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Kota Kinabalu: The inaugural joint-performance by Kian Kok Middle School Orchestra and Taiwan Hsinchu District Youth Orchestra augurs well for the enhancement of cultural and arts development among students of the school here. Kota Kinabalu Hokkien Association President, Datuk Clement Yeh, said the programme had also earned praise from the Sabah Tourism Board in promoting arts and culture. Speaking as guest-of-honour at Kian Kok Middle School hall here, Sunday, Yeh who is also a member of the school's board of directors, said the Board fully supported the programme because it is good for the students' development. He commended the organisers, saying it was not easy to organise such a programme. "It needs hard work and commitment from all to see the results that we are seeing today," he said, adding it was also an honour for Kian Kok Middle School to be able to perform on the same stage with the orchestra from Taiwan. He hoped the students of Kian Kok would be able to learn from the Taiwanese youth orchestra, which had an international reputation. Source: Daily Express

KOTA KINABALU: Jun Durabi of Pitas won the second series of Novel Writing Competition Sabah. He took home RM7,000 cash prize which was presented by Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Masidi Manjun at the closing of the event at Pacific Sutera Harbour, yesterday. His novel, ‘Sangkar Terapung’ was adjudged the best followed by the novels by Kartina Tati and Ramlah Abd Rashid, who won the second and third places respectively. Kartina received RM4,000 cash prize while Ramlah bagged RM3,000. Two consolation prizes were given to Rodia Said and Ismail Salleh. The young novelist category went to Melanie Marcellina J. Kinjawan and Fymila Jessica Nandoh who received RM500 each. Masidi in his speech said novel writing competition was one of the most important events that should be given special attention. “Whether we realize it or not, we are living in an era where we have the potential of damaging the beauty of the language, especially when it comes to conversation in the social media. “For example, the limited space in Twitter will force us to use abbreviations when typing our messages. For example ‘laugh out loud’ is LOL. This has been happening for many years already and it has become a habit,” added Masidi. He said the novel writing competition was one of the best ways to restore the value of appreciation of languages, and the relevant bodies must do something to preserve the unique languages in Sabah. Also present yesterday were chairman of Sabah Cultural Board Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang and the board’s general manager Datuk Rosmadi Datu Sulai. Source: Borneo Post