‘RUMAH kita, kita lah yang jaga” (We look after our own house). With these words and with thunderous applause from the huge crowd both inside and outside the main hall of SICC, Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (PGRS) president Datuk Seri Panglima Hj Hajiji Hj Noor launched the party’s first AGM on Monday 13 Nov.
SILO mindset and practices hurt. When Alex Yee started the turtle hatchery in Libaran Island in 2013 at the asking and technical inputs from the Wildlife Department, it turned out to be a silo operation, a lone vanguard in chase of a transcendental cause.
Reaching out to a village chief for support, he found not only rejection but also literally obstruction – a classic silo mindset. Reaching out to the Sandakan local authority to clear a kilometre long turtle nesting beach buried under a mountain of garbage, he was also rejected, another silo mindset.
One day, a few years later, he sounded his intention to quit but changed his mind when a lone journalist and supporter reminded him of Vince Lombardi’s famous quote: “Winners never quit, quitters never win”.
POOLING the interest and strength of everybody can do wonders. Pooling power works also in sea turtle conservation, even though turtles are not a preoccupation of the human race.
Kota Kinabalu: The second phase of a feasibility study on the relocation of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) to Kimanis, some 60km from here, has entered its final stages.
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