KOTA KINABALU: A ban on plastic bottles at all marine parks in Sabah is in the works.
State Tourism, Culture and Envi­ronment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the parks which came under his ministry’s jurisdiction had been asked to set a deadline to enforce the ban.

“We know that such a ban is difficult to implement so we need to have a time frame to gradually work towards a complete ban,” he said, when launching an environmental campaign in Pulau Mamutik, which is part of the Tunku Abdul Marine Park yesterday.

The Project Aware plastic bottle reduction and coral reef conservation campaign was organised jointly by Sabah Parks and Borneo Divers Sdn Bhd, a local diving firm.
Masidi said Sabah Parks officials would be holding meetings with tour and diving companies to see how the ban could be implemented.
“We have had enough of plastic bottles being dumped indiscriminately around the islands,” he said, adding that his ministry was also looking at limiting the number of visitors to the Marine Park islands to protect its environment.
In this regard, Masidi said Sabah Parks had been told to do a study to find out the ideal number of visitors in accordance to the capacity of these islands.
“At the moment, there is no ceiling on the number of visitors to any of the islands.”
“If 10,000 people want to go to Pulau Mamutik, which is only 12ha in size, there is little we can do about it,” said Masidi.

He said his ministry was looking at the situation in Pulau Redang where it was reported that the environment including coral reefs had been adversely affected by the excessive numbers of visitors.
“So, we have to look at ways at controlling the number of visitors to the islands especially the more popular ones like Mamutik,” he added.

Masidi also announced an immediate ban on visitors feeding fish at marine parks.
He said the practice introduced by tour companies could affect water quality at the islands.



I am totally agree to ban plastic bottle in island Mr Minister! I have seen a lot. People just throw their sampah sarap esp plastic bottle everywhere.  A good start , but well, as usuall it never last for months..so really hope this will really implemented ..

Bring your own water everywhere people! heheh..im bringing my Pink Tupperware water Case everywhere! :P

JKKK Perlu Dalami Ilmu Tadbir Urus Dan Lebih Bermaklumat



BANGI, 9 Feb (Bernama) -- Anggota Jawatankuasa Kemajuan dan Keselamatan Kampung (JKKK) digesa untuk mendalami ilmu tadbir urus dan perlu lebih bermaklumat selaras dengan tugas dan peranan mereka yang kian mencabar, kata Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.



Beliau berkata adalah penting bagi pemimpin mendapat maklumat yang tepat tentang dasar-dasar kerajaan sekaligus menjadikan mereka individu yang dihormati oleh masyarakat.



"Mereka ini perlu bertindak sebagai perantara antara kerajaan dan rakyat bagi memastikan rakyat faham dengan dasar-dasar kerajaan dan ambil tindakan yang sewajarnya. Kita tak mahu rakyat hanya tahu tentang 1Malaysia, NKRA (Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara) atau model ekonomi baru tetapi adakah mereka akan mengetahuinya secara mendalam?.



"Selain itu mereka ini lebih tahu tentang hal kampung mereka sebagai contoh menubuhkan pasukan keselamatan atau Rela jika kampungnya berhadapan dengan masalah keselamatan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis Menteri Bersama JKKK di sini Selasa.



Sehubungan dengan itu beliau telah meminta kerjasama Institut Kemajuan Desa (Infra) untuk membekalkan maklumat berkaitan dan mengedarkannya kepada setiap pemimpin kampung untuk mereka mempelajari dasar-dasar tersebut seterusnya membekalkan maklumat itu kepada penduduk kampung.



"Kita kena maklumkan setiap apa yang ingin kerajaan lakukan... seperti dalam Rancangan Malaysia ke-10, untuk buat jalan baru ada tanah orang kampung yang akan diambil. Kita kena maklumkan supaya proses ambil alih dapat berjalan lancar sebab kalau lambat ini akan merugikan rakyat," katanya.



Mengulas keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan yang mengisytiharkan bahawa pelantikan Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir sebagai Menteri Besar Perak adalah sah, Shafie yang juga Naib Presiden Umno meminta semua pihak menghormati keputusan tersebut.



Beliau turut bersetuju dengan saranan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang meminta rakyat negeri Perak tidak terlibat dalam sebarang kegiatan politik yang dianggap tidak menghormati keputusan mahkamah.



"Kita ada undang-undang, jangan nanti setiap apa yang diputuskan oleh mahkamah kita bantah dan apabila dikenakan tindakan oleh pihak berwajib kita kata mereka zalim padahal kita tahu kita dah langgar undang-undang," katanya.







--BERNAMA

okay, this is just so that everyone know what is the role of JKKK. Hmm meaning urg kampung or JKKK kena tau peranan masing2 supaya tiada komplen mengomplen or tida puas hati antara satu sama lain..

PERANAN DAN FUNGSI JKKK

1. JKKK sebagai badan perancang penentuan strategi dan pelaksanaan program program atau projek projek pembangunan di dalam kampung .

2. JKKK menentukan senarai keutamaan projek projek pembangunan di dalam kampung.

3. JKKK sebagai badan penyelaras pelaksanaan program program dan projek projek pembangunan di dalam kampung.

4. JKKK sebagai badan yang menilai kemajuan pelaksanaan program program dan projek projek pembangunan di dalam kampung.

5. JKKK adalah sebagai mata dan telinga Kerajaan di peringkat kampung yang melapurkan segala musuh negara saperti anasir anasir komunis, subersif,anti-national, kemasukan pendatang haram, penyeludupan, kegiatan salah penggunaan dadah, kegiatan penyelewengan pengajaran agama Islam kepada pihak berkuasa atau Pegawai Daerah.

6. JKKK adalah sebagai badan perantaraan / perhubungan duahal di antara wakil wakil rakyat dan pegawai Kerajaan dengan penduduk penduduk kampung.

7. JKKK menjadi badan penggerak dan berkeupayaan mengembeling tenaga, sumber pembangunan dan perubahan sikap masyarakat di peringkat kampung untuk tujuan mempertingkatkan lagi daya pengeluaran.

8. JKKK hendak lah menyimpan segala rekod rancangan pembangunan fizikal dan masyarakat di dalam kampung dengan mengadakan Bilik Gerakan Kampung yang di lengkapi dengan data, peta, carta dan lain lain mengenai kampung.

[ No. 1 - 8 adalah petikan dari Buku Panduan Pembangunan Daerah ]

Yup , so,  we all can contribute in our kampung development, keceriaan, kebersihan, dan semua lah. JKKK ialah tempat kita merujuk, semua sumber. Peruntukan, penduduk punya detail, pelan pembangunan..semua la..so as for JKKK, dieorg kena ada semua detail yang penduduk boleh check.

Lets say si A wants to check on peruntukan or budget projek perpaipan kg. JKKK should ada semua detail.  Hmm iya, patut mcm tu kan...

How you guys think? :)

Read one blog about the connection between Dusun and Bunun (Taiwan), and i would love to share them . Taken from Justin 's blog, anyone interested just go to his blog :)

Soares, who has six children and 40 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, is believed to be the world's second oldest person to graduate from college.

everyone can do it! in our culture 'biarlah budak budak seja sekolah'. Not-so-young people will tend to be ashamed to continue studying. I am so not agree...

Born in Richmond, Calif. in 1915, Soares said she had wanted to attend college right after she graduated from Roosevelt High School in Oakland in 1932, but that was during the Great Depression.

"Unless you had some help, it would have been impossible to go to college," Soares said. "However I never lost the desire to go."

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She had been tru hard days...but she keep her dream..Thats what we, dusun people should do!

http://nunukragang.org/dictionary

As always , i was google'ing' about, and saw this website. Its an online dictionary for Dusun, translated to english and other language.

Not sure if this website still being maintained, but i do feel this is really important untuk jaga bahasa Dusun especially.

Kamurang tingu2 la tu website, and maybe boleh register untuk contribute bahasa. I am very interested and sedang cari2 contact admin dia..siapa2 yang tau, please let me know!

Alamak...br sy terjumpa website pejabat daerah ranau...Hahah

Ada pula :P...hehe...siapa2 yg tida tau sini : http://www.sabah.gov.my/pd.rnu/index1.html

Surf2 la benda2 menarik d sana..Hmm wonder kalau ada siapa2 bole tolong scan gambar2 lama kg kinorotuan, atau bg copy documen2 pasal cerita2 asal usul kg ka..

And kinorotuan kan ada logo...sepa buli bagi softcopy? nanti sy publish sini...sharing is caring :)

Just to update everyone on Kaamatan Klang Valley 2010 di sini KL..heheh kami2 yg di sini KL pn tida ketinggalan juga ba ber kaamatan..Ada sugandoi (urang ranau yg manang) sama unduk ngadau pn ada..

Nie event last week tu, sana Flamingo Hotel..

hee...Sy sama kawan sy regina, sebagai penyambut tetamu..haha

Nie durang begambar sama penari













kami model nescafe..muhehe














Hmm apa macam kaamatan di kg ah..still buat mcm time kami budak2 dl ka? Ada pameran, games n byk acara2 malam?

Last but not least....

Cool! Latest conceptual mobile phone , pakai air coke (in Dusun kuka-kula hehe) sebagai bateri..!

 Coke contains carbohydrates (the sugar), is able to produce electricity, once sparked with some enzymes.

Nie la kerja urg2 bio-technology nih..Tapi macam siuk juga rite..:D

Bio batteries are not new, they have been around for decades and can produce 3-4 times of juice that traditional lithium mobile phone batteries can. Since coke is easily available through almost any grocery shops, and it’s not pricey, so it’s definitely a smart idea to use coke as the fuel for the bio batteries.

Its not as easy as it sound, but its true.. We can get money on Blogging. banyak info bole dapat from internet sich as :

http://www.bloggingformoney.org/
http://www.problogger.net/

Me myself had been blogging since masih belajar..ada la sikit2 pendapatan..haha..Biasa dapat assignments and dapat bayaran dalam USD5-USD20 per assignment. Not bad uh!

Bayaran durg buat tru Paypal..bole kasi transfer to Maybank account..very convenient..So sepa2 mau try2, can always ask me..:D

ha ha...waaa semua busy ah..teda update from mana2 pihak...sy pn br ter tingu balik...bah apa2 update sila2 la share :D