Similajau Cave Visit with Sarawak Forestry Corporation and Petronas MLNG Team

Group photo after a morning of cave exploration on 13 July 2012

Pictures from "Caving In Sarawak" Talk

Rambli answering questions from a student

Rambli giving an introduction to rope climbing

Rope Climbing Demonstration

Braken Talking About Karst & Caves In Sarawak

The Speakers with Dr. Ong Kian Huat and the organising team.

Dr.Ong Kian Huat presenting mementoes from UPM to Braken and Rambli

Rambli Talking about"Caving Expeditions"

The audience at UPM for the Caving In Sarawak Talk

More Questions from the Students

Similajau Cave Visit

There will be a day visit to the Similajau Caves on the 13th July 2012 with the Sarawak Forestry Corporation and MLNG personnel. If you are interested in joining this caving trip, please let me know ASAP. We will assemble at Similajau National Park on 13th July 2012 (Friday). 8.00am : Depart from Similajau National Park 9.30am : Arrival at cave site 3.00pm : Exploration ends Essential items for caving are headlamp, hard hat, rubber shoes, cargo pants, light, drinking water, spare clothes, water for washing and gloves Please be advised to use your own transport Those interested in joining, please let me know asap. (email: sarawaknaturalscience@gmail.com) Thank you.

"Caving In Sarawak" Talk

Lecture Tittle: "Caving In Sarawak" Venue: Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus (Dewan Kuliah Pusat 2A) Date: 12th July 2012 Time: 7.30-8.30 PM Speakers: Mr Oswald Braken Tisen and Mr Rambli Ahmad Speakers’ Profiles: 1) Mr Oswald Braken Tisen Acting Deputy General Manager, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation Division of Sarawak Forestry (SFC) Background Masters of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand, 2004. B Sc. (Forestry), Universiti Pertanian, Malaysia, 1984. Forestry Training Programme (parks and recreation management) Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan (June to September 1996). Member of the Institute of Foresters Malaysia. Mr Oswald Braken Tisen will be talking about Karst and Cave in Sarawak, a broad topic covering karst and caves in Sarawak and the fun of caving in these areas. He will show many photographs from his more than 25 years of caving throughout Sarawak. 2) Mr Rambli Ahmad Geologist / Ecologist with the Sarawak Forestry Corporation. Background Bachelor of Science in Geology and Geophysics University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1985. Started caving in 1990’s – participated in Sarawak-British Caving Expedition (1996, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012). “I train people how to guides in the cave and about karst features. I also train people to use SRT or single rope technique to climb or descend to get into difficult areas of the caves. I enjoy cave photography which everyone can do with ease with today’s camera and lights. My talk will be on the expedition to Mulu Caves over the last 16 years and show the audience some photos never shown to the public. I will relate my experience working underground, staying in the caves for nights and work for maximum of 18 hours at a stretch. It is about exploring new frontier, stepping into places no one have been before and looking at amazing features. It is also about how I train myself to be able to work at par with a more experience team.” The talk will also try to convince the audience why we need to preserve the karsts landscape and the caves.

Annual General Meeting 2011

Date: 20 December 2011
Time: 4pm to 5pm
Venue: David Allen Sagah Teng Office, 87 Park City commerce Square, Bintulu

CABEP 2011 Competition

Mr Choo Chuan Hsiung, Branch Manager of CIMB Shahida speaking at the CABEP Competition
CIMB Staff with Rotarians
Guests listening to the presentations
The Judging Panel (SFC, CIMB, NREB)
Judging the Posters
Reporters at the event
SM Kai Dee Team
SMK Bintulu Team
SMK Bandar Team
SMK Kidurong Team
The CABEP 2011 Competition in progress

The CABEP 2011 Competition was held on the 7^th September 2011 at SMK Bandar Bintulu School Hall.

There were 2 parts to the competition, a public presentation as well as a poster competition.

4 schools(SMK Bandar, Bintulu, Kai Dee and Kidurong) took part in the event attended by about 200 form students from SMK Bandar.

The presentation prizes were won by SM Kai Dee(1^st prize), SMK Bintulu(2^nd prize), SMK Bandar(3^rd prize) and SMK Kidurong(4^th prize)

The poster competition on the theme of Conservation and Biodiversity was won by SMK Bintulu(1^st prize) and SM KaiDee (2^nd and 3^rd prize)

Thank you to the representatives from NREB, Sarawak Forestry Corporation and CIMB who attended the event and also formed the judging panel.

Special thanks go to CIMB Foundation for sponsoring this event as a Community Link Project.

And our appreciation to SMK Bandar for hosting the event, for the effort put in by Cikgu Jukie, Joyce Tang and Wong Mee Ling in preparing the venue and the excellent MCs during the event, Ian Voon and Nurul.

Thank you all very much.

CABEP Competition 2011

Date: 7th September 2011 (Wednesday) Time: 10 am to 12 noon

Venue: SMK Bandar Bintulu

Program:

9.30am Arrival of participants
9.45am Arrival of Guests and Judges
10.00am Welcome by Organising Chairman
10.05am Welcome by Principal of SMK Bandar
10:10am Speech by CIMB Branch Manager
10.20am Competition Begins
11.30am Prize Giving
11.45am Closing Ceremony
12noon: Ends

For your information, 4 schools will be participating in this event are SMK Bandar, Bintulu, Kidurong and SM Kai Dee. Each school team will be submitting posters on topics of conservation and biodiversity as well as giving a 15 minute presentation on stage.

The poster exhibition will be available for viewing from 8am to 3pm.

All are welcome.