tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:10:17 +0000Malaysia comprises of 13 states,<br> Sabah is one of the 2 East Malysian states.<br> Events taking place at this land below the winds.<br> General discussion,politics,sports,<br> commerce and jokes.<br> Places of interests to tourists.<br> Please post your comments.http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)Blogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5684035153774202747Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:13:00 +00002020-07-04T16:48:14.782+08:00 The former president of LDP,Datuk Chong Kah Kiat was urged by members from Kudat to come out as mediator to resolve the power struggle within the party. But Datuk is adopting a wait and see attitude. If he sides with the rebellion, he would be accused of being "矛盾“ because the incumbent is using the party constitution to back his current action of sacking 20+ supreme council members. http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2013/09/ldp-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-1488226638208274712Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:07:00 +00002020-07-04T16:49:15.238+08:00 The tremour did not happen in that link between 1U and IOI in KL namely Lebuhraya-Damansara-Puchung (LDP). It happened in that tiny party in Kudat namely Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The party chairman is facing the challenge for the top post in the party from the deputy chairman in partnership with the secretary-general, with the huha-huha from 20+ members of the party's supreme http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2013/08/ldp-is-experiencing-earthquake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-7964907190078741220Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:26:00 +00002020-07-04T16:49:57.323+08:00 After toiling hard for more than 10 years to revive DAP Sabah, Dr Hiew King Cheu had resigned from the position of Advisor to DAP Sabah. He built DAP Sabah from the ground up, from zero Assemblyman and Member of Parliament to 4 now. But someone else reaped the fruit! According to Dr Hiew,his reason for quitting the post was due to 4 of his colleagues, who are also State Assemblymen, http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2013/08/hiew-king-cheu-resigned-as-sabah-dap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-6287519967123088484Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:30:00 +00002020-07-04T16:51:38.765+08:00 On 13 July 2013 at 8:00am a train after leaving Tanjung Aru, heading towards Papar and Beaufort had one of its wheel dislodged from the railway track near Kampung Kawang.Fortunately the 80 passengers on board were not hurt. According to the Sabah State Railway Department Operation Officer,Awang Zainudin Awang Matusin,"It is not due to lack of maintenance but due to a problematic stretch http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2013/07/are-services-provided-by-sabah-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5130029834991279192Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:02:00 +00002020-07-04T16:52:23.473+08:00 The Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar announced that Azizmuddie Kiram, the leader of the 200 Sulu Terrorists who intruded into Lahad Datu on 12 February 2013,has fled Sabah abandoning his followers to fend for themselves.Azizmuddie is also the younger brother of the Manila based so-called Sulu Sultan.Note that there are currently 11 persons claiming to be the lawful Sulu http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2013/03/leader-of-sulu-terrorist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5917632978302028840Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:19:00 +00002020-07-04T16:53:15.248+08:00 The main opposition parties in Sabah namely,PKR,PAS,DAP and SAPP failed to meet in a recent forum to discuss the possibility of coming to an agreement in order to face the BN one-on-one in the coming 13th General Election. Barring any unexpected event, the Sabah BN has already won the 13th General Election even before it is started. The only chance for the Opposition to win the election http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2012/09/sabah-bn-has-won-13th-general-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-466561415138614390Tue, 29 May 2012 20:03:00 +00002020-07-04T16:54:26.317+08:00 To all KDM friends, Happy Harvest Festival! http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2012/05/happy-harvest-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-8721015854042010018Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:45:00 +00002020-07-04T16:55:17.958+08:00 Former Chief Minister of Sabah, Tan Sri Harris Salleh criticized the Federal Government for planning to build a bridge linking Semporna and Pulau Bum Bum.The estimated costs will amount to RM340 millions.He said it would be a waste of money .I tend to agree with him on this. This is the most puzzling decision in recent years.What is there on the Pulau Bum Bum? Except for some Seahttp://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2012/03/rm430-million-bridge-linking-semporna.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-719993996409392477Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:38:00 +00002020-07-04T16:56:09.602+08:00 Looking at things as it is now, BN is sure to have a land slide win again in the coming general election. It is very clear that DAP and SAPP are not going to cooperate with each other in order to avoid votes splitting. Both parties are over confident of themselves, both believe that they only have the sole support of the Sabahans. One will say," we are local party, you West Malaysiahttp://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2012/02/sabah-opposition-is-not-united.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-7203399693836609693Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:22:00 +00002020-07-04T16:56:45.965+08:00 Merry Christmas! http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-8004247508856153519Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:58:00 +00002020-07-04T16:57:43.631+08:00 Senior UMNO member and former Malaysia Finance Minister,Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah,revealed to blogger Ronald Charles Klassen during a lunch interview how he escaped death because he and two other persons were led off the ill-fated plane minutes before take off. Klassen was testifying as the 4th witness for the defendant in a RM50 million libel suit brought by a former Sabah Chief http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2011/11/vital-information-related-air-crash-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-4714098510379162329Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:41:00 +00002020-07-04T16:59:01.911+08:00 Many passengers who are smokers learned a costly lesson when they arrived at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) and the Low Cost Terminal (T2) yesterday. After suppressing the urge to smoke when up on the plane they could not wait to light a cigarette just outside the main doors of air-conditioned lobby . Little did they know that 35 enforcement officers from Health http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2011/11/rm250-for-lighting-up-stick-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5316635874177842674Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:45:00 +00002020-07-04T17:00:42.745+08:00 Wishing all my Christian friends a Merry Christmas! http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-xmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5699058136142278486Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:08:00 +00002020-07-04T17:01:28.522+08:00 Sabah Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun ,told reporters that a suggestion to link Maura in Brunei to Menumbok in Sabah by ferry service was well received by the Government of Brunei. The proposed ferry service will shorten the travelling time between the two places from the usual 7 hours by land to 2 hours by sea. The Minister said the suggestion http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2009/07/direct-ferry-service-between-brunei.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-2638836853739405381Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:43:00 +00002020-07-04T17:05:18.765+08:00 The hottest topic running currently in Sabah is the controversy of whether The Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah should remains in the Sabah State cabinet, or in Barisan Nasional (BN) for that matter. Personally it is also a painful dilemma for Datuk Raymond Tan himself.I feel Datuk Raymonf Tan should rid himself of this agony by stepping down temporarily and http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2009/04/dilemma-of-datuk-raymond-tan-shu-kiah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-3235000177114965257Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:37:00 +00002020-07-04T17:06:02.029+08:00 I became a stuntman driving my car flying over the divider at Jalan Lintas ring road like James Bond (Agent 007)always does in the movie recently. I was travelling from Damai towards Lintas Square at around 8:00pm and was keeping to the extreme right hand lane because I intended to turn right into Lintas Square at the traffic light. It is the habit of KK road designers to cut a special http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2009/04/unwilling-stuntman-at-jalan-lintas-ring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5550374353950619847Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:34:00 +00002020-07-04T17:12:08.829+08:00 Hmm....it's going to be April, will the developer keep his promise to complete the project by that time? Come on everyone lay your bet! It takes me almost one hour every morning to send my kid to work just to travel the portion of road from in front JPJ to the round about(new)in front of SGCC. I really take my hat off to the KK guys,nobody says any thing going through this ordeal day in http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2009/03/jalan-bundusan-upgrade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-3315790238363741946Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:57:00 +00002020-07-04T17:12:51.092+08:00 Wishing all my Chinese friends Happy Chinese New Year! http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-chinese-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-9132431513326264196Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:37:00 +00002020-07-04T17:13:34.952+08:00 The president of the Federation of Chinese Associations Sabah (FCAS),Datuk Sari Nuar (what a name for a Chinese!) led a troop of his committee members to meet the Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, and handed in the 16 resolutions adopted at the FCAS Annual General Meeting 2008 last week. Two resolutions amongst the 16 were highlighted in headlines of all local news papers,http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/07/fcas-wnats-illegals-to-stay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-1352982053475818682Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:23:00 +00002020-07-04T17:14:30.509+08:00 Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia,Tan Sri Najib Tun Razak announced that the government will take action to flush out the illegal immigrants living in Sabah.It was flashed across the front pages of all local news papers last month. But the response from the public was cold,they think this is just another round of empty promise from the government on this issue,no difference from many otherhttp://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/07/major-crackdown-on-illegal-immigrants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-5181575018124053867Fri, 30 May 2008 17:32:00 +00002020-07-04T17:15:05.998+08:00 To all my KDM friends! http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-harvest-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-2942606748095463423Fri, 23 May 2008 15:39:00 +00002020-07-04T18:44:23.942+08:00 The 2008 Borneo International Marathon will be held in October this year.According to the event co-ordinator,Mr Shan Sandhu,this is the first time in the past 20 years such an event is organised in this city.Below is the write up provided by Mr Sandhu:We're pretty excited about organizing this marathon as it is the first one in this city in over 20 years and is currently the only one http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/05/2008-borneo-international-marathon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-3095164200559391439Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:00 +00002020-07-05T14:03:06.575+08:00 It is high time that some thing to be done in order to stop the scrap iron theives from continuing their harmful activities.What they are doing can no longer be considered petty thefts, far from it.They have caused damages to public properties resulting in sate-wide electricity interruptions because cables,lamp posts,transformers and even base strutures of high tension masts were stolen. http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/05/stop-scrap-iron-thieves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-2491878943123516792Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:41:00 +00002020-07-05T14:04:46.624+08:00 Sabah Barisan Nasional(BN) performed well in the recent general elections,it captured all the parliamentary and state seats except losing 1 parliamentary seat and 1 state seat to the opposition front,now the Barisan Rakyat (BR).But on closer study it is obvious that BN would have lost 7 more state seats and 1 more parliamentary seats if not for the BR's failure to co-operate by coming to http://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-sabah-state-elections-results.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15354879.post-971146645055113169Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:38:00 +00002020-07-05T14:05:29.571+08:00 To-morrow is the polling day for the 12th Malaysia general election. Again: the date is March 08 2008. Do you know that your right to vote is the most important right for a free democratic country's citizen? So don't deny yourself this very important right,go and vote. You spend hours and hours arguing about political issues,in kopitiam,bars,your own home and online forums.But if you don'thttp://visitsabah.blogspot.com/2008/03/undi-lah-08-03-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Giantkite)0