The Sabah Society

Pea Sized Frog Discovered

Peter Pike — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:26:14 +0000

Photo: Indraneil Das

An interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald talks about Asia’s tiniest frog, a creature the size of a pea found in Sarawak.

Read the article here

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7th Sept – Talk: Oil and Gas Explosion Hazards (wrt the Deepwater Horizon blow out)

Peter Pike — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:20:56 +0000

Mr. Jean-Paul Boeldieu will present a talk on Oil and Gas Explosion Hazards (with reference to Deepwater Horizon blow out) on Tuesday, 7th September 2010 at 7:30 pm at the Secretariat. Jean-Paul previously gave a talk to The Society in 2007 (April 10) about “The Inconvenient Truth or Lie – some questions” – Al

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16th/18th Sept – 4X4 Trip Around Sabah

Peter Pike — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:08:58 +0000

The Sabah Society has organised an exciting 4X4 trip round Sabah. Please refer to the attachment for the itinerary. There will be 3 passengers per vehicle and accommodation is hostel style. The price quoted below is based on a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 15 participants.

Date: Thursday 16th – Saturday 18th

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Sabah Society Cycling Trip: Kota Belud Beach Area

Gina Hamilton — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:14:09 +0000

The weather was already hot and sunny when we met at the Sabah Society Headquarters at 7am, Saturday, August 14, 2010 for our cycling trip around Kota Belud. The very professional “Fieldskills” team, led by Simon Amos showed us a map of our route and briefed us on what to expect. We all drove

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Forthcoming talk on 19th August @ 19:30

Peter Pike — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:21:06 +0000

Don’t forget the forthcoming talk Joannes Solidau, the Deputy Director General of City Hall, to speak to us on the city twinning of Kota Kinabalu and Vladivostok.

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We’ve done coffee, now let’s do tea!

Gina Hamilton — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:07:02 +0000

The Sabah Society is planning an overnight trip to Sabah Tea Garden on Sat. Sept. 25, 2010. If you have never been to Sabah Tea Garden before, it is really a Must Do. And if you’ve been before, isn’t it time you revisited? That’s how I felt one blistering hot day in KK recently

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City Twinning of Kota Kinabalu and Vladivostok – Thurs 19th Aug, 2010

Veronica — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:52:39 +0000

The Sabah Society is pleased to welcome Joannes Solidau, the Deputy Director General of City Hall, to speak to us on the city twinning of Kota Kinabalu and Vladivostok. Vladivostok is Kota Kinabalu’s 4th sister city .

Vladivostok is Russia’s largest port city on the Pacific Ocean. It is situated at the head of

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New Art Exhibition to Open at The Sabah Society

Veronica — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:57:26 +0000

The opening of the new Art Exhibition, themed NATURE, at The Sabah Society Secretariat, featuring the work of Ishak Salehudin, will be on Thursday 19th of August. Ishak Salehudin is the holder of numerous awards. View Ishak’s Profile here

The Society continues to be grateful to the Hyatt International Hotel for its sponsorship of

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Japanese Immigrants and Investments in Borneo by Mr Yutaka Shimomoto

Maimie Scott — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:54:43 +0000

Mr Shimomoto’s book about this relatively unknown period in Sabah’s history, published by The Sabah Society, was launched on Wednesday 14th July. Sixty five people attended, one of the best attendances to any event held at the Secretariat.

Mr Shimomoto set the scene by describing the somewhat involved story of Japan in the late

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TAWAU The Making of a Tropical Community by Mr Ken Goodlet

Maimie Scott — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:50:29 +0000

This talk by Mr Ken Goodlet took place on Thursday 1st July at the Secretariat.

Mr Goodlet taught in Tawau in the late sixties to early seventies and while there became very interested in finding out as much as he could about the area, its history and its people. He researched the history of

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