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Looney Tunes musical debuts in Kuching

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:56 AM PST

by Eve Sonary Heng, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on November 21, 2013, Thursday

KUCHING: The Looney Tunes cartoon characters are set to take over Stadium Perpaduan tonight as their live musical show premieres here.

The world-class show produced by Warner Brothers, USA will begin at 7pm.

"We are very excited to be finally here for the first time and show to the people here what the Looney Tunes have to offer. The show will begin and end with amazing special effects," producer John Read told a press conference yesterday.

"It takes eight to 12 months of planning and preparation to make this happen. The most amazing part is that everything is done in Kuching like all the designs for stage and layout, backdrop, lighting, we don't have to bring anything except Bugs Bunny's luggage."

Read said the Looney Tunes have delighted audiences for 65 years and have become entertainment icons worldwide.

As such, he said the show is suitable for all ages.

He said the crew have been all around the world for the show including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

"It feels wonderful to be in a different part of Malaysia because we usually hear a lot of the happenings and big events are taking place in Kuala Lumpur. I believe with this world-class show being brought to Kuching, it is good tourism entertainment for Sarawak," he added.

Organiser EduCore Paradise Sdn Bhd has invited about 500 children from charitable homes to watch the show tomorrow (Nov 22) at 3pm.

The show times tomorrow are 2.30pm and 7pm, while on Saturday they are 11am, 2.30pm and 7pm.

Sunday's show times are 11am and 2.30pm.

Show-goers can expect to laugh at the hilarious antics and dance along to the catchy tunes in this witty musical that has played to more than 100,000 over four weeks in Australia.

'Looney Tunes Classroom Capers' will see Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Tasmanian Taz and Marvin the Martian at the Acme Academy.

The teacher is running late for class so the Looney Tunes decide to take turns as the substitute teacher.

As Daffy Duck is trying to get most of the control and teach mostly about himself, the rest have to try and put a stop to that.

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Motion on Sarawak’s status dismissed

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:54 AM PST

by Reporters: Jonathan Chia, Antonia Chiam, Marilyn Ten, Jacob Achoi Suim, Wilfred Pilo and Joanna Yap, Photographers: Chimon Upon, Jeffery Mostapa and Kong Jun Liong. Posted on November 21, 2013, Thursday

Speaker sees no urgency in debating issue brought up by state DAP chairman

KUCHING: StateLegislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar dismissed a motion by Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa) under Standing Order 15(2) to discuss Sarawak's status in Malaysia yesterday.

Asfia in making the ruling said the question of urgency to discuss the motion did not arise and the intent of moving the motion did not have the urgency as required under Standing Order 15(2).

"Under Standing Order 15 and 3, the motion brought before the house for consideration must be definite, urgent and of public importance," Asfia said.

Other grounds spelled out by the Speaker in dismissing Chong's motion was that the number of word count in the motion was 368 words, which exceeded the 250 word count limit and that did not comply with the existing parliamentary practices.

Besides that, he said that it would be clearly sub judice to ask the DUN to resolve a matter which was reported in the mainstream media that the Catholic Church filed for a leave of appeal to the Federal Court on the decision of the Court of Appeal to ban non-Muslims from using the word 'Allah' to refer to God.

Chong, in responding to Asfia's ruling said his previous motion in the House on the Gambier Market issue, which exceeded 250 word count was allowed to be debated.

"I have looked through the Standing Order and there is no restriction on the number of words in our Dewan Standing Order, although in the Parliament Standing Order there was 250 words count limit."

He also sought clarification from Asfia whether his rulling on the 250 words count limit would be a new ruling in the House, in addition to the provisions of the Standing Order.

"If that is the case, then we will abide by it so that we have a clear ruling in this House, not changing it over time."

In his reply, Asfia said he had previously made the ruling on the 250 words count limit but it was not the only ground to dismiss Chong's motion.

"I do not want any motion to be too lengthy so that is the ruling," he added

In a press conference later, Chong expressed regret that Land Development Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing was not in the House yesterday when such an important issue came out.

Chong said the dismissal of the motion also showed that the whole of Barisan Nasional was not behind him.

"The main thing in my motion is whether Sarawak's rights under the Malaysia Agreement have been eroded over this past 50 years and how we are going to address this issue.

"The other thing is whether because of the erosion in Sarawak's rights, Sarawakians are looked upon as coolies of the Umnos in the West."

In responding to Masing's statement describing his challenge to him to support the motion as "silly", Chong said: "I don't see how you can call such motion silly when it is to support his (Masing) stand.

"Obviously, he did not dare to make any stand in the DUN and only dares to speak through the press."

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Problem solved, logging licence at Mount Sadong revoked, assures Manyin

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:52 AM PST

Posted on November 21, 2013, Thursday

KUCHING: Residents of 26 villages surrounding the Sadong mountain range can now sleep soundly as the logging licence granted to a private company to cut down trees in their area has been revoked.

Tebedu assemblyman Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong announced the good news to a press conference during a break at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting yesterday morning, after he had met up with the minister in charge (Second Minister of Resource Planning and Environment) Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Sarawak Forest Department acting director Sapuan Ahmad.

"I have already had a discussion with them and they have given us the assurance that this is no more an issue. The licence will be revoked. The company did not ask for a timber licence actually but a logging licence to clear the trees to plant rubber.

"That is no more an issue, we want to assure the 26 villages that they can sleep soundly," he said.

On how the private company had convinced the department to issue the permit in the first place, Manyin, who is also Infrastructure Development and Communications Minister, declined to speculate.

"The land definitely does not belong to a particular family or group. The lands belong to the people living there; some of them are NCR lands while others are communal. However, it is no longer an issue and we want to assure the people of that," he said.

Last Sunday, about 1,000 residents from the 26 villages surrounding the mountain range located some 60 km from the city staged a peaceful protest at Kpg Taee.

They protested against the permit issuance, which was granted to a private company to extract timber at an area covering 474 ha of Mount Sadong, a Bukar Bidayuh heritage settlement site dating back to the Brooke era.

The mountain, which terrain registers at approximately 201m above sea level, is said to be known not only for its fruit trees including durians, but also a water catchment area particularly for the villages of Tarat, Kakeng, Jenan, Bantang, Lanchang, Taee, Baru and Bunga.

It is also home to a rich biodiversity with several protected species such as peacocks, hornbills and barking deers.

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ROS: Perkasa has no branches in Sarawak

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:51 AM PST

by Churchill Edward, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on November 21, 2013, Thursday

KUCHING: The claim by Peninsula-based Malay radical group, Perkasa, that they have already set foot in Sarawak was rubbished by the state Registrar of Societies (ROS) yesterday.

The state ROS in a one-liner text message said: "As per as our record in ROS Sarawak, Perkasa has no branches in Sarawak."

The office was responding to public queries over a news portal report quoting Perkasa secretary-general Syed Hassan Syed Ali that their Sarawak chapter was set up in 2008 and had around 3,000 members. He also claimed that the Sarawak chapter was inactive because its state chief, Abang Abdul Nasser Abang Hadri, had not been in good health.

He was also quoted as saying: "All this talk about us forming a chapter in Sarawak is nonsense as we are already here. The talk now is basically to stop our president Datuk Ibrahim Ali from entering the state."

On top of that, Syed Hassan claimed that Perkasa Sabah had more than 45,000 members who were championing the rights of the Bumiputera in the state.

Prior to Syed Hassan's statement, state politicians and Dayak-based NGOs specifically Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) and Bung Bratak Heritage Association sprang into action to condemn Ibrahim's alleged extremist stance over sensitive matters involving race and religion.

The recent call to burn the Alkitab (Bibles) by Perkasa was probably the last straw that broke the camel's back and caused non-Muslim Malaysians to lose trust in the NGO. They also questioned its sincerity when it (Perkasa) tried to bridge the credibility gap.

Basically, the state politicians and NGOs stated that any attempt by groups from outside the state, especially those with racist and radical stance, to spread their wings to the state and eventually disrupt the existing harmony among the locals must be stopped from the outset.

All well-meaning Sarawakians from the different ethnic groups must continue to uphold tolerance and harmony in all spheres of activity as they had done so without any problem since time immemorial, they added.

Interestingly, the controversial Ibrahim not only lost in the May 5 2013 general election in Pasir Mas to Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) candidate Nik Abduk Nik Aziz but was also on Tuesday sentenced to a one day jail and fined RM20,000 by Kuala Lumpur High Court for contempt of court against judge John Louis O'Hara who presided over opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's defamation suit against Utusan Melayu.

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Know his family?

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:49 AM PST

Posted on November 21, 2013, Thursday

KUCHING: Sentosa Hospital is looking for the family members of a patient, Anizal Johan, whose last address is No 22, Jalan Abong Taib, Kampung Masjid, Kuching

The hospital's attempt to locate the whereabouts of the family prior to this has been futile.

Those who know the family's whereabouts or the family themselves are urged to contact Sentosa Hospital at 082-612321 or 082-612132 and ask to speak to the person in-charge of Men Ward 1 immediately to settle matters with regards to the patient.

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Five teens nabbed after joyride in stolen car

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:49 AM PST

Posted on November 21, 2013, Thursday

KUCHING: Five teenagers, including three girls, were arrested by police yesterday after they were caught joyriding in a stolen car in Matang Jaya.

The teens, all of whom were underage except for the 18-year-old female driver, were spotted around noon in a Perodua Kelisa near a commercial centre by a friend of the car owner, who had reported the loss of his car on Sunday evening.

Recognising the vehicle through its licence plate, the friend immediately contacted both the owner and the police before blocking off the path of the Kelisa to prevent the teens from escaping.

The owner showed up minutes later and verified the Kelisa was indeed his, while police personnel arrived shortly after and detained the teens.

According to the owner, he had just finished playing football at a field in Jalan Astana when he realised his car key was missing from his bag which he had placed at the edge of the pitch.

After making sure his vehicle was still where he had left it, he hitched a ride from a friend back to his house to fetch a spare key and made a quick return to the field only to discover the car was no longer there.

The suspects, meanwhile, were hauled to the Simpang Tiga police station for questioning before being detained in the lock-up pending further investigation.

In a separate case, four youths were arrested for drug possession after they were stopped by police at the Stamping Resettlement Scheme early yesterday.

The suspects, aged between 19 and 22, were nabbed around 2am in front of a shop in the area by personnel from the district Narcotics Crime Investigation Department following a tip-off from the public.

Police proceeded to search the suspects Perodua Viva and subsequently discovered two translucent plastic packets containing crystal-like substance, believed to be syabu, hidden inside a metal container at the driver's seat.

All four youths were then detained in lock-up pending further investigation.

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