Malaysian Nature Festival KB
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The Borneo Post 15 July 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Make a date with Santubong Nature Festival Nov 9 & 10/ 2013
Dear all,
The Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch (MNSKB) is pleased to announce that it will be organising the inaugural Santubong Nature Festival this November.
Scheduled to be held at Permai Rainforest Resort in Santubong on 9th and 10th November, the event is opened to MNS members and the public. Schools in Kuching and Santubong as well as local community living in Santubong are also invited to take part in the festival.
The festival is co-organised with Permai Rainforest Resort and supported by Lim Kok Wing University of Creative Technology, Sarawak Museum Deparmtent, Sarawak Tourism Board, Sarawak Photo Art Society, Friends of Sarawak Museums, Sarawak Heritage Society and all chapters of Hash House Harriers in Kuching.
The objectives of Santubong Nature Festival are:
To raise public awareness of the priceless natural and historical – local and global - heritage value of the Santubong Peninsula;
To advocate for a holistic and integrated approach to development and management of the area safeguarding its unique landscape, biodiversity and historical assets;
To showcase the tourism and recreational potential of the natural and cultural values of the Santubong Peninsula; and
To stimulate reflection on responsible and sustainable further management of the peninsula and its surroundings.
Interesting activities highlighting Santubong peninsula’s natural, historical and cultural heritage such as multi-sport treasure hunt, heritage & heritage walks, talks and tree planting will be held at Permai Rainforest Resort during the festival.
Lead up activities to Santubong Nature Festival such as photography contest, boat trips, talks and ‘Secret Rooms’ tour will be held in Kuching and Santubong peninsula as well between now and November. So watch out for our Facebook page for updates at www.facebook.com/
In conjunction with the festival, MNSKB and Sarawak Photo Art Society are organising the Santubong Peninsula Landscape Photography Competition that runs from now to 31st August 2013.
This photography is open to the public and submission period is from 1st September 2013 to 7th September 2013. Entry will close on the 7th September 2013, 12:00 noon. For registration, full rules and regulations, please visit the blog and Facebook page.
MNSKB, as a local environmental NGO, is very concerned with the overall development and well-being of Santubong peninsula. It recognises the need to develop the area but that development should be well-planned so that development would not degrade the iconic mountain.
Land clearing for housing, tall buildings and a proposed cable car to the peak of the mountain could alter the landscape and scar Santubong’s aesthetic visual value if not properly planed. Development taking place without sensitivity to historical and archaeological considerations would also produce many irreversible problems.
It is hoped that the Santubong Nature Festival will help to address these through greater public awareness and eventually advocate for a holistic, sustainable and integrated approach to development and management of the area. So, make a date with us.
For more information, visit the festival’s Facebook page or blog.
A view of Mount Santubong from Kampung Bako in early morning./ Zora Chan.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
MNS public talk by British birder Alan Pearson
The public
are invited to a coming talk featuring a British birder Alan Pearson.
The talk,
organised by the Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch, will take place at
UCSI University Sarawak Campus on 12th July 2013 (Friday) at 7.30pm.
The talk will cover how a field guide comes together and a little on bird
illustration in general. It will go on to introduce birdwatching in England and
suggest how to plan a birding trip there.
Pearson is a teacher of biology and art who has been birdwatching for
over 35 years and illustrating bird books and magazine articles for about 30,
including the Field Guide for Peninsular Malaysia.
He has seven books published, mainly aimed at novice birders,
however, the most recent is 'A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia
and Singapore', with Allen Jeyarajasingam, which comprehensively covers all the
species known to have occured in that region.
Pearson is currently
teaching in England at an all-boys secondary school and working on a beginners
bird identification app. He lives in south London with Anne, his Malaysian-born
wife.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Landscape Photography Contest
The Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch (MNSKB) is pleased to announce that
it will be organising the inaugural Santubong Nature Festival this November.
Scheduled
to be held at Permai Rainforest Resort in Santubong on 9th and 10th
November, the event is opened to MNS members and the public.
The
festival is co-organised with Permai Rainforest Resort and among others, supported
by Sarawak Tourism Board, Ling Kok Wing Institute, Sarawak Photo Art Society,
Friends of Sarawak Museums, Sarawak Heritage Society and all chapters of Hash
House Harriers in Kuching.
The
objectives of Santubong Nature Festival are:
To
raise public awareness of the priceless natural and historical – local and
global - heritage value of the Santubong Peninsula;
To
advocate for a holistic and integrated approach to development and management
of the area safeguarding its unique
landscape, biodiversity and historical assets;
To
showcase the tourism and recreational potential of the natural and cultural
values of the Santubong Peninsula; and
To
stimulate reflection on responsible and sustainable further management of the
peninsula and its surroundings.
In
conjunction with the festival, MNSKB and Sarawak Photo Art Society are
organising the Santubong Peninsula Landscape Photography Competition that runs
from now to 31st August 2013. This photography contest is
open to the public and submission period
is from 1st September 2013 to 7th September 2013. Entry will close on the 7th September
2013, 12:00 noon.
The coverage area of this
competition will be any place after the Santubong Bridge, coming from Kuching
direction.
The submission fee for Malaysian
Nature Society members and SPAS members is RM20.00 for a set of 3 photos. The
fee for non-members is RM30 for a set of 3 photos. Additional set will be
charged RM5 for members and non-members. Photos will be judged individually on
its own merit.
Each participant is allowed to
submit maximum 2 sets. Every photo must have the entry form attached to its
back, captioned in at least three (3) words (characters) and not more than
twelve (12) words (characters). The caption can be in English, Bahasa Malaysia
or Chinese.
A participant can only win one prize. Selected finalists’
photos will be uploaded to Malaysian Nature Society (Kuching Branch) Facebook
page and the top 3 photos that get the most “Like” and “Share” stand to win a
prize.
For more information on the rules and regulation, please refer
to the competition’s rules and regulations.
All entries can be mailed or hand delivered to Vincent Wong
(Tel: 013 802 0005) at
Master Car Accessories, Lot 418 Ground Floor, Wisma Ung Hwa Geok,
Jalan Kulas
93400 Kuching.
For enquiry please call Geoffrey Lam 013 5898991.
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