1‚Jane Goodall 1. Jane Goodall is a noted humanitarian‚ environmentalist‚ and has spent many years observing the behaviour of Chimpanzees in their native habitat. Born: April 3‚ 1934 (age 79)‚ London‚ United Kingdom Children: Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick Awards: Hubbard Medal‚ Nierenberg Prize‚ Community of Christ International Peace Award‚ Benjamin Franklin Medal‚ Edinburgh Medal‚ William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementMore Education: University of Cambridge (1962–1964)‚ Newnham
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Elizabeth Choy A Singaporean Heroine Elizabeth Choy Su-Meiwas born on 29 November 1910 in Kudat‚ Sabah. She was a Hakka from North Borneo. During the Japanese Occupation‚ together with her husband‚ she worked as a canteen operator at a hospital where patients from General Hospital had been moved to. Elizabeth Choy and her husband secretly brought food‚ medicine‚ money‚ messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately‚ they were caught by the Japanese. Her husband was arrested on
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Fuelled by a young and dynamic team of visionaries‚ the domestic carrier turned into an international airline in less than a decade. With the formation of Malaysia in 1963‚ the airline changed its name to Malaysian Airlines Limited. Soon after‚ Borneo Airways was incorporated into MAL. Within 20 years‚ MAL grew from a single aircraft operator into a company with 2‚400 employees and a fleet operator using the then latest Comet IV jet aircraft‚ six F27s‚ eight DCs and two Pioneers. In 1965‚ with
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coral reefs over the past 20 years. Large blasted areas are very slow to recover because corals have difficulty establishing on loose or sandy substrate. In southern Philippines‚ between Malaysia (Borneo) and Philippines (Palawan) illegal dynamite fishing is still a common practice. The area between Borneo and Palawan Island are the target of ESI where the dynamite fishing is common. The ESI president observed during his field in 2008 “Finding dynamited fish in local markets is unfortunately quite
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5. Which agencies that enhance the ecological corridor for the Bornean Elephant at the Lower Kinabatangan? The agencies that enhance the ecological corridor for the Borean Elephant at the Lower Kinabatangan are Sabah Wildlife Department and the Borneo Conservation Trust (BCT). 6. What is the hope from Datuk Masidi Manjun with this programme? Datuk Masidi Manjun hopes with this programme‚ it will provide protection for the land from any threats such as encroachments of plantation activities
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states and three (3) federal territories‚ separated by the South China Sea with eleven (11) states and two (2) federal territories (Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya) in Peninsular Malaysia and two states and 1 federal territory (Labuan) in East Malaysia (Borneo). A bubbling‚ bustling melting pot of races and religions where Malays‚ Chinese ‚ Indians and many other ethnic groups live together in peace and harmony. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur‚ while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government.
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People read newspapers such as Borneo Post‚ The Star‚ News Strait Times and Berita Harian. Newspaper gives us a lot of latest information about the issues around us either in or out the country. During break and lunch time‚ students and staff always take along with them a newspaper. Reading newspapers give a lot of information but only a few students read newspapers because students are not really interested with this kind of reference‚ as they know that they can surf news-online and they have no
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Hmas Warramunga i44‚ was one of three Tribal-class destroyers built for the RAN launched in 1942 during World War II. Hmas warramunga’s name comes from the Warumungu Aboriginal people from the Tennant Creek area. On 6 August 1950‚ HMAS Warramunga sailed to join United Nations forces involved in the Korean War. Most of the ship’s first tour consisted of patrols and shore bombardments. During her deployment Hmas Warrumunga evacuated wounded soldiers at Chinnampo in December 1950 under difficult conditions
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are Malaysia and Singapore. The Philippines is separated from her nearby Asian neighbors by several bodies of water. They are the Pacific Ocean on the east‚ the South China Sea on the north and west‚ and the Celebes Sea and the coastal waters of Borneo on the south. I. LAND AND ITS PEOPLE The Philippines is an archipelago of 7‚107 islands and islets. The biggest islands are Luzon‚ with a land area of 40‚530 square miles (105‚000 square kilometers); Mindanao‚ 36‚670 square miles (95‚000 square
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History of the Philippines: People first reached the Philippines about 30‚000 years ago‚ when the Negritos immigrated from Sumatra and Borneo via boats or land-bridges. They were followed by Malays‚ then Chinese beginning in the ninth century‚ and Spaniards in the sixteenth. Ferdinand Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain in 1521. During the next 300 years‚ Spanish Jesuit priests and conquistadors spread Catholicism and Spanish culture across the archipelago‚ with particular strength on the
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