After the early morning flight from Kota Kinabalu, followed by the shorter than expected drive from Lahad Datu airport, we arrived at the resort in time for a late breakfast in the Sunbird Cafe. There were only three of us left after 6 cancellations and I am so glad we were able to go ahead
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Over the Christmas period, The Sabah Society Secretariat will be closed from 22 – 28 December inclusive. It will be “business as usual” from 29 December, with the exception of the Public Holiday on 1st January 2010. Next year The Society will have been in existence for 50 years. In celebration of this, we are Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Young Conservationist Award. Co-sponsored by the International Ranger Federation on protected Areas, in collaboration with Parks Visctoria and the George Wright Society, the award aims to recognize and raise awareness of the outstanding contributions made to the management of protected areas, and leadership shown, by young conservationists The Society congratulates one of its members, Mr Mike Steel, who was awarded the Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK), which carries the title “Datuk”, by the Head of State, Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Ahmadshah bin Abdullah, on the occasion of his 63rd birthday on 16th October 2009. Congratulations Datuk, from all of us. It is with regret that the Society informs its members of the passing of Professor Kamarudin Mat Salleh, one of its long time members, on 9th November, 2009. Prof. Kamarudin was an active and much appreciated member of the Society for many years, was the author of the book “Rafflesia – Magnificent Flower of Sabah”, Just a gentle reminder that the date to register and pay is getting closer, (November 12th, 2009 – Next Thursday) . We need to firm up numbers as soon as possible, so if you are thinking about it, let Veronica know at The Secretariat. This is a Members only trip, however if you Mr. Quentin Phillipps, whose book “The Birds of Borneo” was launched at the 1st Borneo Bird Festival in Sepilok last week, will give a talk on “The Bird Life of Maratua Island”, to The Sabah Society on Friday, 30 October, 2009 as usual at 7:30pm at our Secretariat in Damai, Luyang. Mr. Phillipps also presented A very interesting talk on “Recycled Products” by Mr. Raymond Thong of WPC Enterprise has been arranged to be held on Tuesday, 13th October 2009, as usual at 7:30pm at The Sabah Society Secretariat. He will be presenting slides on how each recyled product is created and how environment-friendly the products they manufacture are. Mr. After a troublesome start to the presentation because of technological problems, Amde Sidik, a prominent Kadayan, gave a talk about his people – not the one he had planned to give, but no less interesting for that. The Kadayans, a gentle, rather shy people, are to be found in Borneo; in the areas of Sabah Tan Sri Herman Luping’s talk on the background to the renewed Kadazandusun controversy was fascinating. Firstly, there is no such person as a Kadazandusun. Both the Kadazans and the Dusuns can trace their ancestry back to Nunuk Ragang – The Red Banyan Tree – the site of which is near Telupid in the centre |
 
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