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		<title>State of Sabah 47 years after</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through eyes of former top civil servant
 Tan Sri Simon Sipaun                                 Malaysia Day
 in an interview with                                 16 Sept 1963-2010
 Joe Leong                                                         OPINION
THE bottom line for Sabah is that it is the poorest state in the country.
“This speaks volumes in terms of development in Sabah,” says Tan Sri Simon Sipaun from Penampang in Sabah, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ba’kelalan, the apple growing country</title>
		<link>http://borneopedia.com/?p=2042</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THERE is a plan afoot to expand the existing apple orchard at Ba’kelalan highlands in northern region of Sarawak, the only such successful plantation enterprise on Borneo Island, into “an apple growing high country”.
Mutang Tagal, managing director of Mashijau Bumi Sdn Bhd, said his company was given an initial grant of RM300,000 from the Malaysian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ordination of new Borneo bishop</title>
		<link>http://borneopedia.com/?p=2024</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated: 09 Sept 2010
SANDAKAN-BORN Father John Wong Soo Kau, the newly appointed coadjutor bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu is due to be ordained Oct 1, 2010 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral (SHC), Kota Kinabalu.
His appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on June 21, 2010 places him in direct line for succession as head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Value of Sabah condos double in 2 yrs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN THE past two years there had been greater interest shown by buyers for condominium residential properties in Sabah, especially those having a sea view, resulting in the value of such properties shooting up by almost 100%.
This is the observation made by Chong Choon Kim, Managing Director of C H Williams Talhar &#38; Wong (S) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KK becoming a shopper’s city</title>
		<link>http://borneopedia.com/?p=1994</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOTA KINABALU, Sabah&#8217;s capital that celebrated its 10th anniversary as a city in February, is slowly but steadily becoming a shopper’s paradise on Borneo Island. Despite massive growth in retail and shopping sector of property development in the state, however, values for such properties are still holding up.
The completion towards the end of 2009 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National leaders woo Sabah people</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOP leaders of various Malaysian political parties spent a hectic weekend in Sabah in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of the people in this eastern state on Borneo before the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration came to a close with the feast of Chap Goh Mei on Sunday (Feb. 28).
Datuk Ong Tee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study on Federal-State Relations</title>
		<link>http://borneopedia.com/?p=1945</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN informal body, known as Sabah Sarawak Consultative Council (SSCC), has been set up within Malaysia’s opposition party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice Party) or PKR, to service its Federal-State National Integration Council (FSNIC).
PKR Vice President, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, disclosed in Kota Kinabalu on Feb. 17 under its national integration council, the party has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Borneo Hit by Long Dry Spell</title>
		<link>http://borneopedia.com/?p=1930</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joe leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOE LEONG
FOLKS on Borneo Island, especially farmers, should brace themselves for a long dry season that has already brought havoc with the widespread outbreaks of forest and bush fires. I met up with Abdul Malik Tussin, the chief weatherman for state of Sabah, on Friday (Feb. 19) and he gave me this forecast: “I expect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Fires Come Roaring In</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1,300 hectares of forest areas destroyed so far
SANDAKAN – With the entry of the new Lunar Year, many would naturally expect to see the Tiger come roaring in. Instead, here in Sabah, forest and bush fires have come roaring in fast and with great fury, causing severe damage to forest reserve areas, tree plantations and [...]]]></description>
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