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- <b>Sarawak's</b> new muaythai sensation - The Borneo Post Online
- Besaup ngelaban penujah tanah - The Borneo Post Online
- Signature drive against Kaiduan Dam - The Borneo Post Online
- Dr Mahathir steps down as Petronas adviser - The Borneo Post Online
| <b>Sarawak's</b> new muaythai sensation - The Borneo Post Online Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:14 PM PST by Matthew T. Umpang, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on December 3, 2013, Tuesday KUCHING: Muaythai boxer Trevor Salang means what he says. Yesterday, he told The Borneo Post that he just could not wait for another bout. With who? Well, all comers. That would be a follow-up to the Miri native's impressive win against Kuching's Aislay Ngasri. The fight held at the Plaza Astana here last Sunday was the New Zealand-based boxer's first local fight. Trevor, who is also known in the ring as 'The Malaysian Machete', registered an easy win based on the decision of the judges. The bout was featured as the main event of the state-level Martial Arts Championships organised by the State Trevor added that the main objective for him challenging local fighters was to share his knowledge. "If there is indeed a strong following (in muaythai) here in the state, I surely can show Sarawakians more stuff which will amaze them. This is what I do best and this is my passion," he said. Despite seeing hometown hero Aislay defeated, local fans at Plaza Astana cheered Trevor as they appeared swayed by his moves. One fight that fans now look forward to seeing would be Trevor taking on top local fighter Heendrew Lois, the current Sukma gold medalist. When asked about this, Trevor admitted he did not know much of the local muaythai scene or who Heendrew is. "As many would have known already, I am residing in New Zealand now and I have been there for about 15 years now. I can say that I am a newcomer to the state scene," he explained. But he is definitely open to the prospect of a bout with Heendrew. If only the PMK can arrange it, that will surely rank as the fight of the year. Trevor is now in Miri where he will spend his next few months.  To enable your comment to be published, please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. This includes vulgar user names.  |
| Besaup ngelaban penujah tanah - The Borneo Post Online Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:46 PM PST KUCHING: Komuniti Bidayuh Singai minta perintah ngetuka pengawa ngereja tanah adat bansa asal (NCR) ba Bukit Singai. Pengari sida, Granda Aing madah udah tetemu lapan bengkah kompeni ngereja tanah NCR entara Sungai Kayan Putih enggau Sungai Kayan Merah di Tanah Pelilih Sempadi di kena betanam sawit. Dua bengkah kompeni ditemu bisi lisin lalu laluh enam iti kompeni bejalaika pengawa nadai belisin ti mungkur tanah pemesai urung 15,000 ekar. "Kami udah ngenataika pekara tu ngagai ijinsi ke megai kuasa lalu ngarapka sida ulih ngetuka pengawa ngereja tanah NCR komuniti Singai,"ku iya madah ngagai pemberita ba kampung Sudoh, Singai Hari Minggu tu tadi. Iya netapka pinta nya datai ari 10,000 iku komuniti Singai ari 12 buah genturung pendiau ke diau ngelingi Bukit Singai. Granda nambah, Bukit Singai udah nyadi palan endur begigaka pemakai enggau utai tumbuh bukai ke diguna sereta mega ditetapka nyadi palan 'Pimuung'. Pimuung nyemaka Pemakai Menua bansa Iban tang ditu kitai enda ngemendar pengawa nebang kayu ngelingi kandang endur tu,"ku iya. Iya mega madah pengawa ngereja tanah NCR nya udah ngerampas hak sida ba tanah ti dipeturun ari aki ini ti ngembuan mayuh macham sejarah. "Pengawa nya mega meri pangka ti besai ngagai pemaik rampa menua. Kelimpah lenyau utai tumbuh, tekat ai kitai ba tas bukit mega deka dikeruga kelebih agi ba Sungai Adis ti mansa 3 buah genturung pendiau. "Sungai nya ukai semina mekal ai irup enggau ikan ngagai sida tang mega udah nyadi siti palan ti dikerindu mensia mayuh endur ngelantang ati,"ku iya. Granda madahka pengawa ngereja kampung nya berengkah ba tengan taun tu ke alai kompeni mega ditemu bisi ngaji gengster ngenakut peranak menua nya. udah ngaga lima polis riput naka ke diatu,"ku iya seraya ti madah bisi berita didinga madahka lisin kuari udah mega dikeluar. Lebih ari 100 iku peranak Singai nyengkaum orang bempu tanah datai begempuru mandangka bantah. Bela datai diplomat ke dulu suba Datuk John Tenewi Nuek enggau Dominic Ng. To enable your comment to be published, please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. This includes vulgar user names. |
| Signature drive against Kaiduan Dam - The Borneo Post Online Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:53 AM PST by Amy Dangin. Posted on December 3, 2013, Tuesday PENAMPANG: Moyog assemblyman Terence Siambun has accepted the suggestion of the Huguan Siou or paramount leader of the Kadazandusun Murut community, Tan Sri Pairin Kitingan, to register grievances against the Kaiduan dam project by starting a signatory campaign. Siambun told reporters after launching the project, called Projek BANTAH, at his office here yesterday that the signatures of protest collected from the campaign would be submitted to Pairin. He said that if Pairin was not going to protect the ancestral lands of the Penampang people, he should step down as Huguan Siou. The campaign, he said, is a collaborative effort between the leaders, human rights advocates, community heads in Penampang, NGOs, volunteers and the Moyog assemblyman's office. Siambun pointed out that Penampang has 'given enough' by letting the Babagon Dam and another project, Penampang Sewerage Treatment Plant, to be built in the district. Chairman of the Projek BANTAH, Kenny Chua, said that the communities of Ulu Papar have every right to protest the dam as it concerns their rights. "All the community are asking is that their ancestral lands, their homes and heritage be left alone. They're not asking for money or for anything else, just for their rights to be respected and to leave their homes alone," said Chua. The RM2 billion Kaiduan Dam will cover a 350 square kilometers area in Ulu Papar, including Terian, Buayan, Babagon Laut, Timpayasa, Tiku, Pongobonon, Kalanggaan, Kionob, and Longkogungan, where about 2,000 people reside. The Projeck BANTAH committee said the dam would threaten the natural resources and landscapes, completely altering the lifestyles of the affected communities, resulting in the permanent loss of culture and traditions, sacred sites and the forced relocation of the communities. Kaiduan Dam will have a 3.75m diameter tunnel to channel water to a proposed water treatment plant in Kampung Maang. The tunnel would traverse through the territories of eight indigenous communities including Timpangoh, Sugud and Limbanak, a densely populated area. The project is also said to go against the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, of which Malaysia is a signatory. According to the declaration, indigenous peoples have the right to determine the use of their lands and governments need to obtain their free, prior, and informed consent before embarking on any projects of this nature, which the task force claimed had never been done before. Although Pairin has yet to confirm the implementation of the mega dam project, he has been making statements regarding the issue, asking those who protest against the project to think about safeguarding the interest of the greater good, rather than just that of the affected communities. And, despite saying that the project is only at the planning stage, the Task Force Against Kaiduan Dam had been receiving visits by the appointed company and consultants from alleged independent bodies to conduct feasibility studies and Social and Environment Impact Studies (SEIA). To enable your comment to be published, please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. This includes vulgar user names. |
| Dr Mahathir steps down as Petronas adviser - The Borneo Post Online Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mahamad confirmed yesterday that he had stepped down as Petronas adviser effective Sunday. Dr Mahathir said he had handed in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak recently. Citing age as his reason to resign, Dr Mahathir said it was time for him to leave the national oil corporation to concentrate on his health. "I have been with Petronas for 10 years, I feel that Petronas has performed well and made huge profit. "I hope Petronas will continue to play its role in nurturing young entrepreneurs," he told reporters after hosting a luncheon for Umno International Forum 2013 participants here yesterday. Dr Mahathir Mohamad was discharged from the National Heart Institute on Nov 25 after being admitted on Nov 16 for a chest infection. Asked whether he will also resign as Proton Holdings Bhd adviser, Dr Mahathir said he was not thinking about it yet. — Bernama To enable your comment to be published, please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. This includes vulgar user names. |
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