16Dec

Musa: Adopt culture of making schools part of your lives

PAPAR: Education development in the country is always a main priority of the government to produce quality human capital who will be the future leaders of the nation. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said empowering the vital sector does not only focus on improving the delivery and teaching system but also covers enhancing and upgrading basic facilities of schools in the nation. He said the Federal government has allocated a total of RM56 billion for education development as announced in the National Budget 2015 to ensure national education continues to be strengthened in line with the Education Development Blueprint (PPPM) 2013 – 2025. "Apart from the huge funds, the government also maintains various schooling aid to help lessen parents' financial burden. "In fact, the efforts to build and upgrade schools in the country are still continued to cater to the increasing number of students every year," he said. Musa said this at the opening of a three-in-one function, namely, presenting schooling aid under the Back To School programme, mass circumcision and 'Barbers on Wheel' programme at a multipurpose hall here on Monday. Umno Papar Divisional Chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail who is also Pantai Manis assemblyman delivered Musa's speech at the event. A total of 1,163 pupils from primary schools here received school uniforms, school shoes and school bags during the event and about 100 boys underwent the circumcision. The event was jointly organised by the Service Centre of Papar MP together with Papar Education office, PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Umno Papar Puteri and Youth. Also present were Works Deputy Minister cum Papar MP Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, State Deputy Speaker Datuk Johnny Mositun, PLUS Malaysia Berhad Chairman Mohd Fuad Khusairi and Papar District Officer Siriman MF Basir. Musa also called on the people in Sabah to adopt a culture of making schools part of their lives as schools are the place for their children to get education and shape their future. He said parents need to work together with the schools so that they would be in the know about their children's academic performance and find ways to address their weaknesses. At the same time, he said the schools also need to adopt a community-friendly approach with the society so that any activity organised will get the support and assistance from the parents. Meanwhile, Rosnah said big government-linked companies and corporate bodies should emulate the Plus Malaysia Berhad which is a subsidiary company of Perbadanan Khazanah Harta and also the biggest highway concessionaire company in the country for its effort to fully sponsor schooling items to the 1,163 pupils here. "This effort will benefit not only the pupils but also help lessen the financial burden of their parents who are in the low-income category," she said. Source: Daily Express
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15Oct

Program Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI)

151014_1 YB Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun receiving a cheque with the amount of RM100,000 from SHELL Malaysia's representative, YBhg Datin Lucy Wong for the “Friends of Nature School Program 2014” (Program Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI) 2014) on 14 October 2014 at the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment Sabah office. SERASI is one of the major programs for Environment Week’s annual celebration in Sabah. YB Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun menerima cek sebanyak RM100,000 yang disampaikan oleh wakil daripada SHELL Malaysia, YBhg Datin Lucy Wong sempena dengan Program Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI) 2014 pada 14 Oktober 2014 bertempat di Tingkat 7, Kementerian Pelancongan, Kebudayaan dan Alam Sekitar Sabah. Program Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI) merupakan salah satu program utama bagi sambutan tahunan Minggu Alam Sekitar (MASM) di Sabah.
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09Oct

Duo on environmental, humanitarian walk

KOTA KINABALU: Two men, each carrying 20kg of backpack, decided to walk 2,500 kilometres from Tawau to Kuching to raise awareness on positive environmental and humanitarian projects in Borneo. The duo, David Atthowe, 25, from Norfolk England, and Yusep Sukmana, 24, from Bandung Indonesia, calling themselves the Nomadic Lion, attended a press conference here yesterday after 47 days of walking from Tawau to Kota Kinabalu, which covers a distance of 780 kilometres. Their planned journey which will cover Sabah, Sarawak, and Brunei, will take about five months and will be made into a documentary focusing on positive environmental and humanitarian projects and solutions. Walking and relying solely on the help of people they meet along the way for food and hospitality, David, the founder of Nomadic Lion, said they had been blessed as the people they meet here (Sabah) are very helpful and supportive towards their cause. “We share positive stories when learning from the locals here. We focus a lot in documenting our journey and take pictures every day to spread the positivity to the world through the social media,” he said, giving an example that the duo had made the Society for the Deaf in Lahad Datu known to the public. The project in Borneo is the second walking mission for the duo after completing a 1,100 kilometer-walk in Peninsular Malaysia in February. “I am passionate about this part of the world and to help people and nature here. We chose Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo to be the venue of our first two projects because they have one of the oldest rainforests in the world and their precious resources,” David said, while pointing out that the people here are incredibly diverse, especially in Borneo. To date, David’s cause has received an increasing number of followers on social media, including its website (www.nomadiclion.com) and Facebook. Commenting on his experience gained from the journey, David said he found Peninsular Malaysia very different from Sabah in terms of culture and its people. “The Borneo people are more similar to those in Kalimantan. In the peninsula, they have a completely different culture compared to Sabah. It is like being in two different countries. “A lot of people say we are crazy, but we are very passionate about raising awareness as we progress on the walk via our website, social media activities and engaging local people every day, to talk to them about local positive projects,” he explained. Commenting on their success, David said the walk took 47 days and was tough going at times. “We were lucky that we have not encountered serious challenges, and we were continuously supported and spurred on by the warm welcome and generosity of the Malaysian people we met on our route,” he explained. As for David’s partner in the project, Yusep, a student majoring in literature, said he loved the culture, customs and tradition of Sabahans, especially their music. “I love to see different traditional music genres in different places, which reflect their colourful cultures. I am passionate about music and I love to see how people unite through it,” he said. Their walk began in Tawau on August 22, and has taken them to Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Sandakan, Telupid, Ranau, up Mount Kinabalu, and to Kota Kinabalu. From Kota Kinabalu, they will be going through Brunei before entering Sarawak and walking all the way down to Kuching, where they will finish their journey in February next year. Throughout their journey, they will visit a number of conservation projects, education projects, community empowerment projects and national parks. The have visited the PKPKM (Sabah Society for underprivileged children), which is a project working to help provide education to stateless children around Semporna, as well as the Danum Valley Reforestation Project, Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Kinabalu International School, and the Mescot community. The Nomadic Lion has received a few sponsors locally so far, including from the Sabah Tourism Board, United Sikh, Goldheart Project, Gerakh Sikh, Leap Spiral, PACOS, and three sponsors from London, namely Transglobe Expedition Trust, Water-to-go Foundation, and Naturya. Also present at the press conference was Sabah Tourism Board chairman (STB), Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, who commented that STB was very happy to be sponsoring the Nomadic Lion’s walk.
Source: Borneo Post
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10Sep

SHELL Educational Excellence Awards

100914 YB Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun presented bursaries and scholarships sponsored by SHELL Malaysia to students from secondary schools and universities at the SHELL Educational Excellence Awards on 9th of  September 2014 at Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa. Seen in the photo, YB Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun with university students who received their scholarships from SHELL Malaysia. YB Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun telah menyampaikan Dermasiswa dan Biasiswa Tajaan SHELL Malaysia kepada para pelajar sekolah menengah dan juga beberapa pelajar universiti ketika acara Anugerah Kecemerlangan Pendidikan SHELL yang telah diadakan pada 9 September 2014 bertempat di Hotel Shangri La Tanjung Aru Resort. Kelihatan dalam gambar, YB Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun mengambil gambar kenangan bersama-sama dengan pelajar-pelajar universiti yang telah mendapat tajaan biasiswa dari SHELL Malaysia. 
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26Aug

OSH training programmes in Sabah schools

Kota Kinabalu: Niosh Sabah will be creating awareness on Occupational Safety and Health in schools to encourage young people to apply the safety culture in order to decrease accident rates at the workplace. Niosh Chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said Niosh wanted the awareness on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) started at school level to intensify people to be more concerned, aware and responsible on OSH. He was speaking at the Niosh Sabah's Hari Raya with media and clients 2014, here, Saturday. "This is very important because even though the rate of workplace accidents has decreased by almost 50 per cent since 10 years ago, I think there are lots of space where Niosh could assist, especially in Sabah, on how we could raise the level of OSH awareness. "So, one of the programmes that we will do is an awareness on OSH among students in school and I have asked Niosh Sabah to identify several schools here for us to carry out this programme and to let the students know more about what is safety at work. "In the future these students will join the workforce after they graduate, so if they know about OSH early from school, it will be more easier for them to apply the safety at work culture. "Niosh is actually preparing the young generation of today so that when they join the workforce, they will be more conscious and more aware of the importance of safety and health. Lee also said the Hap Seng company is ready to discuss with Niosh to sponsor the OSH programme in schools and hoped other companies could come forward to help and cooperate with Niosh to conduct the programme. According to Niosh Manager for Sabah and Labuan, Mohd Hussin Abd Salam, for this year, they will choose 10 schools in the city with one of them as the host for the programme which will be organised every year. Meanwhile, Lee said in line with the awareness programme, they will also conduct several seminars focusing on several things, namely a seminar in relation to defensive driving and mini seminar involving various safety aspects in different fields of work. On defensive driving, Lee said it was very important because the number of commuting accidents among workers heading from their house to work and from work to their house is increasing. "To lessen this problem, these drivers should be educated in this special seminar where we could teach them through our experts to drive safe and be more responsible," he said. Lee also announced that the Borneo Occupational Safety Health conference will be organised in Kuching, Sarawak next year and that they are going to hold it alternately between Sabah and Sarawak. Also present was Niosh Certification Sdn Bhd General Manager Shamsul Zahrin Zainudin. Source: Daily Express
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