Talk – Friday, 3rd Feb – Sabah Energy Supply and Alternative

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Sabah Energy Supply and Alternative The fact that Sabah has experiencing an inadequate of electricity power supply is not a new story. The power supply problems not only create difficulties to domestic consumer but contributing to the huge lost by industries player. The situation has frightened potential investors to invest in Sabah. A SESB, the

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Sandakan Talk – 18th Jan 2012 – Orchid Conservation In Sabah & Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

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We are pleased to announce that the first talks for 2012 organized by The Sabah Society – Sandakan Branch will be held as  follows:

Date:   18 January 2012 (Wednesday)

Time:  7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.

 Venue:  Conference Room, Ground Floor, DOK Hospital, Sandakan.

 Topic:  Orchid Conservation In Sabah & Gardens by the

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Talk Wed 11th Jan – Mt Kinabalu – Synopsis

Dr Ravi Mandalam, a radiologist by profession, is a life member of the Society and currently the editor of its Journal. He will be giving an hour-long talk on the Topography of Mt Kinabalu. The talk will cover the dominant role of Kinabalu as the most commanding feature in the region’s landscape, a short description of its

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Wed 4th Jan 2012 – Talk by Mr. Ian Hall – Synopsis

Green building Mantanani Style

Don’t forget the Talk by Mr. Ian Hall entitled – “Green Building – Mantanani Style” at 7.30 pm at the Secretariat Office.

Title: ‘Green Building – Mantanani Style!’

Sustainability lessons with the Bajau Ubian of Pulau Mantanani.

Lesson One – You can’t build that, people will laugh at you

Lesson Two – You can’t build

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Weds 11th Jan 2012 – Talk – “Topograpy of Mount Kinabalu”

Dr Ravi Mandalam will give a presentation on the Topography of Mount Kinabalu which will be of general interest and also of particular interest to all who will climb the mountain on 14th – 15th January 2012.

Wed 4th Jan 2012 – Talk – “Green Building – Mantanani Style”

The New Year activities will commence on Wednesday, 4th January 2012 with a Talk by Mr. Ian Hall entitled – “Green Building – Mantanani Style” at 7.30 pm at the Secretariat Office. For further details, kindly please contact Maimie at 088-250443.

KK Talk – Tues, 6th Dec 2011 – “Energy Supply and The Sabah Economy”

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Given the current scenario, the result of the study by the World Bank in Washington has confirmed that Sabah is not only the poorest state in Malaysia but it’s likely to stay that way for a considerable length of time given current efforts in poverty eradication. The bottom line was that Malaysia’s economic planning in

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Talk – Wed 9th Nov – “The Natural History and Extinction of Tapir in Borneo”

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Dato Sri GATHORNE, (5th) Earl of CRANBROOK will be giving a talk on the Natural history and Extinction of Tapir in Borneo on Wednesday 9th Nov at 7:30pm at The Sabah Society, Damai Office.

The Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus has existed as for at least 1.5M years, and is a remarkable survivor

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KK Talk – Mon, 7th November – Successful Swiftlet Farming by Understanding Swiftlet Ecology

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Title of Talk : Successful Swiftlet Farming by Understanding Swiftlet Ecology

Speaker:  Mr. Quentin Phillipps

Date: Monday, 7th November 2011

Time: 7.30 – 9.00 pm

Venue: The Secretariat Office, The Sabah Society, No 46 Lot 34, 1st floor, Block E, Damai Plaza Ph.4 Luyang, 88300 Kota Kinabalu

For further details, you may contact Monica at

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KK Talk – Wed, 28th Sept – A City’s Wetlands: Kota Kinabalu Wetlands

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Located in the heart of Kota Kinabalu is The Kota Kinabalu Wetlands, a 24-hectare mangrove swamp gazetted as Bird Sanctuary in 1996. Visitors will be amazed by the diversity of mangrove flora and fauna as well as their adaptation towards the brackish environment.

There are many unique animals and plants in mangrove forests. Some

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