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04Apr

YB Datuk Masidi Manjun hosts dinner with 20 students

 Titian Integrasi Tunas Harapan RIMUP 1 Malaysia Negeri Sabah

YB Datuk Masidi Manjun, who is also the Sabah State Education Exco, hosts a dinner with 20 primary six students from schools outside Kota Kinabalu. These students have been specially selected by the Sabah Education Department to participate in an exchange programme to Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor, known as Titian Integrasi Tunas Harapan RIMUP 1 Malaysia Negeri Sabah. The dinner took place on 2nd of April 2012 at  Ocean Seafood Restaurant organized by National Unity and Integration Department of Sabah together with Sabah State Education. Also present were YBhg Datuk Amisah Yassin, Political Secretary to YB Datuk Masidi Manjun and Pn. Nurul Akmalina Hj Shamsuddin, Director of National Unity and Integration Department Sabah. 

YB Datuk Masidi Manjun merangkap Exco Pelajaran Negeri Sabah telah menaja majlis makan malam bersama dengan 20 orang pelajar tahun 6 yang berasal dari sekolah-sekolah luar bandar yang di pilih khas oleh Jabatan Pelajaran Sabah melalui program Titian Integrasi Tunas Harapan RIMUP 1 Malaysia Negeri Sabah Ke Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan dan Selangor. Majlis tersebut telah diadakan pada 2 April 2012 bertempat di Ocean Seafood Restaurant, Kota Kinabalu dan merupakan anjuran bersama Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional negeri Sabah dan Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri Sabah Turut hadir dalam acara tersebut adalah YBhg Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Gilong, bekas Menteri Kerajaan Negeri Sabah, YBhg Datuk Amisah Yassin Setiausaha Politik kepada YB Datuk Masidi Manjun dan Pn Nurul Akmalina Hj Shamsuddin, Pengarah Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional Sabah.

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04Apr

YB Datuk Masidi Manjun officiated a showroom for books published by Oxford Fajar Sdn Bhd

Officiation of a showroom for books published by Oxford Fajar YB Datuk Masidi Manjun who is also the Sabah State Education Exco officiated a showroom for books published by Oxford Fajar Sdn Bhd at Pekan Baru, Inanam on the 2nd of April 2012. YB Datuk Masidi Manjun merangkap Exco Pelajaran Negeri Sabah merasmikan bilik pameran buku-buku terbitan Oxford Fajar Sdn Bhd bertempat di Pekan Baru, Inanam pada 2 April 2012.  
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28Mar

Sabah Tourism Ministry urges villages to join homestay programmme

Villages with potential have been urged to join the homestay programme to help people in rural areas earn additional income. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the ministry is working with Malaysian Tourism Ministry, Homestay Association; public and private agencies to further promote the programme. “Information on this programme is forwarded to all district offices for dissemination to the public,” he said when replying to Abdul Muis Picho (BN-Sebatik) in the state assembly here today. So far, 17 homestay projects have been established in Sabah involving 25 villages with 230 participants providing 438 rooms for tourist accommodation. Masidi said following complaints, the ministry conducted checks and found that 28 premises had abused the homestay label. “Owners of the premises were reprimanded and briefed on the true meaning of homestay as the programme involves the local community. “Therefore, the use of the word ‘homestay’ by the owner of premises will only confuse tourists,” he added. The federal and state governments approved allocation of RM2.5mln under the 9th Malaysia Plan (9MP) and RM795,000 under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) to upgrade homestay facilities. Source: Bernama
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20Mar

Accurate info needed to manage natural resources?

Tourism Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun wants the interlinking social and ecological systems in Sabah to be thoroughly investigated. He said this was important for gathering accurate information that could be used in properly managing the State’s natural resources, which were the key element in the development of Sabah’s tourism industry.

“We are well known for our rich cultural heritage, but a lot more could be done to examine how the socio-ecological systems have been evolving over a long time in our history.

“Perhaps, such information, if collected and investigated, can help in formulating strategies for successful management of at least the key environmental resources,” said Masidi in his speech for the International Annual Seminar on Marine Science and Aquaculture here, yesterday.

The text of his speech was read by Assistant Minister Datuk Ellron Angin, who officiated at the seminar on his behalf.

Masidi said the State Government wanted to make knowledge-based decisions on environmental management for human welfare and mitigating the effects of climate changes.

However, since socio-ecological systems were complex, he said serious analysis and expert opinions were necessary for examining the issues at stake and formulating policies.

“In this connection, I support innovative scientific information as well as lessons from the past. I certainly would like to see that our decisions today have elements of long term sustainability and will in no way become a negative legacy for future scenarios,” he added.

He said scientific evidences suggesting that the climate is changing and ocean ecosystems are undergoing changes as a result, have implications for policies and strategies for responding to the unfolding situations.

This, he added, calls for smart policy decisions at the global level, involving all countries, but while there were serious discussions the countries involved have not walked the talk.

Fortunately in Malaysia, said Masidi, there has been a rapidly growing attention towards environmental conservation, and because of the country’s vast coastline, the concern over climate changes on marine ecosystem was also growing.

He stressed that the government was serious about marine biodiversity and was trying to expand the marine protected areas, control the destructive fishing practices, and increase rehabilitation efforts.

“I intend to support the development of new perspectives of socio-ecological systems which respond to climate as well as social and economic stresses.

“We need to have sufficient information on this aspect, to evolve optimum strategies for managing ecosystems on sustainable basis. Human activities and ecological systems are evolving entities but the direction they take need to adapt to changing realities,” he said.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/14/accurate-info-needed-to-manage-natural-resources/#ixzz1pdypWP3N

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19Mar

Visit from the Director of The Institute of Language and Literature Malaysia (DBP)

Visit from the Director of The Institute of Language and Literature Malaysia (DBP) Dr. Awang Sariyan the Director of The Institute of Language and Literature Malaysia (DBP) paid YB Datuk Masidi Manjun a courtesy visit on the 16th of March 2012 at the minister's office.

YB Datuk Masidi Manjun menerima kunjungan hormat daripada Dr Awang Sariyan, Ketua Pengarah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia bertempat di pejabat menteri pada 16 Mac 2012.

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