ZON SELAMAT SABAH ESSZONE KUAT KUASA HARI INI, LIPUTI 10 DAERAH

Zon Selamat Sabah kuat kuasa hari ini, liputi 10 daerah

SALMIAH DRUHAMAD DRAHSIN

Esszone

[DIKEMAS KINI] KUALA LUMPUR 25/03/2013- Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini mengisytiharkan 10 daerah Zon Selamat Sabah Timur (Esszone) yang berkuat kuasa hari ini bagi melindungi tanah berdaulat ini susulan insiden pencerobohan baru-baru ini.

"Sepuluh daerah iaitu  Kudat, Kota Marudu, Pitas, Beluran, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Semporna dan Tawau," kata Najib ketika menyampaikan ucaptama pada majlis Sambutan Perbarisan dan Perarakan Hari Polis ke-206 di sini, hari ini.

AQUINO GESA PROSES RUNDINGAN BERHUBUNG TUNTUTAN KE ATAS SABAH

Aquino Gesa Proses Rundingan Berhubung Tuntutan Ke Atas Sabah

MANILA 18/03/2013: Presiden Filipina, Benigno Aquino pada Ahad berkata proses rundingan adalah satu-satunya jalan untuk menyelesaikan tuntutan Kesultanan Sulu terhadap Sabah dan beliau turut mengkritik tindakan kumpulan bersenjata menyerang Malaysia.

Aquino turut mengecam konspirasi terancang pihak tidak bertanggjungjawab yang menghantar pengikut-pengikut kesultanan Sulu ke Sabah kerana ia telah mengancam keselamatan 800,000 rakyat Filipina yang tinggal dan bekerja di negeri itu.

Bercakap di Akademi Elit Ketenteraan di Filipina pada Ahad, beliau turut mengutuk tindakan pengikut Sultan Sulu, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III yang membunuh dengan kejam sembilan anggota pasukan keselamatan di Malaysia.

PASUKAN KESELAMATAN CADANG BERSIHKAN PENEMPATAN HARAM, PERANGI ANASIR NEGATIF

Pasukan Keselamatan Cadang Bersihkan Penempatan Haram, Perangi Anasir Negatif Di Semporna

SEMPORNA 16/03/2013: Pasukan keselamatan mencadangkan penempatan haram di beberapa kampung di daerah ini dibersihkan bagi memastikan kawasan itu bebas daripada anasir keganasan dan aktiviti haram seperti penyeludupan senjata api dan dadah.

Ketua Polis Daerah Semporna DSP Mohd Firdaus Francis Abdullah berkata antara perkampungan air yang dicadangkan ialah Kampung Simunul, Kampung Halo, Kampung Panji dan Kampung Bangau-Bangau.

"Ini merupakan cadangan kita yang akan dimasukkan dalam laporan Kawasan Keselamatan Pemerintahan Timur Sabah (Esscom),"

SABAH DICEROBOH: UMS TUBUH PUSAT KAJIAN KESELAMATAN NEGARA

Sabah diceroboh: UMS tubuh pusat kajian keselamatan negara

KOTA KINABALU 13/03/2013- Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) akan menubuhkan sebuah pusat penyelidikan yang berfungsi sebagai pusat rujukan berkaitan hal ehwal negeri Sabah termasuk aspek keselamatan.

Naib Canselor UMS Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah berkata cadangan penubuhan pusat tersebut tercetus atas keprihatinan UMS terhadap isu-isu semasa seperti insiden pencerobohan pengganas di Lahad Datu dan Semporna.

Katanya pusat yang dinamakan Pusat Kajian Strategik Sabah akan menumpukan skop kajian yang merangkumi sejarah dan kedaulatan negeri Sabah selain aspek perundangan, keselamatan dan hubungan antarabangsa.

PERSATUAN BUGIS SABAH AKAN BERI KERJASAMA RCI DALAM SIASATAN

Persatuan Bugis Sabah akan beri kerjasama RCI dalam siasatan

BEAUFORT 24/12/2012: Persatuan Komuniti Bugis Sabah (PKBS) amat mengalu-alukan penubuhan Suruhanjaya Penyiasatan DiRaja untuk menjalankan siasatan terhadap status kewarganegaraan serta pengeluaran kad pengenalan.

“Persatuan ini akan memberi kerjasama kepada RCI kerana dalam proses penyiasatan itu nanti,” kata Presiden Persatuan it, Datuk Haji Osman Haji Jamal.

“Maksud kita di sini ialah untuk mengikis tanggapan beberapa pihak terhadap etnik Bugis di Sabah yang sudah tentunya RCI akan menjadi penentu kesahihan etnik Bugis sama ada mereka warganegara atau rakyat Malaysia,” katanya.

“Kita menyambut baik RCI supaya tidak ada lagi pihak-pihak yang cuba memperkotak-katikkan dan mempertikaikan kedudukan etnik Bugis di Negara ini,”

PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO FEAR FOR THE FUTURE, THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN – EWON BENEDICK

Police need more time to investigate death of teenage girl in Kota Marudu

3/12/2012: Meanwhile, the UPKO Komulakan Movement has urged the police to widen the scope of investigation into the death of Norikoh.

“In extending our deepest sympathy to the family of the late Norikoh, we support the need for a thorough investigation into this case, not just as a murder case, but also into the legality of documents in the possession of the suspect,” said its chief, Ewon Benedick.

“A Pakistani is being detained. He must have with him some documentation in order to open a business in Kota Marudu. If he has MyKad, then an investigation of how he obtained it must be undertaken,”

ARE MALAYSIAN GRADUATES DOOMED TO MEDIOCRITY?

Are Malaysian graduates doomed to mediocrity?

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Almost everyone complains about them: wanting high pay but not willing to put in the hours. Hankering for instant fame but with little substance to show. Becoming famous for very little talent. Demanding for work-life balance just so they can party after 5pm, or be with their boy/girlfriend. And some bring their parents into the picture; parents call up would be employers to demand why their child’s demands are not being met. None of them want to work in the trenches — life is too short to work hard. So now Putrajaya has stepped in with funds to make the unemployable, well, employable.

SABAH WILL BE LIKE DUBAI IN NEXT 10 YEARS

Sabah will be like Dubai in next 10 years

KOTA KINABALU 4/11/2012: Sabah will boom in the next 10 years with billions of investment by the government, Petronas and international companies.

Kota Kinabalu has the potential to become the jewel of South East Asia due to the beauty of our nature and our people, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas, chairman of Asian Pac Holdings Bhd, said at the launching of Loft C, 110 units of luxury serviced residences of KK Times Square Phase II, here on Friday.

POVERTY DUE TO MINDSET OF BUMIS – MASIDI

Poverty due to mindset of Bumis – Masidi

KOTA KINABALU 3/11/2012: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has admitted he used to work as a labourer earning RM5 a day and he feels that poverty in Sabah is mainly due to the mindset of its people and primarily the Bumiputras.

“It is not just due to the lack of infrastructure, but due to the mindset of our people, our youngsters. People might get mad with me for making this statement but this is the reality. We need to encourage our people, coax them to work hard and change their mindset.

“We complain about Sabah not having enough work opportunity, yet there are 300,000 foreigners working in Sabah. It is simply not logical for us to say that there is a lack of jobs out there when 300,000 foreigners are working in Sabah. Yet our people remain unemployed,”

SABAH HAS POTENTIAL TO BECOME MALAYSIA’S ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE — FSM PRESIDENT

Sabah has potential to become Malaysia’s economic powerhouse — FSM president

KOTA KINABALU 29/10/2012: Sabah has the potential to become Malaysia’s economic powerhouse, says the Federation of Sabah Manufacturers (FSM) president, Datuk Seri Wong Khen Thau.

To realise this, he said the state government policies, investment climate and business environment must be conducive, particularly for the investing community.

“In the context of the manufacturing sector, we have been promoting Sabah and are going all out to make the state, the business hub for the Far East.

OUR OIL FIELDS ARE RUNNING DRY?

OUR OIL FIELDS ARE RUNNING DRY?

25/10/2012: PETRONAS recently came up with some very lame excuses including the diminishing assets and/or maturing fields’ arguments to hoodwink the people of East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak). For many decades now East Malaysians have been treated like fools and simpletons to believe that our oil fields are running dry.

With new technology especially in exploration and drilling, our potential oil reserves are a lot more than we are being made to believe.

SKILLS EDUCATION NO LONGER SECOND CHOICE – DG

Skills education no longer second choice – DG

KOTA KINABALU 21/10/2012: Skills education is equally important and should no longer be the second choice for students and parents, according to the director-general of Manpower Department of the Human Resource Ministry, Datuk Romli Haji Hassan.

Speaking to reporters after the 8th convocation of Institusi Latihan Jabatan Tenaga Manusia (ILJTM) East Region for Sabah and Labuan FT zone in Sepanggar yesterday, Romli said that the mindset must be changed.

“Skills education is unlike the formal academic education which takes longer. In skills education, the number of students in a class is limited to about 15 so they get more attention from their lecturers.

THE LARGEST MARINE PARK IN SEA WILL BE IN SABAH

Largest marine park in SEA soon

CONSERVATION: 1.02m-hectare Tun Mustapha Park may be gazetted by 2016

A group of scientists on their way to a 19-day expedition to Tun Mustapha Park in Kudat, Sabah, recently. Pic courtesy of WWF-Malaysia

KUDAT 19/10/2012: FOLLOWING an expedition and survey, a team of scientists has approved the idea of gazetting a 1.02 million hectare marine park, which covers the waters here to Pulau Banggi.

The 19-day expedition at Tun Mustapha Park last month yielded positive results.

They will propose that the Sabah government gazette the park by 2016, to ensure the conservation of marine life. The park also has the potential to become the largest marine park in Southeast Asia.

YOUTHS URGED TO CONSIDER CAREER IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Youths urged to consider career in wildlife management

KOTA KINABALU 6/10/2012: The Sabah Wildlife Department is encouraging youths to explore and consider career opportunities in wildlife management as well as conservation.

Its director, Laurentius Ambu, said the state needed to start building a team of local ‘warriors’ to continue protecting and caring for the wildlife in Sabah.

MAJORITY OF TEACHERS NOT PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH

Majority of teachers not proficient in English

GEORGE TOWN 26/09/2012: It has been revealed that two-thirds of 70,000 English teachers in the country failed to reach a proficient English level.

Education Ministry deputy director-general Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said it was one of the two major findings of a survey which required the teachers to sit for the Cambridge Placement Test.

“When we did the initial profiling of the English teachers in Malaysia, we found that two-thirds of the teachers did not meet the proficiency level,” said Dr Khair, who was one of the speakers at a forum held at the G Hotel here on Monday.

GENERATION Y NO LONGER GOING FOR 'SAFE' STUDY OPTIONS

Generation Y no longer going for 'safe' study options

IN DEMAND: Receptive to changing career patterns and market trends

KUALA LUMPUR 24 September 2012: COLLEGES are reporting a surge in non-conventional courses from wedding planning, golf resort management to traditional Chinese medicine as Generation Y seeks lucrative careers.

Industry experts and a deputy minister said the diminishing preoccupation safe study choices, such as medicine, dentistry, engineering, coincided with big changes in the world of employment.

"The old job classification is not relevant in this day and age. Jobs are not title or designation-based any more. It is a matter of fact, creativity and talent-based," said Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

IT'S WOMEN POWER AT CAMPUS POLLS

It's women power at campus polls

NEW TREND: Female candidates winning more seats

A Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin student casting her vote during campus elections in being briefed on the heritage room by Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu yesterday. Pic by Aslina Abu Bakar

KUALA LUMPUR 22 September 2012: THE campus election results at five public universities revealed a new  trend: more women candidates are being elected.

In Kangar, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) campus election showed more than 56 per cent out of 31 contested seats were won by women candidates.

UniMAP vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Kamarudin Hussin said out 17 women candidates who had won, three represented the general seats and 14 the various faculty seats.

"We are seeing more women as candidates this time around."

TUN MUSTAPHA TERBILANG TETAPI TERBUANG?

TUN MUSTAPHA TERBILANG TETAPI TERBUANG?

September 10, 2012: TUN DATU Haji Mustapha bin Datu Harun dilahirkan pada 31 Julai 1918 di Kampung Limau-Limauan, Kudat. Nama asalnya ialah Datu Badiozaman, ditukarkan kerana sering sakit semasa kecil.

Tun Datu Haji Mustapha juga mempunyai nama timangan yang dikenali sebagai Jaman. Bapa Tun Mustapha ialah Datu Harun bin Datu Nasaruddin dan ibunya ialah Norani Hj. Abdul Rahim. Beliau merupakan anak keempat dari Sembilan orang adik-beradik yang terdiri daripada enam orang perempuan dan tiga orang lelaki yang masing-masing bernama Dayang Lana, Dayang Hjh. Bidari, Dayang Siti Sarah (Dayang Pindau), Dayang Hjh. Harum, Datu Muhammad, Dayang Tahiran, Datu Hj. Aliuddin dan Dayang Hjh. Hadijah.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR OIL WELLS RUN DRY?

What happens when our oil wells run dry?

The stark reality is - the boom time for Malaysia – is over, but it is not all doom and gloom.

September 12, 2012: For decades, oil and gas (O&G) has been our country’s main revenue contributor. In the past, new discoveries propelled our oil production which peaked in the mid-1990s, whereas the recent high fuel prices resulted in good cash flow into the Malaysian treasury.

However, will oil which made Malaysia relatively wealthy continue to gush from our wells?

The stark reality is – the boom time for Malaysia – is over. Let me share the reasons why. Most if not all of the economically attractive fields have been found and developed. Our new discoveries are smaller, more technically demanding, and require more intensive capital investment.

EDUCATION AWARENESS HIGH IN RURAL SABAH

Education awareness high in rural Sabah

KUDAT September 10, 2012: Awareness among students in rural Sabah on their desire to attain higher education seems higher than initially expected.

The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) learnt this yesterday after concluding its ‘Jom Masuk U’ programme at the Malaysia Day Cultural and Education Festival in Kudat.

MOHE director-general Datuk Professor Dr Rujhan Mustafa said some 5,000 students flocked to the Kudat Sports Complex on Saturday to benefit from the programme.