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An ecological disaster of gigantic proportion occurs when logs and debris are washed down stream from Ulu Melatai, after heavy rainfalls. KAPIT: Sarawak Land Development Minister Dato Sri Dr James Jemut Masing has declared the recent logjam that clogged the Baleh and Rajang rivers a “man-made disaster”. Masing warns of more such river destruction if [...]

SINCE his consecration as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, on Oct 1, 2010, there have been repeated requests for more information on this Sandakan-born Catholic priest, John Wong Soo Kau. He is the seventh of 11 children of Paul Wong Shui Tshun, a hawker selling yong taufu (stuffed bean [...]

Thieves stripping barks of tangar, a species of mangrove plants in coastal regions of Sabah, become “an annoyance and nuisance” to forest conservation authorities on Borneo. Joe Leong AERIAL surveillance has shown evidence of mangrove plants dying in patches along Borneo’s northern coastline off the Malaysian state of Sabah, caused by thieves who strip the [...]

Newly consecrated Coadjutor Archbishop John Wong enters his new ministry of assisting the Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu to lead a large flock of Catholics in west coast of Sabah Joe  Leong NOW that Sandakan-born Catholic priest John Wong Soo Kau has been officially consecrated a bishop on Oct 1, 2010 his awesome task now begins [...]

OVER 3,000 Catholics from all over Sabah gathered at and around the Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Kota Kinabalu on Oct 1, to share the joy of seeing Sandakan-born John Wong Soo Kau, a 42-year-old priest consecrated as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.