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Up the mountain
By Oliver Majaham
Pictures and video by Flanegan Bainon
Sabah aims at highest record as it seeks to bring broadband to villages
Sabah’s Mount Kinabalu at 4,095m (13,435 feet) is Malaysia’s tallest. It is easy to climb; and climbers, including the aged, just walk up the mountain. From November 21 to 23, an attempt will be made to connect computers on its summit, ironically named the Low’s peak (after Hugh Low, a British colonial officer). Hailed as the “highest Local Area Network party” in Malaysia it aims for a place in the Malaysia Book of Records. But internet broadband usage in the east Malaysian Borneo island state remains low at 33% against a national average of 60%.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr Yee Moh Chai is pressing the federal government to change that and particularly to bridge the urban-rural digital divide. He is Sabah’s minister of resource development and information technology.
“Broadband is no longer a luxury,” he said at the launch of ICT month in Kota Kinabalu on November 8. This year’s theme to promote ICT is “Digitalizing Sabah: Creating the Wave 2.0”.
There are 28 events to get people, young and old, and the handicapped, excited about information and computer technology; including a Sabah Got Ideas contest offering a 5,000-ringgit ($1,600) prize and 20,000 ringgit seed money to start an ICT business with their ideas. – Insight Sabah
Posted on November 15, 2011
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We strive to empower all members of society, including women to ensure they reach their fullest potential and play a greater role in driving Sabah's future development
Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman, said in his address at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the Sabah Women Advisory Council (MPWS) held at his official residence in Seri Gaya yesterday.
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Before we move further ahead in developing the Oil and Gas industry in Sabah, it is important that we gain better knowledge of and a full understanding on the approach taken by the nation as a whole in this sector of the economy
Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister of Industrial Development Datuk Raymond Tan said at the 17th Asia Oil and Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Tan led the delegation from Sabah to the Conference.
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I hope all elected representatives will make full use of the State Assembly sitting as the best platform to not only participate actively in debates, but also more importantly, every word said represent the voice of the grassroots
Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman speaking at the State dinner in conjunction with the opening of the State Assembly sitting in Likas.
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A clearer understanding of the objective behind initiatives such as the giving out of communal grants is important so that the people will not be confused and misled into thinking that the government of the day was not assisting them in land matters.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman said during a courtesy call by the committee members of Sabah Native Land Owners Association (SANLODA) at the Sabah State Legislative building, yesterday.
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If we wish to become a more developed and more inclusive society, employee welfare must be prioritised. I ask all employers to commit to pay their workers a living wage.
Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, said in his keynote address at the Invest Malaysia 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Malaysia had introduced the Minimum Wage Policy in July last year, and employers were given until early this year to begin complying with the new regulation.