A 45-mimute screening of the June 6, 1976 crash generated rave reviews from prominent invitees and members of the public at the Double Six Memorial Hall on Monday
REMEMBER the world was awe-struck and fascinated after reports of a herd of wild elephants ‘moved out’ of home and wandered for more than a year across built-up China, went viral?
But when least expected it, Chinese elephant specialist, Dr Becky Shu Chen was in Sabah to speak about it on May 27 in a session dubbed “Promoting connectivity through non-linear infrastructures” at the 2nd Asia Parks Congress held in the Sabah International Convention Centre May 24-29. What happened?
The 15-strong herd literally abandoned its wild habitat in its Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve (241,000ha) southwest China in March 2020 and started tromping northwards across villages, crashing into houses, munching crops and, entered cities in Yunan eventually reaching the outskirts of Kunming, a 8.5-million strong Yunan provincial capital city, before turning around to head home.
The whole epic journey lasted 17 months
SHUT down for two full years by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Queen’s Gurkha Signals were the first international group to grab the opportunity to fly into Sabah to mount a full 260km Death March trek from April 28 to May 8
SWITCHING to terrestrial wildlife photography after decades of diving the deep, famous dive guru, Clement Lee, has this to tell the tourism establishment:
“Leverage the epic biodiversity of both land and marine simultaneously to double if not triple Sabah’s ecotourism receipts. What strikes me most is, yes, like underwater, we do have what it takes to be the leader, where both the top side and underwater biodiversity are equal to none!” he told Daily Express after spending two years as a ‘Roving’ birding photographer to places like Gunung Alap, Crocker Range, Kinabalu Park, Sepilok, Sukau, Kinabatangan, Sayap, Sangkir, Tempasuk, Kota Belud, Inobong, Sugut, in an around KK itself.
The power of the English adage “A picture is worth a thousand words,” that is, sometimes, multiple ideas, essence and meaning can be conveyed more effectively by a single still picture than a mere verbal description, is so true.
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