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Likas hospital patient angry for being left waiting

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 11:32 AM PDT

A patient at the Sabah Women and Children Hospital in Likas complained of being left to wait for 30 minutes without being notified by a nurse on duty that her business at the hospital had been settled.

The patient said that she went to the hospital for her scheduled appointment at 9.50am yesterday.

Her turn to see the doctor came only three hours later, after which she was given a medical sheet and was asked to hand it over at the appointment counter.

Upon placing her medical sheet there, she was asked by the nurse on duty at the counter to wait for her turn.

However, after waiting for 30 minutes in front of the nurse, her name was still not called. She then approached the nurse again.

The nurse then told her that she was good to go as there was no follow-up appointment set for her.

"I have already been at the hospital for the last three hours. But I cannot complain about that as I can see that there were hundreds of patients waiting for their turn as well.

"By the time I completed my review appointment with the doctor, all I wanted was to leave as I was also working and needed to get to work soonest possible.

"So when the nurse failed to inform me that I could leave, and left me waiting and wasted another 30 minutes for nothing, I got really frustrated. Who wouldn't?" lamented the complainant.

She called on the hospital management to look into the matter and ensure that it would not happen again in the future.

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Sabah Model of Year to be picked April 5

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 11:31 AM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: The grand finals of the Sabah Model of the Year Season 4 will be held on April 5 at 6.30pm in Starcity Convention & Event Centre here.

According to organizing chairman Victor Gerard Brian, the contest enters its fourth season this year with 25 finalists competing for the prestigious modeling title.

The contestants will be participating in three rounds in which they will wear cocktail dress, creative Cheongsam and evening gown.

The finalists are Jennyfer Lim Yen Phing, 20, from Kota Marudu, Farah Mohammad (20, Ranau), Shopie Jenny Chua (19, Tambunan), Claudieyamax Aloysius (18, Inanam), Marliana Hamzah (21, Ranau), Calista Nadia Lusin (21, Tamparuli), Eaugine Waili (18, Kota Kinabalu), Norhazziannie Hamzah (18, Tambunan), Erlasttini Ernie Bidi (19, Ranau), Stephanie John (23, Ranau), Norafiqah Ropnie (22, Tawau), Vanessa Yee (18, Papar), Fennylia Francis Kojiun (26, Kuala Penyu), Erica Liew Saik Mee (25, Kota Kinabalu), Natalie Vivienne Yabai (21, Keningau), Lydia Pius (23, Ranau), Edna Sinimon (21, Inanam), Elsie R. Marius (22, Papar), Kong Sue Mei (24, Tenom), Elfira Edwin (21, Tambunan), Sitti Asmah Sabit (19, Kota Marudu), Flora Fabian (21, Tawau), Tracy Liew Wan Nie (21, Penampang), Sherene Yunus (19, Keningau) and Salpiah Salam (23, Kawang).

Attractive prizes are in the offer for the state-level search, whereby the winner, first and second runners-up will receive trophy, sash, certificate and cash prizes of RM2,000, RM1,500 and RM1,000 respectively.

Six subsidiary titles will be up for grabs, namely Most Popular Model, Most Creative Cheongsam, Best Evening Gown, Most Talented, Most Friendly and Best Catwalk.

Local artists will be performing that night and tickets for the grand finals are sold at RM300 per pax or RM3,000 per table and RM90 per pax or RM900 per table.

With their dinner ticket, the audience will have a chance to vote for Most Popular Model via ticket voting. The organizer is also going to offer cash prizes to the best dressed male and female audience present that night.

The organizer also welcomes interested sponsors who are interested to contribute and to be part of the event.

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Young man’s suicide attempt foiled

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 11:31 AM PDT

PENAMPANG: The police and Civil Defence Department (JPAM) personnel foiled a young man's attempt to commit suicide with a knife here on Sunday.

It was learnt that the man, who is in his 20s, leaped into a drain along Jalan Penampang when he spotted the police at a wooden house at the location around 7pm.

He threatened to take his own life by slashing his neck if the police arrested him. He was believed to be under the influence of syabu at that time and was said to suffer from mental illness.

Penampang police chief DSP Ratan Kumar Singh confirmed the case yesterday, adding that the man was detained for investigation.

He was also tested positive for syabu in his urine test, Ratan said.

During the one-hour standoff, the police and JPAM personnel tried to persuade the man to give himself up but to no avail. He even stabbed his own body several times in the process.

As a last resort, the security personnel pounced on the man and disarmed him.

The man reportedly sustained injuries on the neck and body while a personnel from JPAM Kota Kinabalu was also hurt during the struggle with him.

He was later taken to Penampang district police headquarters for further investigation.

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Sabah no longer haven for cheap labour – SEDIA

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 11:29 AM PDT

by Nancy Lai. Posted on March 25, 2014, Tuesday

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority (SEDIA) chief executive Datuk Dr Mohd Yaakub Johari yesterday disclosed that Sabah had passed the development stage where the state attracted investments due to the availability of cheap labour.

"We need to recognize that our ability to transform into a high income economy will depend on our ability to generate adequate human capital and an adaptable labour force with higher skills, talent, expertise and knowledge.

"Sabah indeed can no longer be a haven for cheap labour," he said at the SDC Innovation Public Forum jointly organised by the Institute for Development Studies Sabah (IDS) and SEDIA.

Mohd Yaakub in his speech also said that according to the Department of Statistics, unemployment in Sabah was relatively low at about 5.4 per cent in 2012.

"There were only about 85,300 unemployed citizens in Sabah in 2012. This is indeed a small figure in comparison to the number of foreign labour in Sabah, especially those in the plantation and construction sectors.

"What is very much needed now is to locate where these unemployed citizens are and ascertain their qualifications as well as skills level to enable them to be trained so that they could provide a pool of human capital geared to drive the economic transformation program," he pointed out.

According to him, to meet the human capital requirement of Sabah, SEDIA has been undertaking a concerted effort to visit and discuss with higher learning institutions locally as well as overseas on academic and research and development collaborations as well as enticing these higher learning institutions to consider setting up campuses in Sabah in particular to meet investor requirements in SDC projects in line with the Key Focus areas.

This initiative will be further intensified as SEDIA embarks on the third and final phase of SDC with emphasis on accelerating sustainable growth through the provision of adaptable human capital and dedicated infrastructure, he stressed.

Mohd Yaakub said that the key focus areas during the second phase of SDC following the alignment with the National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) under the ETP are tourism, palm oil, agriculture, oil and gas, education and manufacturing/logistics.

In addition, he disclosed five focus areas have been identified to turn greater Kota Kinabalu into a strong, vibrant and liveable city.

These include the development and modernization of Kota Kinabalu into a lifestyle hub with more tourism attractions, improvement in mobility and travel, boosting the public and private healthcare which will help stimulate health tourism and improvement of early childcare education, he said.

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Sabah still needs local skills training centres – IDS

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: Institute for Development Studies (Sabah) executive director, Datuk Mohd Hasnol Ayub yesterday said local skills training centres are still needed in Sabah to produce additional skilled workers to meet the growing demand by 2020.

According to him, the Federation of Accredited Department of Skills Development Malaysia (FeMAC) has reported that Sabah needs an additional 16,000 skilled workers annually to meet the growing demand by 2020.

Youths would have more employment opportunities with the 143,700 jobs to be created by the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), he said at the SDC Innovation Public Forum jointly organised by the Institute for Development Studies Sabah (IDS) and Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority (SEDIA), which was officially opened by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

Mohd Hasnol added that out of the 143,700 job opportunities, 29,611 would be in the agriculture sector, 23,122 in the oil and gas sector, 15,891 in the tourism industry and 12,201 in the palm oil industry.

He pointed out that the Malaysian government has been fully committed in its efforts to transform the country into a high-income nation.

In terms of training institutions, other than universities, the government also provides other skills training institutes such as the Industrial Training Institutes (ITI), National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN), Agricultural Institutes (Sabah Lima Agricultural Institutes) and Institute Kemahiran MARA.

These institutes, he said, offered different fields of skills for industrial workers, agricultural entrepreneurs, technical and also in business industry.

"As all of you are aware, the main objective of this forum is to explore and get feedback from all stakeholders on ways to enhance the quality and skills of human capital in Sabah. We believe this forum is crucial as it serves as an important avenue for stakeholders to share views on the current situation of the quality of our human capital and the future needs of Sabah," he said.

Mohd Hasnol added that there is an urgent need to explore the state's human capital capability in various disciplines to match the demand of the job market and industries in the state.

"As we move forward in our mission to achieve the objective of the New Economic Model (NEM), to reach high income status by 2020, our human capital will have to be ready to meet the expectations of the growing industries in Malaysia and Sabah," he said.

According to Mohd Hasnol, effective and efficient human capital planning is crucial for economic development and economic prosperity of a country.

"Dublin and our neighbor Singapore are two inspiring examples of how effective and efficient human capital planning have successfully contributed to their countries' economic prosperity," he stressed.

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Motorcycle stolen at mosque

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PDT

TAWAU: A Honda motorcycle parked in front of Al-Firdaus Mosque at Balung Cocos, Mile 24 Apas Road here was stolen on Sunday.

District police chief ACP Awang Besar Dullah said the owner realized the motorcycle was missing about 4am.

The red color motorcycle with number plate ST1381T is estimated to worth about RM5,000.

Police urged anyone with information on the stolen motorcycle to contact the nearest police station.

Awang advised motorcycle owners to place extra locks to prevent their machine from being stolen.

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