang. -- BERNAMA
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29Jun

ENSEARCH Sabah set to protect environment

KOTA KINABALU: The newly set up Environmental Management and Research Association Malaysia (ENSEARCH) Sabah branch will be organizing a tree planting programme, its protem chairperson Datuk Adeline Leong said. ENSEARCH Sabah will also be conducting training programs on air and water modeling, quality risk assessment and air pollution with the guidance of ENSEARCH KL, she added. Leong, at the launching of the ENSEARCH Sabah branch by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry Tan Sri Joseph Kurup yesterday pointed out that the protection of the environment is something dear to the organization’s heart. “We all want to breathe clean air and drink. However we are confronted with the haze every year and our rivers are polluted with oil palm pollutant. This is intensified by global warming caused by too much carbon being released into the air. “The setting up of ENSEARCH Sabah branch is timely as we intend to bring public awareness to this mounting problem and in our own small way, help minimize the impact of human activity on the environment. “Planting trees and conducting training on environmental management are two ways we are starting off with,’ Leong added. Meanwhile ENSEARCH Malaysia President Abdul Aziz Long said that the Sabah branch is the first one outside Klang Valley. “Since its establishment, ENSEARCH has always sought to raise the standard of environmental professionals in Malaysia and to raise the level of environmental performance in the private sector. “At the same time we also believe in a consultative process with the public sector and civil society. Our vision is to make more Malaysians environmentally aware of their surrounding and committed to taking personal responsibility to manage and mitigate the impacts of their corporate, professional and daily living activities on the environment. “As a capacity building NGO in the environmental field, we would like to act as an enabler to Malaysian environmental professional’ growth,” he stressed. Source : Borneo Post
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