Konsert Inul di Sabah dibantah pada May 2010!!! Adakah Inul tidak akan beraksi lagi di Sabah selepas ini

Penyanyid angdut sensasi Indonesia Inul Daratista sepatutnya membuat 4 persembahan di Sabah iaitu di Kota Kinabalu dan Tawau pada pengujung May 2010, namun dibatalkan di saat akhir ekoran bantahan pelbagai pihak yang tidak senang duduk melihat goyangan gerudi Inul yang mengghairahkan.

Persoalannya, apakah Inul tidak berpeluang langsung mengerudi goyang di bumi Sabah selepas ini?

Hmmm sama sama kita nantikan yaaa..Goyang Inullll pakkk...

Keindahan Pulau Mabul, Sabah

Kalau berkunjung ke Sabah, bukan saja tarikannya Gunung Kinabalu namun juga keindahan semulajadi pulaunya termasuklah Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai dan banyak lagi.

Gambar di atas menunjukkan keindahan pulau Mabul yang terletak kira kira 1 jam perjalanan menaiki bot laju dari Semporna. Mabul menjadi tempat bermalam bagi pelancong yang melakukan aktiviti selaman di Pulau Sipadan, jarak kedua dua pulau itu hanya kira kira 15 minit sahaja.

Welcome to Sabah..

World Heritage Status to Benefit Carnivore Survival in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Joint Press Release from Sabah Wildlife Department, International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research.


Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia 23rd June 2011: The Sabah State Government is taking steps to secure Maliau Basin, Danum Valley and Imbak Canyon in perpetuity by applying for joint World Heritage status for all three Conservation Areas.

“The reason behind this is simple, we want to protect our forests so no future corrupted politician can take it away,” stated Datuk Masidi Manjun, who disclosed the decision of the State Cabinet at the opening of Part II of the 1st Borneo Carnivore Symposium (BCS) held at Shangri-la's Rasa Ria Resort on 23rd June 2011.

Masidi, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Tourism, also stressed that it is crucial to protect Sabah’s forest and wildlife to benefit future generations and ensure its position as a tourism destination.

“Eventually, tourism will be the number one earner for Sabah and people will come from all over the world to see Sabah’s nature and it makes business sense to protect our jungles,” said Masidi.

In his speech, Masidi addressed delegates representing 15 countries and comprising scientists, conservationists and representatives from Government agencies coming together during the one week long Symposium to work towards the future survival of Borneo’s 23 carnivore species.

According to scientists at the BCS, the areas being put forth by the State Government are also home to the very mysterious and endangered species of carnivores such as the Borneo Bay Cat (Pardofelis badia) and Hose’s Civet (Diplogale hosei).

“The Borneo Bay Cat is found only in Borneo and has been recorded by camera traps as being in Danum Valley at relatively high frequency compared to other areas in Sabah,” said Andrew Hearn of Oxford University’s WildCRU.

The first photograph in the wild of the Borneo Bay Cat was taken only in 2002 in Mulu National Park in Sarawak.

Meanwhile, another elusive carnivore, the Hose’s Civet was not found during any camera trap surveys in the lowland of Eastern Sabah including Danum Valley, but was found instead only in Maliau Basin, which is the most “eastern” record of this species.

“This highlights the fact that it is probably found in low densities and supports the notion that it is restricted to the highland forest of Borneo,” added Dr Jerrold L. Belant, Chair of the IUCN/SSC Small Carnivore Specialist Group who presented the introduction to Bornean carnivores during the opening ceremony.

This in turn, points to the fact that it is crucial to protect different types of forest that support different communities of both wildlife and plant life diversity.

“Maliau Basin, Danum Valley and Imbak Canyon are part of the larger contiguous forest concession area belonging to the Sabah Foundation. This area as a whole is vital because it has different types of forest types such as lowland and highland and supports a number of different species,” elaborated Dr. Laurentius Ambu, the Director of the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD).

Ambu said any change of forest landscape within this Sabah Foundation area has to take into account such factors and provide for corridors and setting aside of High Value Forests such as those of Maliau Basin, Danum Valley and Imbak Canyon.

“The extremely high conservation value of this three areas cannot be maintained without thought being put into having buffers and corridors to connect them should the Sabah Foundation clear parts of its concession areas for monoculture such as oil palm,” cautioned Ambu.

The Symposium was organised by the SWD, IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Cat, Small Carnivores & Otter Specialist Groups and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research from Germany.
Funding and support was provided by a dedicated group of partners and sponsors; Benta Wawasan Sdn.Bhd., British Ecological Society, Chester Zoo / North England Zoological Society, The Clouded Leopard Project, Columbus Zoo, Flora Blossom Sdn. Bhd., Houston Zoo, Karl Mayer Foundation, KTS Plantation Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia Airlines, Nashville Zoo, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Shared Earth Foundation, The UsitawiNetwork, Wild Cat Club, WWF – Germany, WWF – Malaysia.

Kerajaan Sabah ucapkan tahniah kepada Najib dan kerajaan Pusat atas kejayaan laporan tahunan Program Transformasi Negara, GTP.

KENYATAAN Y.A.B. KETUA MENETRI SABAH BERIKUTAN PEMBENTANGAN LAPORAN TAHUNAN PROGRAM TRANSFORMASI NEGARA OLEH Y.A.B. PERDANA MENTERI MALAYSIA.

1. Kerajaan negeri dan seluruh rakyat Sabah mengucapkan tahniah kepada kerajaan pusat khususnya Y.A.B. Perdana Menteri yang telah membentangkan laporan tahunan Program Transformasi Negara.

2. Kita amat mengalu-alukan pembentangan laporan ini yang jelas membuktikan kesungguhan kerajaan merancang dan melaksanakan pelbagai agenda dalam program-program transformasi negara.

3. Alhamdulillah pelaksanaan dan kejayaan program-program itu juga ternyata telah memberikan banyak impak positif dan kesan ketara kepada peningkatan kesejahteraan rakyat dan pembangunan negeri pada keseluruhannya.

4. Antaranya meliputi peningkatan taraf sosioekonomi dan pendapatan rakyat, pembangunan keperluan asas di kawasan luar bandar, kepesatan sektor perindustrian termasuk minyak dan gas, pelancongan serta pembasmian kemiskinan.

5. Merujuk kepada laporan Ketua Pengarah, Unit Perancang Ekonomi (EPU), Jabatan Perdana Menteri pada 20 Februari 2012) membuktikan bahawa kadar kemiskinan negeri telah berjaya dikurangkan daripada 19.7 peratus pada 2009 kepada 8.1 peratus pada 2012; Pendapatan isi Rumah (HIS) meningkat kepada RM4.013 (2012) berbanding RM3,102 (2009).

7. Terbukti kerajaan BN di bawah kepimpinan YAB. PM lebih berani dan bertanggungjawab dalam usaha kita untuk memberitahu dan membuktikan kepada rakyat akan iltizam dan komitmen serta rekod pencapaian kita dalam membela nasib rakyat dan memacu kemajuan negara.

8. Apa yang penting adalah untuk rakyat Sabah menilai secara mendalam dan membuat perbandingan yang terbaik rekod cemerlang dan janji yang telah ditepati oleh kerajaan BN yang faedahnya telah dan sedang dinikmati oleh segenap lapisan rakyat menerusi pelaksanaan pelbagai inisiatif dan transformasi. Ternyata pencapaian kita ini jauh lebih realisitik berbanding dengan manifesto dan janji kosong parti pembangkang.

9. Saya percaya rekod dan laporan pencapaian kerajaan BN ini akan terus mencetus semangat, iltizam dan komitmen kita untuk memastikan momentum pembangunan dan kejayaan ini dapat terus ditingkatkan seiring dengan matlamat dan agenda pembangunan dan transformasi negara, dan yang penting memanfaatkan segenap lapisan rakyat termasuklah kita di Sabah.

Tun Dr Mahathir MOhamad says Identitiy Cards in Sabah handed out legally to foreigners

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad adalah PM Malaysia sejak 1981 hingga 2003

Prosiding suruhanjaya siasatan diraja RCI mengenai kebanjiran pendatang asing di Sabah yang bermula sejak 14 Januari 2013 lalu digemparkan dengan keterangan beberapa bekas kakitangan dan pegawai kanan Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, JPN bahawa mereka diarah memproses permohonan kad pengenalan kepada rakyat asing. Kesemua bekas kakitangan dan pegawai JPN itu telah disumbat ke dalam tahanan di Kamunting di bawah akta keselamatan dalam negeri, I-S-A sebelum ini.

Dan hari ini akhbar melaporkan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata kad pengenlan itu diberikan kepada mereka yang memenuhi kriteria ditetapkan.

Ini laporan The Star online hari ini 17 Januari 2013 :

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not deny that Government officials gave foreigners in Sabah identity cards before the 1994 state elections.

However, he said that these cards were handed out legally, adding that he did not know if former Deputy Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub had ordered them to be issued on purpose ahead of state elections.

"If he did it before the state elections, that is either coincidental or deliberate, I wouldn't know, but it is within the law," he said at a press conference.

"That it happened before the state elections is not against the law," said Dr Mahathir who was also the country's Home Affairs Minister from 1986 to 1999.

He added that foreigners were legally given citizenships as long as they fulfilled certain criteria.

He was responding to news reports that a former Sabah National Registration Department (NRD) official told a Royal Commission of Inquiry that Megat Junid ordered temporary identification receipts of lost or damaged ICs to be given to foreigners.

This was supposedly done two weeks before the 1994 state elections which Parti Bersatu Sabah barely won with 25 out of 48 state assembly seats.

These foreigners were alleged to have been added to parliamentary constituencies that would have been difficult for Barisan Nasional to contest in.

It was also reported that a special NRD unit formed in the 90s had issued over 100,000 blue ICs and 200,000 birth certificates to immigrants.

It was claimed that both the NRD and the Election Commission (EC) worked together to increase the number of Muslim voters in Sabah in 1992 and 1993.

Masyarakat Kalinga di Filipina ada persamaan dengan masyarakat Iban di Sarawak dan Kadazan di Sabah.

Tarian kaum Kalinga di Filipina seperti tarian Murut di Sabah, Malaysia



Tatoo kaum Iban Sarawak, Malaysia



Tatoo kaum Kalinga di Filipina



Tarian Murut di Sabah, Malaysia


Masyarakat Kalinga di Filipina ada persamaan dengan masyarakat Iban di Sarawak dan Murut di Sabah.

Kalinga adalah kaum di Filipina yang hidup harmoni dan penuh tradisi.

Mereka masih memelihara warisan seni dan kehidupan tradisional.

Antaranya badan mereka yang ditatoo dan tarian.

Anggota badan yang ditatoo puak Kalinga adalah sama dengan masyarakat Iban di Sarawak yang juga bertatoo sebagai tradisi, bukannya kerana budaya punk, rock atau sebagainya.

Setiap lukisan pada tatoo itu mempunyai makna tersendiri bukannya dibuat main hentam keromo saja.

Tarian masyarakat Kalinga seolah olah burung terbang pula, sama dengan tarian kaum Murut di Sabah.

Itulah keistimewaan puak Kalinga di Filipina.

Benarkan ada premis di Sabah yang kurang selamat?

Benarkah beberapa premis penting di Sabah, strukturnya sudah tidak selamat?

Antaranya ibupejabat JPJ di Bundusan, Arkib Negeri di Jalan Penampang, SMK Tun Fuad Stephens di Kiulu dan SMK Gum Gum di Sandakan? Serta juga Kompleks beli belah dan pejabat, Kompleks Karamunsing di Kota kinabalu?

Di harap pihak berwajib dapat memeriksa struktur berkenaan untuk mengetahui kesahihannya dan samada ia masih selamat atau tidak bagi membolehkan tindakan segera membaikinya dilakukan.

Malaysia ada banyak duit untuk laksanakan kerja pembaikan seperti ini.

Pertubuhan Kadazan Dusun Murut, KDM Malaysia, terus perjuangkan hak golongan KDM di Sabah

Datuk Peter Anthony, Presiden KDM Malaysia



Antara rumah miskin kaum KDM di pedalaman Sabah. Golongan miskin inilah yang mahu diperjuangkan Presiden KDM Malaysia, Datuk Peter Anthony dan barisan pemimpin KDM Malaysia.

Pertubuhan Kadazan-Dusun Murut, Malaysia, K-D-M bertekad terus menyokong perjuangan Barisan Nasional, BN menerusi peranannya sebagai sebuah pertubuhan bukan kerajaan, NGO yang memperjuangkan kebajikan golongan Kadazan-Dusun-Murut di Sabah.

Pada masa sama, K-D-M melakukan siri jelajah ke kawasan pedalaman di seluruh Sabah untuk membantu golongan kurang berkemampuan, serta memperkasa pencapaian akademik kaum Kadazan-Dusun-Murut di Sabah, meskipun KDM penah dikritik pelbagai pihak kononnya penubuhannya memecah belahkan kaum KDM di Sabah.

Presiden KDM Malaysia, Datuk Peter Anthony berkata jika dilihat, prestasi akademik di kalangan kaum KDM khususnya di pedalaman Sabah, begitu jauh ketinggalan berbanding di Semenanjung Malaysia.

Atas sebab itu, 9 profesor dari Semenanjung Malaysia dilantik sebagai panel penasihat akademik KDM bagi membantu melonjakkan prestadi akademik di kalangan kaum KDM di Sabah.

Menurut Peter lagi, KDM berperanan untuk memperjuangkan kebajikan golongan pribumi di Sabah, khususnya mereka yang berpendapatan rendah di kawasan terpencil, termasuklah dalam isu tanah adat atau N-C-R.

Selain itu, KDM turut menerangkan dasar kerajaan dan kejayaan program dilaksanakan kepada rakyat, selain berperanan sebagai mekanisme penyampai keperluan rakyat kepada kerajaan.

Terbaru, KDM mengemukakan 2,000 permohonan penduduk miskin di ssabah kepada Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, KKLW bagi program bantuan rumah, PBR.

Senarai nama lepasan SPM pelajar luar bandar turut diserahkan kepada Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi untuk diteliti bagi kemasukan ke Universiti.

Pada masa sama, siri jelajah KDM di Kota Marudu pada Ahad 15 April 2012 telah dihadiri lebih 5 ribu orang.

KDM menyampaikan bantuan kepada 200 orang termasuk pelajar, warga emas dan ibu tunggal di Kota Marudu.

Majlis turut dimeriahkan persembahan khas bintang dari Sabah, Stacy yang terpaksa bergegas pulang ke Kuala Lumpur pada hari yang sama serta persembahan kebudayaan dan Orkestra Bambu.

Azamara Quest Reaches Sandakan, Sabah, East Malaysia, 590 Guests Given Vacation Options

Dont worry, all the 590 passengers are safe and sound, including 201 Americans. Here there were seen cheking in at a hotel in Sandakan, Sabah, East Malaysia on the night of Sunday, 1st April 2012.


Azamara Quest docked at Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, on Sunday, April 1, 2012, at approximately 9:23 p.m. local time, the line said Sunday in an official statement.

The ship had been crippled by an engine room fire on Friday 30th March 2012, while sailing about 200 miles from Borneo. The ship's crew were able to restore vital services and, eventually, some propulsion.

Azamara Quest was escorted through pirate-infested waters by Philippine, U.S. and Malaysian Coast Guard and military vessels as it headed for Sandakan.

No passengers were injured in the fire, which was contained to one engine room. But five crew members were injured with smoke inhalation, one of those seriously.

"The one crew member that was more severely injured will be immediately transferred to a local area hospital," the Azamara statement on Sunday reported.

Guests had the option of staying onboard the ship during the time it's docked in Sandakan, until a complimentary charter flight for guests that's arranged by Azamara departs Tuesday for Singapore.

Alternatively, buses were waiting at the pier, and many guests took the line up on its option to transfer to local area hotels. Both U.S. and Canadian consular officials met the ship upon arrival.

At press time, Travel Agent learned that Azamara had offered guests (1) a full refund for this cruise; (2) a full cruise credit for the value of the cruise for a future sailing; and (3) several sightseeing and vacation stay options.

In Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

For those guests who would like to explore Sandakan on Monday, Azamara will be offering complimentary Land Discoveries shore excursions.

In addition, the line will also provide each guest with $150 to cover meals and any other incidental costs they will incur during their time in Sandakan.

Larry Pimentel, president and chief executive officer, is expected to arrive in Sandakan on Monday and meet with Azamara Quest guests and crew personally.

“I would like to commend the crew onboard, not just for their valiant and courageous efforts during the fire, but for the way they have worked tirelessly to make our guests as happy and comfortable as possible until the ship arrived in port,” said Pimentel in the latest statement by the line.

“The entire crew has been absolutely brilliant, and I couldn’t be prouder of the exemplary way each and every one of them responded to this incident,” he stressed.

Pimentel continued: “I would also like to sincerely thank our amazing Azamara Quest guests for their patience and understanding. We understand that this was a difficult journey, and we appreciate their upbeat and positive attitude. We look forward to welcoming them back soon.”

Singapore and Other Asian Options

After guests fly to Singapore on the Azamara-provided charter flight on Tuesday, the line will assist them in either continuing their vacation in Singapore or flying home.

Here are the four options being offered to guests, according to "intel" gathered Sunday by Travel Agent.

Option 1 – Vacation in Singapore until Thursday, April 12: For those guests who would like to continue their vacation in Singapore and return home as scheduled on April 12, the date the voyage was originally scheduled to conclude, Azamara will arrange for the guest's air travel to Singapore via the charter flight.

Then, a luxury hotel stay in Singapore will be arranged by the line free of charge to guests for their stay through April 12. A representative from Azamara Club Cruises will be available at a hospitality desk located in the hotel lobby should guests have any questions or require any assistance.

Azamara will also provide each guest with a $150 per diem for each night in Singapore to cover meals and any other incidental costs incurred.

Option 2 – Travel to Singapore but Return Home Prior to Thursday, April 12: For those guests who would like to travel to Singapore, but return home before April 12, Azamara will arrange the charter air travel to Singapore and a hotel stay in the city free of charge.

Once guests arrive in Singapore, the line will provide transportation to a luxury hotel until the guest's new departure date. Again, a representative from Azamara Club Cruises will be available at a hospitality desk in the hotel lobby.

Azamara will provide each guest with a $150 per diem for each night in Singapore to cover meals and any other incidental costs they may incur.

If clients purchased air transportation through Azamara Club Cruises, and select this early-return option, the line will rebook their flights for the new departure date selected. The line said new flight information will be communicated to the guest via the Azamara hotel representative as soon as it becomes available.

If clients did not purchase air transportation through Azamara Club Cruises, and select this option, they will be asked to contact their airline directly to make revised flight arrangements. The cruise line will assist in paying airline change fees of up to $500 per person.

Option 3 – Travel to Singapore but Vacation Elsewhere: For those guests who would like to travel to Singapore, but then enjoy a vacation in a different location through April 12, Azamara will arrange air travel to Singapore, free of charge.

However, guests will need to arrange and pay for an additional air travel within Asia on their own. Guests who choose this option are still able to use their originally scheduled return flights departing Singapore on April 12.

If clients purchased air transportation through Azamara Club Cruises and will be returning home from a location other than Singapore, the line will re-book return flights from that new locale and cover any additional costs up to $500.

If clients made their own air arrangements and choose to return from a location other than Singapore they should contact the airline directly to make revised flight arrangements. The line will assist by paying for any airline change fees, up to $500 per person.

In addition, Azamara will cover the hotel stays of all guests at this alternate vacation location, up to $300 per day, until Thursday, April 12.

Again, Azamara will provide each guest with a $150 per diem to cover meals and any other incidental costs they may incur while on vacation, until April 12.

Guests taking this option will need to provide the line with a copy of hotel receipts plus a note stating they sailed on the March 26 sailing of Azamara Quest.

Send receipts and the note to Royal Caribbean International, Customer Service – March 26 sailing, 1050 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL 33132-2096.

Option 4 – Depart from Sandakan to Vacation in a Different Location: Clients also may choose to depart from Sandakan and travel to an alternate location to continue their vacation, without taking the Azamara-provided charter flight to Singapore.

However, if so, they will need to arrange and pay for an additional air travel within Asia on their own. If they choose this option, they can still - if the schedule works for them - use the originally scheduled return flights departing Singapore on April 12.

If clients purchased air transportation through Azamara Club Cruises and will be returning home from a location other than Singapore, the line will rebook return flights and cover any additional costs up to $500.

If clients made their own air arrangements and choose to return from a location other than Singapore, they should contact the airline directly to make revised flight arrangements. Azamara will assist by paying for any airline change fee, up to $500 per person.

In addition, the cruise line will cover the hotel stays of all guests at an alternate location, up to $300 per day, until Thursday, April 12. For those guests, it will offer the $150 per diem to cover meals and any other incidental costs until April 12.

Again, to receive reimbursement, clients will need to send hotel receipts and a brief note about being on the March 26 sailing of Azamara Quest to the address listed above.

Additional Help for Guests

In addition to the full refund and future cruise certificate, plus the line's pledge to cover alternative hotel arrangements, up to $150 per diem in expenses and airline change fee expenses as described above, the line will provide all guests with a full refund of the airfare they paid for this voyage.

That's in addition to the air ticket change fee of up to $500. Again, clients should mail receipts to the address mentioned above. Any reimbursement or per diem guests will receive will be mailed to the address the line has on file.

Azamara Club Cruises has cancelled the remainder of the current voyage to assess damages to the ship. There is no word, as yet, on any potential changes to future itineraries.

Keep visiting www.travelagentcentral.com for further updates on this developing story.

Orang England tidak tahu apa makna Tentelow!

Hanya orang Sabah saja tahu apa itu maksudnya Tontolou atau Tentelow. Orang di Semenanjung Malaysia dan Sarawak pun tak tahu.

Tontolou adalah bahasa pasar di Sabah yang bermakna alat Kelamin Lelaki.

Nah di London ada pula Tentelow Lane!! Hahahahaa Funny

Agup Batu Tulug, Gua Keranda berusia 900 tahun di Sabah

Selain keindahan Pulau Sipadan, Gunung Kinabalu, Lembah Danum, Maliau Basin, Tabin dan Imbak Kanyon, Sabah sebenarnya mempunyai banyak lagi tarikan pelancongan.

Antaranya Agup Batu Tulug atau turut dikenali Gua Keranda.

Agup Batu Tulug adalah gua batu kapur setinggi 39 meter yang jelas kelihatan jika anda melalui jalan dari Kunak menuju Lahad Datu, di pantai Timur Sabah.

Agup Batu Tulug menjadi tempat persemadian golongan bangsawan, menempatkan keranda berusia 700 tahun hingga 900 tahun.

Perkataan 'agop' dalam bahasa Orang Sungai bermaksud gua. Terdapat tiga gua yang utama, iaitu Agop Suriba (bawah) di bahagian lantai hutan, Agop Lintanga (tengah) dan Agop Sawat (atas) masing-masing dengan ketinggian antara 12 hingga 15 meter.

Statistik menunjukkan terdapat sebanyak 125 keranda kayu diperbuat daripada kayu Belian dan Merbau di Agop Batu Tulug yang berusia 700 hingga 900 tahun dahulu.

Setiap keranda mempuyai keunikan tersendiri kerana mempunyai ukiran figura haiwan seperti kepala kerbau, buaya, biawak, ular dan burung dibahagian penutup keranda.

Manakala motif-motif flora dan tumbuh-tumbuhan diukir pada bahagian badan keranda.

Kini, Agup Batu Tulug dilindungi sebagai warisan sejarah oleh Jabatan Muzium Sabah.

Dipercayai terdapat lebih 2000 keranda kayu balak yang seusia dengan yang terdapat di Agop Batu Tulug yang mendiami di gua-gua batu kapur di sekitar kawasan Lembah Kinabatangan.

Sekaligus menjadikan Lembah Kinabatangan sebagai salah satu tapak arkeologi yang terpenting di Malaysia.

Inilah hadiah warisan Sabah untuk sejagat.

Keindahan Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu dari udara

Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu yang terletak di Likas adalah antara mercu tanda di Sabah.

Masjid ini berkonsepkan masjid terapung, sering menjadi tumpuan pelancong asing kerana keunikan konsep binaannya.

Namun jarang sekali imej Masjid Bandaraya dirakamkan dari udara.

Saksikan keindahan masjid itu dari sudut yang belum pernah dirakamkan sebelum ini.

Rekod Sabah dalam Liga Super 2012

Updated 27 Jun 2012.

Blog ini merekodkan setiap keputusan perlawanan melibatkan pasukan Sabah dalam Liga Super 2012. Kita pasti marah dengan pencapaian Sabah setakat 27 Jun 2012 kerana banyak kali tewas termasuk kekalahan memalukan 0-9 di tangan Singapore Lions di Singapura pada 16 Jun 2012, disusuli tewas 0-4 di Likas kepada Selangor PKNS dan tewas lagi 0-2 di tangan Kelantan. Ini membawa kepada tindakan merehatkan jurulatih Sabah, Justin Ganai.


Untuk rekod, Sabah adalah pasukan kuat pada 1980an apabila mempunyai James Wong, Hassan Sani, Peter Rajah, Razali Zinin, Richard Barnes, Karti Tukimin, Justin Ganai, Alinjiran Nulantan, Awang Sabtu dan ramai lagi. Pasukan Sabah nyaris memenangi Liga Malaysia pada suatu ketika, hanya no. 2 di belakang Juara iaitu Selangor yang diperkuatkan Mokhtar Dahari, Soh Chin Aun, Khalid Ali dan Santokh Singh.

Pada 1995, Sabah juara Piala FA menewaskan Pahang 3-1 di final di Stadium Merdeka dan pada 1996, Sabah juara Dunhill Liga Malaysia dengan perlawanan terakhir diadakan di Stadium Likas di mana Sabah menewaskan pasukan di tempat kedua iaitu Negeri Sembilan dengan 3-0. Ketika itu Sabah diperkuatkan Yap Wai Loon, Ong Kim Swee, Scott Ollerenshaw, Matlan Marjan, Seslija Milomir dan ramai lagi.

Rekod Sabah dalam Liga Super 2012.

1. 10 Januari 2012 - Selasa
FELDA UNITED 2-0 SABAH

Sabah memulakan kempen Liga Super 2012 dengan langkah sumbang apabila tewas 0-2 kepada Felda United di tempat lawan.

2. 14 januari 2012 - Sabtu
SABAH 2-1 SARAWAK
(Michael Baird, Bobby Gonzales)

Selepas tewas 0-2 kepada Felda Unietd dalam perlawanan pertama, Sabah tidak mahu tewas lagi dalam perlawanan kedua menentang jirannya Sarawak di Stadium Likas. Penyerang impot Sabah dari Australia, Michael Baird menunjukkan betapa dia amat berbisa apabila menjaringkan gol pertama dan menyumbang gol kedua apabila melakukan larian solo sebelum menghantar bola kepada Bobby Gonzales. Sabah menang 2-1.


3. 17 Januari 2012 - Selasa
T-TEAM 0-0 SABAH

Sabah berjaya memungut 1 mata apabila seri 0-0 dengan pasukan T-Team di tempat lawan di Kuala Terengganu. Moga kejayaan mendapat 1 mata di tempat lawan ini menjadi inspirasi kepada Sabah untuk terus memenangi perlawanan seterusnya dalam Liga Super 2012.


4. 21 Januari 2012 - Sabtu - Stadium Likas

Sabah 0-1 Singapura Lions

Sabah patut menang namun tewas di gelanggang sendiri kepada Singapura Lions. Perlawanan ini dicemari aksi kasar menyaksikan 2 pemain dibuang padang, seorang pemain Sabah, Maffry Balang yang memakai jersi no. 2, dan seorang lagi pemain Singapura.


5. 27 Januari 2012 - Sabtu - Stadium MBPJ Kelana Jaya

Selangor PKNS 2-2 Sabah
(Michael Baird, Helmi Remeli - gol sendiri)

Bermain di tempat lawan, Sabah ketinggalan 0-2 hasil 2 jaringan penyerang impot Selangor PKNS, Dawood Nicoise, menerusi tendangan percuma cantik pada minit ke 44 dan gol keduanya menerusi rembatan luar kotak penalti minit ke 53. Namun tambatan impor Sabah, Michael Baird merapatkan jurang 1-2 menerusi gol hasil tandukan cantik minit ke 73. Gol penyamaan Sabah diperolehi minit ke 81, sekali lagi menerusi gerakan Michael Baird yang melakukan cross sebelum ditanduk Shaharudin Yakub. Bola itu terkena palang gol lalu terkena kaki pertahanan Selangor PKNS, Helmi Remeli di minit ke 81. Tahniah Sabah, dapat membawa pulang 1 mata ke Kota Kinabalu.


6. SABAH 0-0 KELANTAN (6 Feb 2012, Stadium Likas)

Pertembungan dengan Juara Bertahan Liga Super di stadium Likas ini berakhir keputusan seri 0-0 tanpa jaringan. Sabah sebenarnya mahu membalas dendam kekalahan 1-2 pada perlawanan terakhir Liga Super 2011 yang menobatkan Kelantan sebagai Juara Liga 2011, namun apakan daya, hasrat itu tidak kesampaian.


7. KEDAH 2-2 SABAH (11 Feb 2012, Stadium Darul Aman Kedah)
(Mohd Sabri Mat Abu-Gol Sendiri (Kedah), Shaharudin Yakub)

Sabah mengejutkan tuan rumah apabila mendahului 1-0 hasil tandukan pertahanan Kedah Mohd Sabri Mat Abu yang menerjah gawang sendiri, Apapun kealpaan pertahanan Sabah termasuk kesilapan penjaga gol Syed Adney menyaksikan Kedah menyamakan kedudukan 1-1 sebelum mendahului 2-1. Apapun kelincahan penyerang Sabah Shaharudin Yakub nyata sukar dibendung pertahanan Kedah. Shaharudin akhirnya menjaringkan gol penyamaan Kedah menerusi 1 rembatan kencang. Pada perlawanan ini, pemain impot Sabah dari Australia yang tidak sehebat mana, Brendan Gan dibuang padang setelah kebodohannya mengkasari pemain lawan. Bodoh, Brendan Gan tidak sehebat mana dan dia pula dipilih menyarung jersi Sabah? 1 keputusan yang amat bodoh oleh SAFA!! Pemain impot hebat Sabah, Michael Baird tidak dapat beraksi kerana digantung akibat kad kuning.

8. SABAH 2-0 KUALA LUMPUR (14 FEB 2012) Stadium Likas
(Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman, Michael Baird)

Seri 3 perlawanan berturut turut, Sabah tidak mahu berputih mata dan mahu mengutip 3 mata penuh di depan penyokong sendiri di Stadium Likas. Untuk itu, Michael Baird mengetuai jentera serangan dengan gerakan menakjubkan. Hantaran tepat dan hebat kepada Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman menjelmakan gol pertama Sabah manakala Baird sendiri menjaringkan gol kedua Sabah di minit ke 46. Syabas Sabah, Syabas Baird.

9. SABAH 2-1 JOHOR FC (3 MAC 2012) Stadium Likas
(Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman, Shaharudin Yakup)

Sabah ke perlawanan ini hanya seminggu selepas nyaris memalukan skuad kebangsaan Malaysia dalam perlawanan persahabatan di Stadium Likas pada Jumaat 24 Feb 2012 dimana Malaysia diasak dan hanya menang tipis 1-0. Sayap kanan Sabah, Shaharudin Yakup turut menempa sejarah apabila menyarung jersi kebangsaan buat pertama kalinya dalam perlawanan persahabatan yang amat hebat itu.

Menentang Johor FC, Sabah ketinggalan menerusi gol awal penyerang impot lawan, Arthur Hendrique sebelum menjaringkan 2 gol menerusi Mohd Rozaimi Abd Rahman dan Shaharudin Yakup di minit ke 81. Ini kemenangan kedua berturut Sabah dan kelima berturut turut tanpa kalah. Syabas Sabah.

10. Terengganu 6-3 Sabah (17 Mac 2012, Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, Terengganu)
(Zainizam Marjan, Brendan Gan, Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman)

Sabah tewas besar dalam perlawanan di tempat lawan ini, dan kekalahan pertama selepas 5 perlawanan tanpa kalah sebelum ini. Apapun Sabah berjuang dalam perlawanan ini apabila merapatkan jurang kepada 3-4 pada satu ketika. Moga Sabah terus mengaum selepas ini. Sabah Boleh!

11. Sabah 1-1 Selangor (31 Mac 2012, Stadium Likas, Kota Kinabalu)
(Michael Baird)

Menentang Red Giants, Sabah mengejutkan Selangor seawal minit ke 3 menerusi rembatan penyerang impor, Michael Baird yang memanfaatkan salah faham antara penjaga gol Selangor dan pertahanan Selangor. Sabah seharusnya menggandakan kedudukan kepada 2-0 namun rembatan cantik Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman di minit ke 20, mengegar palang. Apapun P Gunalan memastikan Red Giants tidak pulang dengan tangan kosong apabila meledakkan gol penyamaan Selangor pada minit ke 59, menewaskan penjaga gol Sabah Syed Adney Syed Hussein.


12. Negeri Sembilan 2-2 SABAH (7 April 2012, Stadium Negeri, Seremban)
(Shaharudin Yakub, Ronny Harun)

Ketinggalan 0-2 selepas tamat babak pertama, Sabah tidak berputus asa dan terus menggempur kubu lawan di tempat lawan di babak kedua. Hasilnya 2 gol Sabah dijaringkan pemain sayap kanan Sabah dan Malaysia, Shaharudin Yakub untuk kedudukan 1-2, manakala pertahanan Ronny Harun memastikan Sabah membawa pulang 1 mata dengan gol kedua dan penyamaan. Ini gol ketiga Shaharudin dalam 12 aksi Liga Super 2012 dan gol pertama Ronny Harun. Ini juga keputusan seri ke enam Sabah dalam Liga Super 2012.


13. Sabah 1-3 Perak (14 April 2012, Stadium Likas)

Sabah dikejutkan Perak apabila tewas 1-3 di gelanggang sendiri di Stadium Likas. Sabah bermula garang apabila Zainizam Marjan membuka jaringan seawal minit pertama, dia merayakan gol dengan gaya lucu ulat bulu!!

Namun di babak kedua, 3 gol membolosi gawang Sabah menerusi bekas penyerang kebangsaan, Akmal Rizal Rakhili, minit 65, gol sendiri pertahanan Sabah Mafry Balang minit ke 67 dan jaringan minit 90 Lazar Popovic. Sabah dikatakan mahu menukar 2 pemain impot dan memperkenalkan 2 pemain impot baru tidak lama lagi kerana kecederaan 2 pemain impot sedia ada Michael Baird dan Brendan Gan.


14. Perak 2-2 Sabah (17 April 2012, Stadium Perak)
Bermain di tempat lawan, Sabah nyaris meraih 3 mata penuh namun jaringan minit akhir Perak memaksa Sabah berkongsi 1 mata. 2 gol Sabah dijaringkan Zainizam Marjan dan kedudukan 2-1 kekal sehinggalah ke minit terakhir perlawanan namun pemain impot Perak berjaya menyamakan kedudukan. Sekaligus hajat Sabah tidak kesampaian untuk balas dendam kekalahan 1-3 di Likas, 2 hari sebelum itu.


15. 4 Mei 2012 - Sabah 1-0 Felda United (Stadium Likas)
Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman jaringkan gol kemenangan Sabah. Sabah bermain perlawanan ini menurunkan pemain impot baru dari Jerman, Hendrik Helmke, gantikan Michael Baird yang cedera.


16. 12 Mei 2012 - Sarawak 1-0 Sabah (Stadium Kuching)
Apa sudah jadi dengan Sabah? Tewas lagi!! Ini kekalahan ke 5 Sabah dalam 16 aksi Liga Super 2012.


17. 15 Mei 2012 (Stadium Likas)
SABAH 1-2 T TEAM
Hendrik Helmke
Apa sudah jadi dengan Sabah, kekalahan kedua berturut turut dan ini kekalahan di tempat sendiri.


18. 16 Jun 2012 (Singapura)
Singapura Lions 9-0 Sabah

Ini kekalahan amat memalukan dan paling besar dalam sejarah Liga Super dan dalam sejarah Sabah. Kekalahan di Singapura ini membawa kepada tindakan merehatkan jurulatih Sabah, Justin Ganai. Kekalahan ke 3 berturut turut Sabah.


19. 19 Jun 2012 (Likas)
Sabah 0-4 Selangor PKNS

Tewas lagi di tempat sendiri dalam perlawanan disaksikan kurang 1,000 penonton dan ada sepanduk SAFA RASUAH dipamerkan peminat setia Sabah yang amat tidak puas hati dengan prestasi semasa Sabah. Kekalahan ke 4 berturut turut Sabah.


20. 23 Jun 2012 (Kelantan)
Kelantan 2-0 Sabah

Kelantan menambah derita Sabah apabila menewaskan pelawat 2-0 di Kota Bahru, ini menjadikan kekalahan ke 5 berturut turut bagi Sabah dalam Liga Super. AGREGAT GOL SABAH DALAM 5 KEKALAHAN BERTURUT TURUT IALAH 1 - 18.


21. 26 Jun 2012 (Stadium Likas)
Sabah 1-0 Kedah

Setelah tewas 5 perlawanan berturut turut, Sabah melakar kemenangan 1-0 menewaskan Kedah di Stadium Likas menerusi gol tunggal, Jufrey Omopor.


Senarai Penjaring Sabah dalam Liga Super 2012, sehingga 26 Jun 2012

Michael Baird - 4 gol
Zainizam Marjan - 4 gol
Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman - 4 gol
Shaharudin Yakub - 3 gol
Bobby Gonzales - 1 gol
Brendan Gan - 1 gol
Ronny Harun - 1 gol
Hendrik Helmke - 1 gol
Jufrey Omopor - 1 gol

Gol sendiri pemain lawan - Helmi Remeli (Selangor PKNS), Mohd Sabri Mat Abu (Kedah)

SABAH - prestasi sehingga 26 June 2012

PERMAINAN 21
MENANG 5
SERI 7
KALAH 9
JARINGAN 22
BOLOS 41
PERBEZAAN JARINGAN (- 19)
MATA 22

Persatuan bekas Tentera Malaysia, PBTM Sabah sokong penubuhan Suruhanjaya Siasatan diRaja mengenai isu PATI di Sabah

Teks/Foto : Jaafar Abdul Wahid

KOTA KINABALU, Sabah 27 Disember 2011 :

Persatuan Bekas Tentera Malaysia (PBTM) Bahagian Negeri Sabah sebulat suara menyokong penuh cadangan penubuhan Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja (RCI) bagi tujuan menyiasat isu pendatang Tanpa Izin dan projek kad pengenalan diri (IC) di Sabah.

Yang Dipertuanya, Sanon Haji Sapari berkata ini kerana pihaknya turut melahirkan kebimbangan pertambahan penduduk begitu mendadak, justeru keadaan ini sudah sewajarnya memerlukan RCI melakukan siasatan secara terperinci dan menyeluruh bagi mengenal pasti soal statistik dan kependudukan di Sabah.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada media selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Ahli Jawatankuasa Bahagian PBTM Siri 4 bagi Tahun 2011 di Kota Kinabalu.

Sanon yang juga Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Persatuan Bisaya Bersatu Sabah menyatakan perkara itu sebagai sokongannya kepada kenyataan Ketua Penerangan PBS, Datuk Johnny Mositun dalam di sebuah akhbar tempatan bagi menubuhkan RCI di Sabah bagi melakukan siasatan lanjut isu pendatang Izin dan projek kad pengenalan diri (IC) di negeri ini.

Menurutnya usaha menghalang penubuhan RCI di negeri ini oleh sekumpulan tidak bertanggungjawab merupakan satu tindakan tidak berakal sama sekali.

“Rakyat di negeri ini mempunyai hak bagi meneruskan usaha ini dan tidak sepatutnya diganggu atau dihalang oleh mana-mana pihak yang mempunyai agenda kepentingan sendiri yang akhirnya menjejaskan keselamatan dan hak kerakyatan penduduk negeri ini” jelas Sanon

Sehubungan itu, beliau mahu siasatan lanjut bantahan disuarakan sebuah organisasi dikenali sebagai Persatuan Rantau Putra yang turut sama menyokong kenyataan Pengerusi Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (PEKIDA) Sabah, Datu Akjan Datu Ali Muhammad terhadap bantahan penubuhan RCI di Sabah.

AirAsia Introduces Additional Flight Frequencies from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu & Sandakan, Sabah starting 6th February 2012

AirAsia, the world’s best low cost airline for three consecutive years (2009, 2010, 2011) is introducing additional flight frequencies from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan, in Sabah, enhancing the airline’s connectivity to these destinations.

The new additional flight frequencies present 14x daily flights (13x daily previously) from Kuala Lumpur – Kota Kinabalu (starting 6 February 2012).

Kuala Lumpur – Sandakan will be available 3x daily (2x daily previously) starting 6 February 2012.

To kick off the additional flight frequencies, AirAsia is offering special promotional fare to all travelers. Enjoy special low fares from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu or Sandakan with all-in-fares from as low as RM69*.

Booking period for this exclusive promo is from 14 December - 25 December 2011, for the travel period from 6 February – 27 October 2012.

The airline is also enhancing connectivity from Kota Kinabalu to Hong Kong by introducing additional flight frequencies with 10x flights weekly (7x weekly previously).

Enjoy more convenience and additional flight time options, with all-in-fares from as low as RM189*. Booking period is from 14 December - 25 December 2011, for the travel period from 21 February – 27 October 2012.

All the best AirAsia.

Source : AirAsia Communications

Australian tourist gored to death by a Pygmy Bornean Elephant in Tabin, Sabah, East Malaysia

A trip to the wildlife wilderness in Tabin, near Lahad Datu in the east coast of Sabah, East Malaysia turned tragic for Jenna O'Grady Donley, 26, a Sydney-based veterinarian.

She was attacked by a Pygmy Bornean elephant, which was apparently startled by the sounds of Jenna's camera shutter and flash in the 6.30am incident on Wednesday, 7th December 2011.


Her woman companion and guide escaped the attack at the 123,000ha wildlife re-serve about 100km from Lahad Datu.



The 123,000ha Tabin wildlife re-serve about 100km from Lahad Datu, was opened in 1984. This is the first such incident.






Below is a video of the Borneo Pygmy Elephants, smaller in size compared with African Elephants, they sometimes look friendly but menacing as wells.!!



Malaysian media reported that an Australian female tourist was gored to death by a bull elephant that charged at her as she was photographing it in Sabah's Tabin Wildlife Reserve.

This tragic incident happened approximately 6.30 am on Wednesday 7th December 2011.

Jenna O'Grady Donley, 26, a Sydney-based veterinarian, was attacked by the elephant, which was apparently startled by the sounds of the camera shutter and flash in the shocking incident.

Witnesses claimed that she could not flee in time as the elephant charged at her suddenly. Her woman companion and guide escaped the attack.

State Wildlife Department director Dr Laurentius Ambu said a group of women and their guide had gone to a nearby mud volcano and decided to take the wildlife trail on their way back to the resort.

Dr Ambu said the group had gone off the trail to take photographs of the wild elephant, which he suspected was a single bull.

Single bull elephants, he said, tend to be loners and were dangerous with their unpredictable behaviour.

Dr Ambu said the women had stopped about 10m from the animal and started taking pictures.

He said this might have provoked the elephant.

He added that the others escaped but the woman could not as she was the closest to the animal.

The woman's remains have been sent to a hospital in Lahad Datu.

The department's wildlife unit chief veterinarian Dr Sen Nathan said a team had been sent to check on the bull and to ascertain the situation concerning the animal.

“We have to check if the elephant was in a state of musth (when testosterone levels are high and the animal becomes aggressive and unpredictable) and see what needs to be done,” he said.

Dr Sen said this was the first time such an incident had occurred within the wildlife reserve although there had been two other cases of elephants goring humans in Sabah over the last decade.

Sabah's Lower Kinabatangan Has Lost 300 Orang-utans Since 2004

Photos/Article : HUTAN - Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programmme, KOCP : Is a grassroots Non-Governmental Organisation founded in 1996 to carry out wildlife conservation in Sabah with the focus on orang-utans and also carries out a variety of wildlife research and surveys including for the Bornean Pygmy Elephant, recognised sub-species of the Asian Elephant. In addition HUTAN-KOCP also undertakes a variety of community related activities from capacity building to alternative livelihoods as well as environmental education and awareness for rural communities.



Planting of oil palm up to the riverbanks and fragmentation of forest patches are seen clearly in these series of pictures. Photos by HUTAN/Marc Ancrenaz.





A series of photos of orang-utans in the Lower Kinabatangan where population decline over seven years has seen 300 orang-utans lost. Photo by HUTAN/Dzulirwan @ Jolirwan bin Takasi

Kinabatangan, 21st November 2011:

The Lower Kinabatangan located on the East Coast of Sabah, East Malaysia, Borneo has lost about 300 orang-utans in seven years due to forest isolation and loss of corridors according to Dr. Marc Ancrenaz, Scientific Director of HUTAN – Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme (KOCP).

“What we are seeing with our latest surveys within the Lower Kinabatangan is a clear population decline of the orang-utans in this area,” said Ancrenaz who hoped such issues would add to urgency to events such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO) being held in Kota Kinabalu for the first time this week.

The biggest threat to orang-utan and other wildlife populations in Sabah today is fragmentation. What this means is that agriculture development primarily oil palm has created small islands of forest, which are isolated and completely surrounded by human-made landscape.

“Because it is difficult for wildlife to move from one forest patch to the next, this situation leads to inbreeding and eventual population decline, which is what we are witnessing today in the Lower Kinabatangan,” explained Ancrenaz.

Ancrenaz points out that this issue is inherently related in part to the oil palm industry and as this industry has much resources they should take real action to rectify the situation.

“We can still improve the situation for the Lower Kinabatangan’s orang-utan and other wildlife by actually replanting and planning for actual wildlife corridors or patches of forest to support wildlife movement between protected or forested areas,” said Ancrenaz.

This according to Ancrenaz has been paid much lip service by big organisations but in reality only local communities have been successfully carrying out such work.

“Except for Wilmar/PBB Oil which is replanting 382 hectares with 50 meters on the banks on the river, we mostly see signboards and newspaper articles but when you go to the ground you find that in reality they is more talk than actual viable replanting taking place,” said Ancrenaz.

Perhaps, the money the Malaysian Government is spending for oil palm promotion such as the recent allocation of RM24 million for the Malaysian Oil Palm Council could instead be used for establishing real corridors and patches of forest in the Lower Kinabatangan said Ancrenaz.

“While they are many reforestation programmes taking place within the Lower Kinabatangan, the best known being the work by MESCOT-KOPEL in Batu Putih, we need oil palm companies to start planting back corridors along the riverbanks in particular. This will not only help wildlife but also improve the water quality for local communities living along the river,” said Ancrenaz.

As the situation is even more grim in the Lower Kinabatangan, he urged oil palm companies with forest patches to reconsider converting remaining forested areas as conversion of even small pockets such as 10 hectares has a negative effect on the long term survival of the orang-utan population.

“If oil palm companies want to contribute to orang-utan conservation today, they have the opportunity to do so in the Lower Kinabatangan by stopping what little land conversion they are still planning to do carry it,” said Ancrenaz.

As Ancrenaz noted that the largest number of RSPO Certified companies are from Sabah, he hoped that they would step up to the challenge of conserving small forest patches and replanting natural forest to riverbanks.

According to Ancrenaz, orang-utan populations in other parts of Sabah with large contiguous forest such as Malua, Dermakot and Tabin have remained stable in the same period of time.

“The difference between those areas and the Lower Kinabatangan is that they have a large area that is not broken up. This highlights the urgency of the situation and the need for more oil palm plantations to replant corridors and leave patches of forest,” urged Ancrenaz

Datuk Harris Mohd Salleh, Ketua Menteri Sabah 1976-1985 kini 81 tahun

Harris Mohd Salleh, Ketua Menteri Sabah ke 6 pada 1976-1985 dilahirkan pada 4 November 1930, (hari jadinya yg ke 81 tahun pada 4 November 2011 lalu).

Biarpun berpendidikan hanya Darjah Enam, Harris Salleh antara pemimpin yang berjaya mentransformasikan Sabah menjadi negeri yang dulunya miskin dan mula menapak maju sedikit demi sedikit menerusi pelbagai program transformasi ekonomi menerusi Yayasan Sabah, SEDCO (Perbadanan Pembangunan Ekonomi Sabah), KPD (Koperasi Pembangunan Desa), KOSAN, SAFODA dan pelbagai agensi serta jabatan lain.

Sebelum menjadi Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Harris pernah memegang jawatan Penolong Pegawai Daerah atau A.D.O.

Datuk Harris Mohd Salleh memegang jawatan Ketua Menteri Sabah ekoran tragedi 6 Jun 1976 yang mengorbankan Ketua Menteri Sabah ketika itu, Tun Mohd Fuad Stephens apabila pesawat Nomad dinaiki dari Labuan terhempas di perairan Sembulan dekat Lapangan Terbang Kota Kinabalu turut mengorbankan beberapa menteri kabinet negeri termasuk Datuk Peter Mojuntin dan Datuk Salleh Sulong.

Datuk Harris memimpin Berjaya memenangi Pilihanraya DUN Sabah 1981 apabila menang 44 daripada 48 kerusi DUN.

Pertelingkahannya dengan Datuk Seri Pairin Kitingan membawa padah apabila Pairin menubuhkan Parti Bersatu Sabah, PBS pada 1985 seterusnya menewaskan parti Berjaya yang sebelum itu dikatakan tidak mungkin akan kalah. PBS menang 25 daripada 48 kerusi DUN Sabah manakala Berjaya hanya menang 6 kerusi manakala USNO 16 kerusi.

Malahan Datuk Harris sendiri tewas di N39 Tenom kini dikenali Melalap. Harris tewas kepada seorang penduduk kampung yang tidak dikenali dalam lanskap politik Sabah iaitu Kadoh Agundong (kini Datuk).

Keputusan Pilihanraya DUN Sabah 1985 di N39 Tenom

Datuk Harris Mohd. Salleh (BN-Berjaya): 1,727
Arajai b. Mantias (BERSEPADU): 37
Kadoh Agundong (PBS): 2,622
Leong Chau Chu (USNO) 427

Selepas tewas teruk pada pilihanraya DUN Sabah 1985 dan 1986, Harris menyepi seketika sebelum melakukan political comeback pada pilihanraya DUN Sabah 1999 apabila memimpin parti BERSEKUTU.

Harris sendiri bertanding di Likas namun tewas kepada Yong Teck Lee (BN-SAPP). Malahan BERSEKUTU kalah di semua 48 kerusi yang ditandinginya termasuk hilang deposit di 31 kawasan DUN.

Sejak itu Harris hanya menumpukan usahanya menanam kayu jati dan industri herba termasuk menghasilkan misai kucing.

Itulah kisah Harris Mohd Salleh, bekas Ketua Menteri Sabah 1976-1985.

Plot to kill an elected assemblyman in Sabah by militant?

The Malaysian Government cannot confirm nor deny claims that the 13 people detained in Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia, last week had planned to assasinate an elected representative, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

He confirmed that those detained were considered terrorists and investigations were ongoing.

Hishammuddin was responding to a report in The Star in its Wednesday 23rd November 2011 edition, that the 13 suspected Darul Islam terrorists were part of a group believed to have plotted to assassinate a local assemblyman.

Counter-terrorism sources said that they were also planning to hold a police officer hostage to secure the release of their comrades.

According to them, the group had attended guerilla warfare training in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and were also taught to make bombs.

Their group leader Abdullah Omar was arrested in Indonesia in July 2011.

“This group first surfaced in 2006 and wanted to murder an assemblyman but counter-terrorism officers thwarted its plans,” one source said.

Well to me, this is gruesome. Plot to kill an elected assemblyman in Sabah is unheard of in the past.

May God Bless Malaysia and may those militants remain in custody.

Source : The Star Online, 24 November 2011.

UPSR 2011 : 1,018 pelajar Sabah mendapat "A" dalam semua mata pelajaran

Keputusan UPSR 2011 di Sabah, menunjukkan 20 ribu 403 daripada 45 ribu 305 calon UPSR bersamaan 45.03 peratus, mencatat sekurang kurangnya peringkat “C” dalam semua mata pelajaran.

1,018 pelajar mencatat keputusan cemerlang, mendapat “A” dalam semua mata pelajaran berbanding 1,190 orang, pada 2010.

Keputusan UPSR 2011 diserahkan kepada pelajar pada hari Khamis, bersamaan 17 November 2011.

Menurut kenyataan Pengarah Pelajaran Sabah, Datuk Dr Muhiddin Yusin, pencapaian gred purata sekolah, G-P-S untuk Sabah pada 2011, menurun kepada 6.91 peratus berbanding 7.88 peratus tahun lalu 2010.

G-P-S Sabah menurun 0.03%.

Namun bilangan calon yang mencapai tahap penguasaan peringkat lemah atau “D” dan amat lemah “E” dalam semua mata pelajaran, telah berkurangan kepada 6.91 peratus.

Apapun Syabas dan tahniah diucapkan kepada pelajar UPSR di Sabah khususnya kepada 1,018 orang yang mencatat A dalam semua matapelajaran diambil.