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- Ranau folks celebrate Cabbage Festival with splendid display
- Contest to tap creativity
- Recruitment drive at mini job fair
| Ranau folks celebrate Cabbage Festival with splendid display Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT RANAU: Once a year, Ranau folks organise a Cabbage Festival in mid October which signifies the importance of the crop for their livelihood. Due to the fine weather and appropriate soil dampness, vegetables of all types mainly cabbages can grow well without too much attention needed in this part of rural Sabah. Farmer Laini Baranting, 58, of Kampung Kundasang Lama in Kundasang, Ranau, who was arranging her vegetables to be viewed, said such plants were easier to grow here as they get enough water and just the right amount of sunlight for its growth. "It is easy to grow cabbages here. Almost everyone can grow them because all that is needed is land, water and fertilizer," she explained. Laini who has seven children said everyone works together to set up their stalls or exhibition huts designed like small houses, which were mainly made from bamboo. This year's Cabbage Festival was also held the same time as the 26th International Climbathon, also in conjunction with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's inaugural visit to Kundasang town in the Ranau district on Oct 13 and 14. More than 10 bamboo huts were set up, while fruits and vegetables were packed and arranged beautifully in the huts in the festival. Most of the products including white carrot, cabbages of various types and local tomatoes, were displayed and later sold at a price slightly cheaper than usual while visitors were entertained by local songs such as 'Jambatan Tamparuli', 'Tanak Kampung' (village boy) and 'Sayang Kinabalu'. Meanwhile, Sarimeh Paiman, 44, who was walking from stall to stall said people in Ranau depend mostly on farming to make a living. "Here most of us have our own lands and the easiest plants to grow apart from fruit trees are vegetables. "This tradition of holding a Cabbage Festival was started many years back because farmers wanted to exhibit their crops, and to attract more people to come here," she said. "We sell the vegetables, while those who have more than what they can eat and trade here will supply them to traders in the city such as in Kota Kinabalu," she added. |
| Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT BATU PAHAT: The Higher Education Ministry announced that a competition will be held among students of higher learning institutions nationwide on getting fresh ideas for the 1Malaysia For Youth (iM4U) volunteer programme. Its minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the competition, dubbed, My UniRawks iM4U gives university students the opportunity to have a say or give their input on what kind of volunteer activities they wish to have. He said currently there were 600 higher learning institutions nationwide and students were encouraged to participate in the competition. Khaled said the top 10 students gave good ideas would have a chance to mingle with the Prime Minister and receive a fund of RM10,000 to kick start their volunteer programme. He pointed out that under the iM4U, the runiversity student's role would change positively and incorporate a sense of nation building among the youth. "From the top 10 ideas, the ministry will choose the best three where the winners stand a chance to get an Ipad, a trip to a foreign country and the iM4U foundation will sponsor a special programme at their respective universities. "Those who want to give their ideas are encouraged to use the iM4U Facebook page where the competition will end on Nov 13 as the Prime Minister is expected to launch the national level iM4U outreach centre in universities," he said. Khaled said this after officiating the pre-launch of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) iM4U outreach centre here, recently. He said there were currently 100 volunteer programmes under the iM4U and the Ministry hoped there would be an increase of up to 600 programmes by next year. Khaled said the iM4U was a good platform introduced by the Government to expose university students to be more actively involved in volunteerism. "Students are encouraged to put in their own ideas where it should be creative and innovative. "Volunteer activities are not just mere gotong-royong or cleaning up the drains but the programmes must have a positive impact to the university students as well as the target communities," he said. |
| Recruitment drive at mini job fair Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU: The southwestern Beaufort district will host its first-ever mini job fair today as part of a strategy by the state Resource Development and IT ministry to bring career opportunities to smaller towns. The ministry's Permanent Secretary, Bruno Vun said more than a dozen companies and government agencies would be taking part in the day-long fair at the Dewan Pa' Musa from 8am to 4pm, today. Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs, Datuk Hajah Azizah Mohd Dun was expected to officiate at the launch of the fair. The job fair organised by the ministry provides a convenient location for school leavers and job seekers to meet prospective employers and perform first interviews. "Job fairs are a great way for you to explore potential employment opportunities and learn more about companies who are actively hiring," added Bruno, saying previous fairs at other locations had helped many locals gain employment. Apart from the interview sessions, officials from the Jabatan Tenaga Kerja Sabah office will guide the job seekers on how to prepare convincing curriculum vitaes to impress their future employer. Students from the Jabatan Pembangunan Sumber Manusia, another agency under the auspices of the Ministry, will conduct beauty and hair-dressing sessions to showcase what they have learnt while training at the centre. Attendees are encouraged to bring copies of their resumes, complete with education certificates and to be properly attired. There will be a mini concert at the open stage area with popular local artistes. |
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