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Weatherman forecasts strong winds, rough seas up to monday <b>...</b>

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 07:37 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR: The Category Two strong winds and rough seas occurring in the waters off Kelantan and Terengganu are expected to prevail up to Monday, according to the Meteorological Department.

It said in a statement that the winds of between 50 and 60 km per hour and waves exceeding 4.5 metres in height were dangerous for all beach activities and shipping, including ferry services.

It also forecast Category One strong winds and rough seas in the waters off Pahang, eastern Johor, Sarawak, the federal territory of Labuan and Sabah (in the Interior, West Coast, Kudat and Sandakan divisions).

The winds of between 40 and 50 km per hour and waves as high as 3.5 metres were expected to prevail from tomorrow up to Monday, it said, adding that this situation was dangerous for small boats and sea sports and recreational activities. — BERNAMA

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SRU take on <b>Sabah</b> today - The Borneo Post Online

Posted: 29 Nov 2013 09:32 AM PST

by Philip Wong, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on November 30, 2013, Saturday

SIBU: Sarawak Rugby Union (SRU) will bank its hope on import player, Fijian Iowane Sovatabua as they lock horns with Sabah Rugby Union in today's qualifying round of the Agong's Cup at Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu which starts this afternoon.

SRU chief coach, Michael Ting had admitted that Sabah could be a tough nut to crack but Iowane should serve as a morale booster to the team.

"Of course, Iowane alone can't do much and it's still the solid team spirit that counts. This is never going to be easy match but we are confident that we can beat Sabah convincingly to secure the quarter-final berth for the Agong's Cup," he said.

SRU, Sabah and Labuan were in Group D of the East Zone for the Agong's Cup.

Because Labuan does not have a rugby team, the race for the quarter-final berth was between Sarawak and Sabah only.

The winner will join seven other qualifiers from the various zones in the Peninsula to compete for the national finals to be held on Dec 10 in Kuala Lumpur.

On paper, Sarawak had registered a better record over Sabah, having beaten them in most of the previous clashes.He said "Sabah Rugby Union is pumping in every effort to improve their team and have gone to the extent to import three Fijian players for this tournament. This shows their determination to win the qualifying berth and we just cannot take anything for granted."

Nevertheless, with the best line ups of experienced players from Sarawak and powered by two former nationals, Anthony Ting and Kong Chee Kiong, Ting expressed optimism for Sarawak to pull it through.

"It's not an impossible mission and if the players play to their true capabilities, they should be able to come back victorious and qualify for the Agong's Cup," he added.

The last time Sarawak took part in the Agong's Cup was way back in 2006 when it automatically qualified for the quarter-final berth.

Sarawak, however, received a thumping and ended up becoming the `whipping boys' and returned empty-handed from that disastrous outing.

"Our immediate priority now is to qualify for the quarter-final berth and the rest of the plans will come after that," he said on the event in which Kelantan is the defending champion.

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DAP launches <b>Sabah</b> Dream - The Borneo Post Online

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:15 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP yesterday launched the "Impian Sabah" (The Sabah Dream) movement to penetrate rural communities in the state after its failture to capture more seats in Sabah in the 13th General Election.

The first project under the movement will target a village under the Kota Marudu seat, which was previously won by Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili with just a 842-vote majority.

"We were able to 'destroy' the 'fixed deposit' moniker for Johor and Sarawak, by increasing our votes received significantly … However, for Sabah, we were only able to increase our votes by 3.4 per cent to 35.9 per cent," DAP chairman Lim Kit Siang told reporters at the launching here.

"Hence, it is undeniable that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) must pull out all the stops to increase our electoral support in the state with 26 parliamentary seats, including Labuan."

"Impian Sabah" is the second project under the larger "Impian Malaysia" project and after "Impian Sarawak", which was launched in September aimed at capturing rural Sarawak.

Despite targeting 33 parliamentary seats from the Johor, Sarawak and Sabah — the three states that helped keep a weakened ruling coalition in power in the last polls — PR only managed to secure 14 seats.

Of the three states, PR won only three parliamentary seats in Sabah — Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, and Penampang — with the first two won by DAP.

The first outreach project in Sabah will be a RM25,000 gravity-feed water system at Kampung Samparita Laut in Kota Marudu, where over 200 of its Dusun villagers have no access to piped water and currently depend on the murky river nearby.

The village falls under Kota Marudu, won by Ongkili in the May polls after a four-cornered fight involving DAP, Sarawak-based State Reform Party (STAR), and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).

"If not for the splitting of votes with STAR, PR would have own the seat. Hence, every effort must be made in these marginal seats so as to ensure that PR will win these seats in the next general election," Lim added.

However, DAP denied yesterday that it will only be carrying out projects in areas where BN won with minor majorities in the May polls, stressing that its main agenda is to deliver their promises to the rural areas.

"I think votes are secondary …We do make full use of our efforts to assist the people of Sabah. We believe votes will come if you do well. We're less concerned about votes today, more concerned about actually delivering what we promised," said Tony Pua, the DAP national publicity chief.

According to Pua, the second project will be done in Tenom, the parliamentary seat won by Umno's Datuk Raime Unggi by a 3,886-vote majority in the 13th General Election. PR's representative was PKR's Masdin Tumas, who won 5,885 votes.

Sabah DAP chairman and Kota Kinabalu MP Jimmy Wong, Sabah DAP secretary and Kapayan assemblyman Dr Edwin Bosi, Sabah DAP assistant secretary and Likas assemblyman Junz Wong, Sandakan MP Stephen Wong and Sri Tanjong assemblyman Chan Foong Hin, Sibu MP Oscar Ling Chai Wai and Serdang MP Dr Ong Kian Ming were present at the launching.

Wong said DAP would explore, study and identify critical programmes and projects that need to be carried out in Sabah to uplift the well-being of the rural and poor villagers.

"We will organise teams of members and volunteers to penetrate these remote villages to undertake projects such as micro-hydro electric dams to provide electricity, gravity feed water systems, repair works on basic infrastructure such as roads and bridges as well as economic upliftment programmes via sustainable sources of income," he said after the launching of the program.

He said Impian Malaysia agents are required to take part as volunteers in these programmes to bring significant changes to the livelihood of these villagers.

The participation of Impian Malaysia agents in the campaign will make an immense difference to these people, the Kota Kinabalu member of parliament said.

"We will be kicking off the first Impian Sabah project this weekend to build a gravity-feed water system at Kampung Samparita Laut, Kota Marudu, a village that is about a three-hour drive from Kota Kinabalu, including an hour of off-road driving," he said.

According to Wong, Kampung Samparita has a population of more than 200 people who have no access to piped water. These villagers rely on the main river source for drinking, washing, and cleaning.

"In fact, they don't even have toilets because the villagers said there isn't any point in having toilets if there isn't any water. The average drinking water colour looks like Nescafe susu and during rainy days, when the colour turns to 'Nescafe kurang susu', they will collect the rainwater for drinking. With this project, we hope to be able to provide running water to the whole village," he said.

Wong said the project would involve two batches of volunteers from November 30 to December 8 and December 12 to December 21. The volunteers will be staying with the villagers, assisting to connect pipes, burying pipes, cement work, and all work related to building a gravity water feed system.

'Impian Malaysia' or the Malaysian Dream is a movement started by Kit Siang in May after the 13th General Election that envisions a plural society where all her citizens are united as one people, rising above their ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic differences as the common grounds binding them as one citizenship exceed the differences that divide them because of their ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural divisions.

The movement hopes to gather more Malaysian volunteers (including non-party members) to be 'Impian Malaysia' agents for its activities and programs to promote Malaysian identity and consciousness particularly among the young generation of Malaysians.

In September 2013, DAP had successfully launched the first pillar of the movement – 'Impian Sarawak' – and has completed several projects, involving nearly 40 'Impian Malaysia agents'.

Impian Malaysia agents who cannot take part directly can certainly take part in this thrust by attending fund-raising dinners or donating online via https://dapmalaysia.org/donate. They may even run their own fund-raising activities.

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Bruneian held in <b>Sabah</b> drug raid - The Borneo Post Online

Posted: 22 Nov 2013 04:48 PM PST

The Sabah police have detained two men, including a Brunei national, in connection with the seizure of about 10kg of methamphetamine (syabu) in two raids last Tuesday, Bernama reported.

The drug was worth about RM2.4 million at street value.

When the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Brunei Darussalam was contacted by the Bulletin yesterday, one of the officers said the NCB is still waiting for a full report from the Sabah police before they could comment.

Initial police investigations revealed the 35-year-old Brunei national was sought by the authorities in his country for criminal offences.

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said on Nov 19, a police team was in the midst of raiding a house in Taman Nelly, Inaman when a man alighted from a car nearby about 9.30pm.

He said the police nabbed the 32-year-old when they found him carrying a bag containing two packets of syabu weighing about one kilogramme.

Later, the police found a bag containing syabu weighing 85 grammes in the master-bedroom of the house, he said, adding that a Brunei national was also picked up.

Datuk Hamza said the arrests of the two suspects led the police to raid a condominium at 1Borneo, the following day, resulting in the seizure of 8,917 grammes of methamphetamine in the master bedroom.

Subsequently, the police seized three cars and a motorcycle, all registered in Brunei, and valued at RM650,000. -Bernama

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AirAsia Group marks 10th international route into <b>Sabah</b> with new <b>...</b>

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST

KUCHING: AirAsia Group marks its 10th international route into 'Nature Resort City' of Sabah with the arrival of AirAsia Zest's inaugural flight into Kota Kinabalu International Airport Terminal 2 from Cebu, Philippines.

AirAsia Bhd (AirAsia) chief executive officer (CEO) Aireen Omar said, "This is another marvelous achievement and a great development for East Malaysia, following the recent celebration of the inaugural flight from Manila to Miri on December 7, the first ever route operated by any airline in the region.

"We are proud with AirAsia Zest – our sister airline – for narrowing the gap between Malaysia and the Philippines, enhancing bilateral ties between the two nations and establishing a closer relationship between both communities."

Maan Hontiveros, CEO of Philippines' AirAsia said, "With our new Cebu to Kota Kinabalu flights, air transport connectivity between the Queen City of the South (Philippines) and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and other parts of the region where many Filipinos are experiencing poor connectivity and high fares will greatly improve."

Guests arriving from Cebu via this inaugural flight were welcomed by Minister of Special Tasks in the Chief Minister's Department of Sabah Datuk Teo Chee Kang, Sabah Tourism Board chairman Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, Sabah Tourism Board general manager Datuk Irene Charuruks, along with Aireen.

Hontiveros, represented AirAsia Zest in the inaugural flight and arrived together with all the guests as well via Flight Z2 191.

This new route operates three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and in conjunction with the successful inaugural flight, AirAsia is offering promotional all-in-fares from as low as RM90 one way from today until December 29, 2013. Guests are able to travel from December 20, 2013 to February 28, 2014.

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