Orangutan Conservation gets a Boost

KOTA KINABALU: Orangutan conservation and research is given a boost with the setting up of the Sabah Orangutan Conservation Alliance (SOCA).Sabah Wildlife Department director Datuk Dr Laurentius Ambu said the SOCA would coordinate orangutan conservation and research efforts in Sabah, implement and monitor the Orangutan Action Plan, advise the government on orangutan conservation issues, share...

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Tawau Geothernal Power Plant Operational by 2015

The proposed Tawau Green Energy Geothermal Power Plant project in Apas Kiri, Tawau is expected to be operational by 2015, making it the country's first grid-connected geothermal power plant. "The proposed project, under the Small Renewable Energy Programme, is within the Mount Andrassy Forest Reserve some 20km form Tawau," said Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) Project Director, Andrew Amaladoss....

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Sabah's US $1bil lobster project among the 10 new EPPs

Sabah lobsters for global mart  The Biotechnology Implementation Council meeting identified 10 Entry Point Projects (EPPs) specifically to boost the national biotechnology sector, which will create 20 trigger projects that can increase gross national revenue to Rm3.6 billion, besides creating 13,600 high quality new job opportunities. PM Datuk Seri Najib said the biotechnology sectors current...

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590 HECTARES EXCISED FROM FOREST RESERVE

  OVER 3,000 people residing in 13 villages within the Gumantong-Guluang-Gesusu Forest Reserve Class 1 have reason to smile now that the State Legislative Assembly has approved an amendment to de-gazette the status of the forest.Matunggong Assemblyman Sarapin Magana, who welcomed the decision, said it would enable long-standing land applications by the villagers to be processed by the Land...

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Nursing our rivers back to health

Rivers are central to many environmental issues. They provide habitat, nourishment, means of transportation and many great cities around the world have sprouted alongside rivers, big and small. Replying to a question from Datuk Liew Teck Chan (SAPP-Likas) at the State Assembly, Datuk Masidi Manjun, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment told the Dewan that the State Government has always...

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Three New Class 1 Forest Reserves

Three Class II Forest Reserves (Commercial) with a total size of 176,780 hectares have been reclassified as Forests (Constitution of Forest Reserves and Amendment) (Amendment) Enactment 2012 Bill was passed unanimously at the State Legislative Assembly. Tabling the Bill, Asst. Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Radin Malleh said the amendment was also made to de-gazette 4,560.20 hectares of forest...

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Cabinet paper on Orang-utan Conservation Alliance

Tuaran: The Sabah Wildlife Department will prepare a Cabinet paper on the setting up of a Sabah Orang-utan Conservation Alliance (Soca) that will assist the Government in implementing all the recommendations of the Sabah Orang-utan Action Plan 2012-2016. "I will personally bring this Cabinet paper to the attention of the State Cabinet so that Soca can be established ASAP," Said Tourism, Culture...

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Agriculture projects under SDC to herald a new, bright future

KUDAT: The most-awaited agriculture-based projects which are currently being implemented by the state government under Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) in the northern part of Sabah heralds a new, bright future for thousands of people in this area. Statistics indicated that, for now, northern Sabah — covering the districts of Kudat, Kota Marudu and Pitas —still has a high population of hardcore...

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Doing Your Part to Make Your School Green

Terms like green schools and sustainable schools are very common. The sustainable education movement is gaining serious traction as we head toward the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The aims are laudable. The call to action is being taken much more seriously than it was in the early part of this century.  Unfortunately most of us take the view that being green is somebody...

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Paper Facts

Paper is a single sheet of a thin material, produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp, mainly derived from wood, rags and grasses processed in to flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and commonly used for writing and printing. Paper is important to mankind, because it enabled written communications to be easily copied and stored, and widely used...

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Pairin: Nurture practice of efficient energy use

  The practice of using energy efficiently should be nurtured and cultivated in the society and should be applied at home or at the office to avoid power wastage. Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister of Infrastructure Development, Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, said although society has developed significantly in the past hundred years, consumer behaviour has not changed much due...

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Organic waste can be good source of income — Minister

KOTA KINABALU: In rural communities where waste management services are not available, processing organic waste can be a good source of family income.Rural Development Minister Datuk Ewon Ebin said using minimal equipment and the...

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Renewable energy meet in Sabah to focus on workable solutions

KOTA KINABALU: Community-based solutions and cost-effective reliable models for generating renewable electricity are among the features of a regional assembly in Sabah that will do its part in creating a sustainable energy-secure...

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Guide to Plastic Recycling Symbols part II

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Guide to Plastic Recycling Symbols part I

The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) introduced its resin identification coding system in 1988 at the urging of recyclers around the country. A growing number of communities were implementing recycling programs in an effort to decrease the volume of waste subject to tipping fees at landfills. In some cases, these programs were driven by state-level recycling mandates.The SPI code was...

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Malaysia’s first green library gets private funds

That's it, says Yahya Hussin and he gets a chorus of agreement from Wong Vui Ying, director of Sabah Library, Azizah Dun, welfare minister and Jainab Ayid, an assistant minister in the ministry of resource development and information technology. It is Malaysia’s first green library. But half of the 40m ringgit ($12.9m) of the cost of the Kota Kinabalu regional library has come from a private...

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The green message of SERASI

 Entering the seventh year in spreading the green message, Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI) programme is relentless in its attempt to create environmental awareness among students. The programme has a 'green message' to all schools through efforts related on environmental management, environmental activities, 'greening' the school activities, cleanliness and beautification of the school...

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Have agricultural expos in all districts in Sabah – Musa

PUTATAN: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman wants agricultural expos to be held in all districts in Sabah as a platform to expose local farmers to the latest development in the sector.Such events, he said, could help in disseminating information on new findings that could be applied by the agriculture communities to improve their income and help retain the sector as one of the major economic earners...

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Sabah will dish out perks to attract FDIs

The Sabah State Government says it remains committed to driving the state’s economic growth with the offer of various incentives for foreign investments while ensuring a conducive investment environment. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman (picture) said the flow of foreign investments had continued to see a positive trend, clearly reflecting investors’ confidence in the state’s economic fundamentals...

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SABAH BUSINESS FRIENDLY – MUSA

KOTA KINABALU: The State Government will continue to formulate policies and procedures that support a business friendly environment, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman.Being the second largest state in Malaysia, he said there are vast opportunities in Sabah especially in agriculture, tourism and manufacturing as well as oil and gas.“These sectors are mapped out under several initiatives...

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10 Funky Ways to Reuse Old Magazines

by Mary Mazzoni Empty out those magazine racks! Here are 10 crafty ways to reuse old magazines, newspaper and junk mail. Use those old magazines to create a fun paper tree just in time for the holidays. Photo: Lilly/Just Like Martha 1. Decoupage accessoriesIf you or the kids have a pair of shoes, a backpack or even a T-Shirt that looks a little plain, why not spunk it up a bit using old magazine...

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8 Ways to Green Your Paper Use

8 Ways to Green Your Paper Useby Trey Granger This story is part of Earth911’s “Green Eight” series, where we showcase eight ways to green your life in various areas.We may talk of a paperless world, but paper still makes up 35 percent of our solid waste. Even though new paper can be created by growing more trees, that doesn't mean we can't be smart about the paper we use. Here's eight ways to optimize...

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Musa Aman, The Guardian Of The Lost World

Chief Minister Musa Aman By: MOHD JEFRI RADIUS IT worth knowing some historical facts and figures about the natural landscape of one's own home state e.g Sabah, the Land Below The Wind for the sake of general knowledge of that particular place which could in turn be utilized as reference for clarification of doubts about the place in question someday. Retrospectively, in the late...

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