I WAS quietly chuckling to myself. The front page of The Borneo Post of Aug 4, 2023, showed our Yang di-Pertuan Agong AlSultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, together with His Majesty, the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, watering a tree known as ‘Simpor’ (Dillenia
IT’S back to original call as a travel writer – a roving reporter, venturing into the remotest parts of Sabah and bring back stories to city folks.
The challenge is great, the satisfaction immense. You can be in back-breaking 4WD over a logging road for hours without seeing any sign of civilisation, but suddenly a beautiful jungle-clad valley village popped up in front of your eyes!
In 1986, that was my appointment in old Sabah Times – everywhere I went, pristine rivers, intact forests, true culture inspired me: pure tea-leaf color water roared down multiple rapids over the Padas river, crystal clear Sapulut, Danum, Long Pasia and Segama rivers where you could see schools of big fish beside your raft. Even Kinabatangan river was only light yellow, intact forest canopies and massive trees soared around Batu Pungul
Published on: Sunday, December 20, 2020
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Sabah’s forests belong to the people and STIA must not imagine it has the last say in shaping timber policy.
I REFER to the report in Daily Express (Dec 7) titled “Sabah Timber Policy for Review?” We are writing to inform that the report is not related to the Association. The Association would like to politely emphasise the inaccuracies in some of the content which may mislead the general public, particularly those not involved directly in the timber and forest related industry.
Several points which we wish to highlight are as follows:
Sabah Forest and Timber Industry Master Plan