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Meet Haris Onn, the brother of Hishammuddin Hussein

Photo credit: The Edge

Hishammuddin is reported as saying, “I tell you the truth, I don’t know what my brother is doing,” in response to a report that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.

So I thought I would help shed some light.

Haris spearheads property developer Impiana Land & Development. Its ground-breaking project was at Taman Raintree in Batu Caves. Subsequently, Impiana developed Serene Kiara in Desa Hatamas and then Serene Kiara Residence, both joint-ventures with the same land-owner on Malay reserve land.

By Jack Hewson

At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns out of the ground, its nadir filled with brown slurry.

Looking across the hinterland from its southern ridge, a dust-scape stretches off towards the horizon, braided by dirt tracks and the giant dump trucks that traverse them. The distant drone of their two-storey engines fills the air. Ten minutes down the road lies another pit, and another.

The secretive way in which the Sabah government is
handling the controversial Kampung Tambatoun dam
has given rise to suspicion that the authorities
may have discovered something 'more precious
and lucrative.'

KOTA BELUD: There may be more to Kampung Tambatuon near here than meets the eye. While the government adamantly pursues its plan to submerge the pretty village under a sea of water by building a controversial dam, rumours has it that the authorities have discovered something else – gold deposits!

Sabah could earn as much as RM2.4 billion if the federal
government agrees to make cash payments equivalent to
15% of royalties, says the opposit

KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah chief minister Yong Teck Lee believes a people-power movement can be an effective way for petroleum-producing states such as Sabah, Sarawak and Terengganu to get more royalty payments for the commodity.

He said such a movement could pressure elected representatives to push for these states to
receive 20% of oil royalties. Currently, the states receive only 5%.

The Perfect Spouse

A young lady visited a computer dating service and requested, "I'm looking for a spouse. Can you please help me to find a suitable one?"

The matchmaker said, "What exactly are you looking for?"

BN minister's ill-advised retort against Sabah
PKR's Christina Liew has sparked derision and
laughter from among his colleagues and Sabahans.

KOTA KINABALU: Destitute widow Rosnia @ Annie Marambal and her three children may have dealt a lethal blow to the political ambitions of Kota Marudu MP Dr Maximus Ongkili.

Ongkili, who is Parti Bersatu Sabah’s (PBS) No 2 man has been touted as the successor of party strongman Joseph Pairin Kitingan.

Sabah PKR has slammed federal minister Maximus Ongkili
for 'giving excuses' and shirking his responsibilities
to the 2,000 hardcore poor in his Kota Marudu
constituency.

KOTA KINABALU: PKR leader Christina Liew unleashed another salvo at Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Maximus Ongkili for giving excuses for being unable to wipe out poverty in his constituency.

The PKR leader said with his attitude it was no surprise that Kota Marudu remains the poorest constituency in Sabah.

BORNEONISATION Vs FEDERALISATION

By : UBF MEDIA

THE Borneo Heritage Foundation’s United Borneo Front (UBF) Committee Chairman, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, requested the Federal Government to adhere to the assurances, undertakings and recommendations of the 1962 Inter-Governmental Committee Report (IGC Report) as provided in Article 8 of the Malaysia Agreement when implementing the federalisation of agencies in the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak.

MoCS to send memo to the King

By Francis Siah

MoCS will send a memorandum to His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong re-Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

Among other things, MoCS is urging the King to request MACC to expedite its investigations into the alleged reports of corruption and blatant abuse of power against Tan Sri Taib and to make public its investigations so far, if any, undertaken by the agency.

KOTA KINABALU, June 8, 2011: "Sabah DAP is talking more and more like UMNO because they think that DAP is now very strong like UMNO and can look down on others", said SAPP youth chief Edward Dagul today.

"Sabah DAP thinks that victory in the next general elections is guaranteed. For instance, at the DAP Chinese Kaamatan celebration last month, DAP had boasted publicly that "only Pakatan and NOBODY ELSE can take on the BN", said Edward.

The Perfect Woman

A young man finds the woman of his dreams and asks her to marry him. He tells his mother he wants her to meet his fiance, but he wants to make a bit of a game out of it. He says he'll bring the girl over with two other women and see if his mother can guess which is the one he wants to marry. His mother agrees to the game.

BN minister Maximum Ongkili comes under fire for
throwing a tantrum over a move by the opposition
to help build a house for a poor family.

KOTA KINABALU: Kota Marudu MP Maximus Ongkili is furious that the opposition PKR has come to the aid of a poverty-stricken family in his constituency.

He saw red when a photograph of the poor Marambal family in Matunggong in Kota Marudu was published in the local dailies here.

Prospective husband

A mother invited 3 guys to come over so that she can evaluate who her daughter gets to marry. During the event, the 3 guys turn up and the Mother asks the first question:

Tell me, what do you have:

Man A: I have a house, a car and a 5 figure salary job.

KOTA KINABALU, June 7, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Women Chief and assemblywoman for Luyang, Melanie Chia expressed shock and dismay at the statement by the Assistant Resource Development and Information Technology Minister YB Datuk Jainab Ahmad that increasing the electricity tariff is the only logical thing to do if Sabah wants to see the power supply in the State improved. Her statement was reported in the Borneo Post on 7 June 2011.

Press Statement by Mr Fredoline Edwin Lojingki on Dr Maximus arrogance over the Marambal issue

Press Statement by
Mr Fredoline Edwin Lojingki
Veteran Political Activist / UNKO's Veteran
Penampang - June 8, 2011

The way Dr Maximus Ongkili responded today to the issue of a neglected hardcore poor family in Kg Kandawayon, Matunggong being helped and exposed by the opposition PKR and the media is unacceptable. Maximus was being ungrateful and sore at problems being exposed in his constituency. And Maximus is displaying maximum arrogance by challenging an opposition leader to build even more houses for the poor in Kota Marudu.

Oleh : LIM KIM HOI

PERGERAKAN buah catur yang salah, memerangkap Musa Aman, dalam politik negeri Sabah setelah beliau bertindak ‘Check Mate’ apabila Timbalan Presiden LDP Datuk Chin Su Phin mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa LDP tidak dapat lagi berkerjasama dengan Musa Aman (bukan BN; berasaskan kepada kenyataannya itu).

Maka berlandaskan kenyataan tersebut, Musa melantik Datuk Yee Moh Chai daripada PBS sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri mewakili kaum Cina; meskipun PBS bukan mewakili kaum Cina dalam konsep BN.

Sabahans should rally behind SAPP

By Dullie Marie, June 6, 2011

I am totally in dismay by DAP assistant secretary, Junz Wong's statement. He should not twist my statements. In my previous statements I never ignore the existence of Pakatan Rakyat in Sabah.

It is proven by the fact on our willingness to set up a committee to reach a better understanding to fight BN on one to one basis. I am disappointed how Wong takes the advantage to twist the very fact of my statements. His statement just too cheap and I hope it is not one of those spins he had learnt from a leader like Lim Kit Siang. I firmly stated on my views Lim Kit Siang's statement is just too arrogant and it only to reflect his ego.

The dangers of the Charismatic movement

"Many call upon the Holy Spirit, My child, but the spirits they invoke are not from Heaven and the light. They come up fast from the abyss. Flee! Have no part of these gatherings, for they are not from the light. In time, My children, you will evidence the disasters that these gatherings provoke. Many who should know better have given themselves over to this diversion. You need not this diversion. My Son is always with you in the Eucharist.

The Lie Detector Clock

A man who passed away last month ascended to heaven.

He stood before St.Peter at the Pearly Gate, waiting the judgement to be banished to hell or to be grant eternal life based on his deeds in life. He stood there, motionless, while wandered his mind to the surrounding.

Atama feel the wrath from Huguan Siou.

KOTA KINABALU: Well-known local musician Atama is still feeling the wrath of deputy chief minister cum Huguan Siou Josep Pairin Kitingan for daring to lampoon him several months ago.

The local singer and songwriter was prevented from performing during this week’s Kaamatan or Harvest Festival by the Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) on the orders of Pairin.

The simmering rift between state Umno chief Musa Aman and party
vice-president Shafie Apdal looks set to become openly hostile.

KOTA KINABALU: As happens periodically, the Chief Minister’s post, who gets what, and who is sabotaging whom, is taking on the mood of a pre-election campaign within Sabah Umno.

At least two factions within the party are sorting themselves out on which side they stand – Chief Minister Musa Aman’s or Umno vice president Shafie Apdal’s.

SURAT TERBUKA KEPADA JAWATANKUASA UNDUK NGADAU KDCA

Melton Martin,

Pengerusi Unduk Ngadau Peringkat Daerah Beluran 2011,

(Telupid, Beluran dan Paitan)

Peti Surat No. 27,

TELUPID.

01hb Jun, 2011.

Kepada,

Yang Berbahagia Jornah Mozihim,

Pengerusi Unduk Ngadau Negeri KDCA,

KOTA KINABALU.

Melton Martin

Sumber

TELUPID : Sesuai dengan penganjuran Pesta Kaamatan 2011 yang baru-baru ini diadakan di Dewan KDCA. Penganjuran Unduk Ngadau KDCA kontroversi dengan keputusan yang tidak adil dan bias.

Encik Melton Martin, Pengerusi Unduk Ngadau Daerah Beluran 2011 mewakili Telupid, Beluran dan Paitan; menegaskan bahawa terdapat unsur berat sebelah sejak dari mula awal pendaftaran Unduk-Unduk Ngadau Daerah.

Warkah di ambang maut (7): Cuba satu panggilan

Yong Vui Kong, rakyat Malaysia kelahiran Sabah, sedang merengkuk di penjara Singapura. Beliau menunggu hukuman gantung ke atasnya dilaksanakan kerana kesalahan mengedar dadah.

Malaysiakini akan menyiarkan surat-surat terakhir Yong kepada Yetian - seorang anggota kempen "Selamatkan Vui Kong" - sepanjang 12 minggu terakhirnya menghitung kematian.

Gelak-gelak dalam borak online KJ

Ketua Pemuda Umno Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar dalam sesi borak dalam talian anjuran Yahoo! Malaysia dihujani pelbagai soalan, termasuk yang menggelikan hati.

NONE

Dalam sesi selama sejam setengah pagi tadi, kebanyakan soalan yang diajukan mampu membuatkan Khairy tidak senang duduk.

Tetapi sama ada Khairy dalam mengelaknya dengan hujah penuh diplomasi dan kepetahannya bermain kata, sesi itu turut mewujudkan suasana ceria dan gelak-ketawa.

Will simmering discontent among party members and his
waning popularity with the Kota Marudu electorate
dampen minister Maximum Ongkili's takeover
of Parti Bersatu Sabah?

KOTA KINABALU: Speculations are rife that a subtle power shift may be taking place in Parti Bersatu Sabah.

Indication of change came to light with rumours that Kota Marudu parliamentarian Maximum Ongkili was shifting his political base to his hometown in Tambunan where his family is building a big house on an ancestral land, just a stone’s throw from his uncle Joseph Pairin Kitingan’s home.

Yes Sabah is BN's fix-deposit, but not Sarawak and Peninsular

By Eleazar Zechariah
PRE-ELECTION ANALYSIS, KOTA KINABALU: If general election is held in July or August this year as many speculated, the opposition parties belief that they have a chance in Sabah, is nothing more than merely day-dreaming. Sabah, with 25 Parliamentary seats, again is set to be the ever safe "fix-deposit" for Barisan Nasional. This is a fact.

Celebrate Your Culture, Or Risk Losing It

That was what Datuk Herbert Timbon Lagadan, told his fellow Dusun Tindals at a Kaamatan celebration at Kampung Gaur, Kota Belud today (June 2, 2011).

"We must continue to celebrate our Kaamatan, and promote our culture, or else we risk losing our good culture," he said in his speech at the celebration. The Community Development and Consumer Affairs Assistant Minister who is also Kadamaian assemblyman, said effort to promote the ethnic foods, especially those raw materials derived from the wild, should be carried out.

He said wild vegetables once popular in the olden days like the lembiding, mentimahar, polod and others are a much healthier and better food as they contain no chemicals...

A superb effort by Penang State Govt

This is what a govt is supposed to do for her citizens... not rape and pillage resources for their own benefit!
(REMEMBER THE SUNGAI BULOH MRT COSTS !!!! )

Remember this everytime you have to speak about our Govt, that there is still hope of good people doing the right thing in govt. We just need to keep voting the right person in!

A Govt that tries to SAVE the rakyat's $$$!.......and BN defintely does not fit this bill !

The unreasonable jacked prices of cars in Malaysia

Greetings Borneo Heralders

I know you are all aware of the reasons why our car prices are artificially jacked up. This is just another reminder for you to resend to as many as possible to wake up as many as possible. This artificial price can't last forever or else Malaysia's economy will collapse! So stop buying new car and vote to change the corrupted BN govt......

United Borneo Front president Jeffrey Kitingan also
warns Sabahans to beware of Barisan Nasional which
is bent on moving towards extremism to perpetuate
its hold on power.

KOTA KINABALU: Peninsular-based DAP is bullying local opposition Sabah Progressive party (SAPP) just like how they (including PKR) thumbed Sarawak Nasional Party (SNAP) in the runup to the polls on April 16, said United Borneo Front president Jeffrey Kitingan.

According to Jeffrey, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang had started on a wrong footing in Sabah with his arrogant attitude and by pitting local (opposition) parties against each other.

Unduk Ngadau 2011: Here are the winners!

Sources
The judges has spoken... quickly after I post my favorites to win this year.

How do I get the winners result? Well Facebook of course! Few of my friends posted status update on the winners. Fellow blogger Mr. Stevie of kauluanexpress.com got the special photographer access, do have a visit on his website for the latest updates.

Lets move on, here are the winners of this year state level Unduk Ngadau contest... Oh, please note that the pic shown below was not taken from the crowning ceremony. I put the pic to showcase and introduce the winners, I'm pretty sure the crowning ceremony pic will be popping out on the internet soon.

Unduk Ngadau 2011 Winner - Bo Tiza Arthur S. Disimon from Penampang district.

Pesta Kaamatan pesta mengutip wang ?

Oleh Stephen Gaimin

Pesta Menuai atau Pesta Kaamatan merupakan kemuncak bagi pemartabatan warisan budaya sukukaum Kadazandusun, yang mana diraikan pada setiap 30 dan 31 Mei setiap tahun.

Dalam perayaan ini, berbagai acara menarik dan juga budaya kaum Kadazandusun yang ditonjolkan dan dipamerkan. Antara lain acara yang biasanya menjadi tarikan dalam Perayaan Pesta Kaamatan ialah "Unduk Ngadau" Kaamatan yang mempamerkan pakaian tradisi mengikut etnik.

Catholic Coffee Morning In Rome

CATHOLIC COFFEE MORNING IN ROME

Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee in St. Peters Square.

The first Catholic man tells his friends, "My son is a priest, when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'."

KOTA KINABALU, May 29, 2011: SAPP President said he was surprised by the harsh way that DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang had attacked SAPP as being unrealistic and for the ultimatum that SAPP must join PR on the ground that only PR can beat BN.

"As a matter of fact, Sabah DAP chief, Jimmy Wong Sze Phin, had called and sms to invite me to the DAP harvest festival. In order to reciprocate, I invited Jimmy Wong as a guest to my house and we had a nice chat on politics" revealed Yong.

Why I left for our ‘poorer’ neighbour

Contrary to most Malaysians who work overseas, I chose a less popular destination. I have been based in Jakarta for the past year and a bit. Most people look down on Indonesia as the poorer neighbour, much like the way Singapore looks at us. However, after living here, there is much to like, and below are some of the reasons why I prefer life here and do not plan to return anytime soon:

Bukan Aset, Tetapi Parasit Dalam PBS

Saudara Pengarang,

GENERASI pemimpin Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) masakini lebih tertarik dengan daya kuasa wang dan pangkat. Generasi pelapis yang tidak pernah merasai peritnya perjuangan jatuh bangunnya parti itu, lebih rela diulit mimpi indah berbanding matlamat sebenar perjuangan untuk membela rakyat.

Maka tidak hairanlah pemimpinnya terutama di pedalaman tidak perlu ke pejabat untuk bertemu rakyat. Cukuplah mencari mereka di mana-mana pusat hiburan sama ada siang atau malam.

Inilah hakikat fenomena yang berlaku di kalangan pemimpin pemudanya, yang bukan sahaja ego, bongkak malahan sombong dan angkuh. Ketokohan Huguan Siou juga sedikit sebanyak tercalar oleh sikap pemimpin di Keningau ini.

Proham Press statement on Restoring National Confidence in Federal Scholarship Scheme

By Simon Sipaun

Proham deeply regrets the recurrence of the confusion and misunderstanding surrounding the awarding of the JPA scholarships. We note that similar complaints of neglect, favoritism, denial have occurred in previous years. This has become an annual recurrence of public discontentment in the way selection is made.

Life before Malaysia

TAN SRI Simon Sipaun counts himself fortunate to be alive today. “My parents had five children, but only two survived…I was the third child and first to survive,” he recounts in an e-mail interview on 1 April 2011. Sipaun not only survived, but went on to win scholarships to Victoria University, New Zealand and Oxford University, England and was Sabah’s State Secretary from 1988 to 1993.

Anybody Want A Dog? URGENT

Have a good laugh and looking forward to have a beautiful off day.

HAPPY HARVEST FESTIVAL 2011

My house was broken into last night by two robbers who locked me in the bathroom, and proceeded to steal all they could carry. My watchdog, "Killer", did not alert me, and for this reason I am giving him away.

Over 50 US Christian Churches to Hold Muslim Qur'an Readings...

"Arrogance, pride is always the beginning of the end. It is only in the simple hearts of man, the simple hearts, the child-like candor of an adult, that the truth will be found and the way. I am the way! No one shall come to the Father but through Me, for I am the way. All who deny My visit to your world, all who have not accepted Me as the Messiah, they are against Me, and as such, will seek to destroy all who uphold the truth." - Jesus, August 5, 1974

PETALING JAYA: “The policemen kept beating me and called me ‘keling’. They also shouted at me, saying I should just die so that they can close the case.”

A 20-year-old student was allegedly beaten up and verbally berated when he knocked into a policeman’s motorcycle at a roadblock in Rembau, Negri Sembilan, during the wee hours of the morning.

Lagi 'bukti' pembelian undi pilihan raya S'wak

Meskipun pilihan raya negeri Sarawak telah berlalu lebih sebulan , namun Rangkaian Pemantau Pilihan Raya Malaysia (MEO-Net) berkata mereka kini mempunyai lebih banyak bukti bagi menunjukkan bahawa pembelian undi berleluasa sepanjang tempoh berkempen.

Penyelaras MEO-Net Ong Boon Keong pada sidang akhbarnya hari ini mendedahkan rakaman pita video pendek menunjukkan wang tunai diedarkan kepada pengundi di kerusi dewan undangan negeri Tamin yang berjaya dipertahankan oleh BN.

The iconic photo showing Julia Holcomb and Steve Tyler together.

May 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When Julia Holcomb was sixteen she and a friend contrived to meet Steven Tyler, the frontman of the multi-platinum-selling band Aerosmith, and now co-host of American Idol.

Holcomb’s gambit was more successful than she could have imagined. She and Tyler met backstage after an Aerosmith show, and what followed was a passionate and drug-fuelled three-year relationship that nearly culminated in marriage, even though Holcomb was a full decade younger than the rock star. But the affair eventually spun out of control and ended explosively after Holcomb was pressured into aborting Tyler’s unborn child.

Warkah di ambang maut: Harapan menggunung

Yong Vui Kong, rakyat Malaysia kelahiran Sabah, sedang merengkuk di penjara Singapura. Beliau menunggu hukuman gantung ke atasnya dilaksanakan kerana kesalahan mengedar dadah.

Malaysiakini akan menyiarkan surat-surat terakhir Yong kepada Yetian – seorang anggota kempen “Selamatkan Vui Kong” – sepanjang 12 minggu terakhirnya di menunggu kematiannya.

Sabah Barisan Nasional ally, LDP, wants to know how the
state will benefit from the refugee swap with Australia.

SANDAKAN: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president VK Liew has warned that Sabah must not become home to the 800-odd asylum seekers stranded in Australia.

He said the party would register a strong protest if the mainly Indonesian “refugees” are sent to Sabah under a Malaysia-Australia Refugee Agreement.

Lawyer See Chee How is bent on seeking justice for Malaysian
Election Observer-network (MEO-net) leader BK Ong who was
unfairly deported to Penang yesterday.

KUCHING: Malaysian Election Observer-network (MEO-net) leader BK Ong’s lawyers have accused the state authorities of abusing their power and detaining Ong “as if he is a criminal”.

Counsel See Chee How said Ong was in Sarawak to help instil political awareness, especially on the importance of voter registration among the natives.

Sarawak’s super tragedy

From Alan Newman (NZ), via e-mail

A criminal who for decades held multiple portfolios of finance, planning and resources to plunder Sarawak left, right and center, leaving bones to the people.

Had this colossal ‘Curse’ not been in Sarawak, roads, highways, schools, hospitals, amenities, environment and income levels would have been on par with those in Dubai, NZ and Australia.

The government says the decision was made taking
into consideration the interest of the people.

PUTRAJAYA: In a move that will please many Malaysians, the government has decided to maintain the prices of RON95 petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the time being.

Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the decision was made after an in-depth discussion on subsidy rationalisation at today’s weekly Cabinet meeting.

Drink Kopi-O KOSONG (Coffee )

This is DRINK for thought !

Kopi-O KOSONG- good for you! Without milk or creamer and less/no sugar. By Sylvia Booth Hubbard, Newsmax For many years, coffee was considered a vice, linked with sleepless nights and cigarettes.

But scientists have discovered that coffee contains potent antioxidants that can fight numerous ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. According to the American Coffee Association, 54% of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis, and they drink, on average, over three cups each.

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