3rd June – Sandakan Sunset Cruise

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We are pleased to announce that The Sabah Society – Sandakan Branch has booked The Sunset Cruise on Friday, 3 June 2011 as per details attached herewith.

Further Information here

Please contact anyone of the following persons for details and confirmation of attendance.

President – Dr. Robert Ong H.P. 019-6682945 Vice-President – Mr. Cede Prudente

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Tues 17th May 2011 – Kiansom Waterfall Picnic.

The Sabah Society invites you to come to this Picnic!

It’s time to check out this very accessible picnic site. Bring your family, friends and picnic basket. The plan is simple: Meet, Have Fun, and Enjoy the waterfall! We can’t guarantee the water level, but all the negative ions in the air will be good

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19th May – Seminar – Technical Training on Bird Watching

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Topic:  Technical Training on Bird Watching Date:   19- 20 May 2011 (Thursday – Friday) Venue:  Rainforest Discovery Centre, Kinabatangan

Deadline for registration: 13 May 2011 ** Due to the very short notice given to us, we have spoken to them and the deadline is being extended until

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Thurs, 10th February – ‘Three Came Home’

Three Came Home screening

The Sabah Society will be screening ‘Three Came Home’ on Thursday, 10th February at 7:30pm. The film is based on the well-known memoirs by Agnes Newton Keith. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson, and it was directed by Jean Negulesco. The movie was released in February 1950, and stars Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles and

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Tue 18th Jan – Presentation by Flanegan Bainon, photographer, and Chong Su Chung, printer.

The first event of 2011 is a joint exhibition and presentation by Flanegan Bainon, photographer, and Chong Su Chung, printer.

Date: Tuesday 18th January at 19.30 at the Secreatriat, 46 Block E, Damai Plaza Phase 4, Luyang,

Flanegan Bainon:

“Everyone can produce a beautiful image. But do you really understand why your practitioner captured it?

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2-5th Dec 2010 – Kinabalu Biodiversity Expo

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In conjunction with the Kinabalu Biodiversity Expo (2-5 Dec 2010) and Kakakapan id Gayo Ngaran (the return to the mountain by Dusun communities on 3 Dec 2010), the Global Diversity Foundation and our partners, in association with Sabah Parks, will be conducting a series of activities to celebrate the relationship between indigenous peoples and biodiversity.

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15th Oct – Borneo Bird Festival

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The Borneo Bird Festival will be held at the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), Sepilok Sandakan, Sabah. This event will take place from 15 – 17 October 2010. The RDC is a centre for environmental education situate within the famous Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve.

For the birding enthusiasts there will be photography competition, the Borneo Bird Race,

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Centennial Climb Report now available online

The final report from the ladies who participated in the climb of Mount Kinabalu marking the Centennial Anniversary of Lillian Gibbs climb is now available online. Please click the following link to download the pdf version.

Centennial Climb Report.

Annual Murut Festival – Friday 2nd – 4th April, 2010

The annual Murut Festival will take place at the Murut Cultural Centre in Tenom from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th April. One of our members, Jane Green, who lives in a village near Tenom, very kindly invites members who wish to attend this festival to camp in her garden. For more information, please contact Veronica

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International Conference “Discover Borneo” – 6th April, 2010

Yayasan Sabah has invited up to 18 members of The Sabah Society to participate in the Borneo International Conference “Discover Borneo” to be held on the 6th April, 2010 at the Tun Hamdan Mini Theatre, Menara Tun Mustapha, Kota Kinabalu.  This Conference is organized in conjunction with the launching of the “k@Borneo” portal on the

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