The Sabah Society AGM

Posted by Peter Pike, on April 21st, 2010%

The Society’s Annual General Meeting was held at the Secretariat last night, the 20th April with 26 members in attendance.

After approving the minutes of the previous AGM, the outgoing President, Zahrah Yaacob delivered her report on the activities of the society over the previous year, see attached.

Following some discussion, the outgoing committee stepped down and the process of electing the new committee got underway. Continue reading The Sabah Society AGM

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The Sabah Society Trip to Maliau Basin

Posted by Peter Pike, on April 13th, 2010%

Thursday 27th May to Tuesday 1 June 2010

Number of people, 11. As always, this will be on a first-come-first-served basis.

A meeting will be held soon after the AGM to discuss arrangements and plan the activities so that the final cost can be known. (To give an idea of cost, it is hoped that it will be less than RM1,000. Any non-member who joins on a fill-up basis can expect to pay a lot more.) Continue reading The Sabah Society Trip to Maliau Basin

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Forthcoming Talk – Medicine on the Frontiers of Rainforest Conservation – Thursday 15th April, 2010

Posted by Peter Pike, on April 9th, 2010%

Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu and Ms Elizabeth Bast, who are briefly visiting Kota Kinabalu, will present a talk about the work of Project ASRI in West Kalimantan on Thursday 15th April, at the Secretariat, 7.30pm. This project partners with local communities to integrate high quality, affordable health care with strategies to protect the rainforest.

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Centennial Climb Report now available online

Posted by Peter Pike, on April 8th, 2010%

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.

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Forthcoming Talk – Trade and Strife around Borneo – Tuesday 13th April, 2010

Posted by Peter Pike, on April 8th, 2010%

Mr Ross Ibbotson will present a talk on Trade and Strife around Borneo. – The Austronesian’s, particularly the Indonesian/Malay/ Philippine group (referred to loosely as “Malays” are probably the earliest seafarers in world history. This paper, illustrated with over 60 photographs and maps, deals with the earliest evidence of ocean travel, the subsequent voyages of reconstructed replicas and the role that the “Malays” played in Asian trade for some 2000 years and follows on to cover the arrival of the first Europeans in the 16th Century, the Spice Wars, pirates and slavers, and ending with the cession of North Borneo to the Chartered Company in 1878. Continue reading Forthcoming Talk – Trade and Strife around Borneo – Tuesday 13th April, 2010

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