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Public forum on “Powering the Elderly” for Kota Kinabalu folks

October 31, 2011 – 7:53 am
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A 2-day public forum on “Empowering the elderly” was jointly organized by Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS) and TENA Incontinence Care Solution for the community of Kota Kinabalu at 1Borneo Grand Ballroom, 1Borneo Hypermall on 29-30 October 2011.

The forum is designed to help participants gain a better understanding of the psychological and physiological aspects for the elderly. Experts and professionals from the medical industry were invited to speak on topics among others: “How to improve memory of an ageing brain, Dealing with Imsomnia, Depression in the Elderly, Incontinence care and Moving & Transporting an elderly”

Co-Sponsor SCA Hygiene Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd, Sarawak-based, Sales Manager, Mr Tan Chee Kiang said, “The crowd here is very interesting. They asked lots of questions related to skills and knowledge required to care for the elderly. We really see the sharing and learning interaction in this forum. I am touched by the turned out too”.

Malaysia faces a serious challenge in caring for the elderly. In the past 40 years, life expectancies for both women and men have increased by approximately 10 years. The number of elderly persons, defined as those over the age of 60, is ballooning. There were 1 million elderly citizens in 1991 and currently, the number of senior citizens in Malaysia is 2.1 million. By 2020, we will be about 3.4 million elderly Malaysians. On the other hand, the birthrate has been plummeting. The birthrate was 36.1 in 1965 but only 23.2 in 2002. These trends portends a dire future when more of the elderly will have to be taken care of by fewer of their children or younger relatives when they become disabled and require help in their activities of daily living. The burden of care for the elderly will fall heavily on their working age children in a time when more productivity is demanded at the workplace due to globalization. Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be increasing numbers that require hands-on care either at home with their loved ones or in professional residential care.

Caring for an elderly can be a physically, emotionally and economically demanding role and there is a dearth of resources on care giving that is available to the general public from the mass media. Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society recognizes that there is a deep unmet need for knowledge and practical training for caregivers of the elderly. MHAS have therefore, organized a series of training seminars and workshops geared towards putting this information and training into the hands of these caregivers.

Incontinence being a very major part of ageing process has profound impact in the lives of those living & working with it. Thus this has brought TENA, the worldwide No.1 leader and understanding specialist for incontinence care, to Sponsor the Empowering the Elderly Program, working on the same platform to educate our community on caring for the elderly. The mission of TENA is to reduce the impact of incontinence and to improve the lives of people living or working with bladder weakness or incontinence around the world.

Among the invited distinguished speakers were Dr. Lim Poh Hin(Counsultant Neurologist), Associate Professor Dr. Philip George(Consultant Psychiatrist), Dr Wong Teck Wee(Consultant Cardiologist), Ms Thanam Selva(Clinical Hypnotherapist) and Mdm Leong Sik Wai(Nutritionist & Volunteer).

Citizen Journalists Malaysia sets up Borneo Chapter

October 11, 2011 – 12:49 pm
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Resource: http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=79402

KOTA KINABALU: Those aspiring to become a citizen journalist can now get their training with the setting up of a Citizen Journalists Malaysia (CJ.MY) Borneo Chapter office here recently.

According to the chapter’s head, Marcel Chong, the office which is located at Level 10, Wisma Merdeka will become the training hub and operation room for citizen journalists in Sabah and Sarawak.

“We will be conducting Citizen Journalism training extensively in the months ahead on news reporting, news writing, video camera operation and video editing, specially catered for citizens (communities) of Sabah and Sarawak, who want to participate in the empowerment of their communities through news gathering process.

“A minimal fee of RM100.00 will be charged as a commitment fee for this 4 days training, which will be held during the weekends only,” he disclosed in a statement issued here yesterday.

Currently, the Borneo Chapter has been constantly contributing news to the community news portal, Komunitikini.com and the Citizen Journalists Malaysia portal, CJ.MY.

To date, it has conducted 5 trainings at various locations in Sabah. The recent Citizen Journalism training in Sabah took place in Sandakan and 10 new Citizen Journalists have been trained.

“Citizen Journalism training is expected to be organized every month at Wisma Merdeka. New participants will be trained and groomed to become Citizen Journalists, who will be reporting on various community issues and events in Sabah and Sarawak respectively,” he said.

Most Citizen Journalists from Sabah and Sarawak are volunteers and have contributed to almost 300 articles and 80 videos.

Chong further noted that as the chapter’s head, he is also tasked to manage and build a network of Citizen Journalists across Borneo.

Citizen Journalists Malaysia is a volunteer movement founded in November 2008. The movement has been actively training and grooming ordinary citizens to report news and events within their community. The movement believes that vigorous, independent media is crucial in improving the human condition thus working mutually with the International Center For Journalists or ICFJ at Washington D.C. USA for international support and also an affiliation to VJ movement of Netherlands.

Currently, the movement has 4 chapters which oversees the Northern, Central, Southern region in Peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo region comprising Sabah and Sarawak. Each chapter is managed by a chapter head.

For more information, one may log on to its website at www.cj.my, or contact Chong at 012 – 866 2096 or Email: Marcel.Chong@komunitikini.com

 

 

Training for citizen journalists in Sabah

October 9, 2011 – 10:58 pm
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Resource:  http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/10/07/training-for-citizen-journalists-in-sabah/

KOTA KINABALU: With the establishment of its office here, Citizen Journalists Malaysia (CJM) Borneo Chapter, is now ready to provide journalism training to those who aspire to become citizen journalists.

According to the chapter’s head, Marcel Chong, the office which is located at Level 10, Wisma Merdeka will become the training hub and operation room for citizen journalists in Sabah and Sarawak.

“We will be conducting Citizen Journalism training extensively in the months ahead on news reporting, news writing, video camera operation and video editing, specially catered for citizens (communities) of Sabah and Sarawak, who want to participate in the empowerment of their communities through news gathering process.

“A minimal fee of RM100.00 will be charged as a commitment fee for this 4 days training, which will be held during the weekends only,” he disclosed in a statement issued here yesterday.

Currently, the Borneo Chapter has been constantly contributing news to the community news portal, Komunitikini.com and the Citizen Journalists Malaysia portal, CJ.MY.

To date, it has conducted 5 trainings at various locations in Sabah. The recent Citizen Journalism training in Sabah took place in Sandakan and 10 new Citizen Journalists have been trained.

“Citizen Journalism training is expected to be organized every month at Wisma Merdeka. New participants will be trained and groomed to become Citizen Journalists, who will be reporting on various community issues and events in Sabah and Sarawak respectively,” he said.

Most Citizen Journalists from Sabah and Sarawak are volunteers and have contributed to almost 300 articles and 80 videos.

Chong further noted that as the chapter’s head, he is also tasked to manage and build a network of Citizen Journalists across Borneo.

Citizen Journalists Malaysia is a volunteer movement founded in November 2008. The movement has been actively training and grooming ordinary citizens to report news and events within their community. The movement believes that vigorous, independent media is crucial in improving the human condition thus working mutually with the International Center For Journalists or ICFJ at Washington D.C. USA for international support and also an affiliation to VJ movement of Netherlands.

Currently, the movement has 4 chapters which oversees the Northern, Central, Southern region in Peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo region comprising Sabah and Sarawak. Each chapter is managed by a chapter head.

More information is obtainable by logging on to its website at www.cj.my, or contact Chong at 012 – 866 2096 or Email: Marcel.Chong@komunitikini.com

 

 

 

CJ.MY Borneo Chapter ready to provide journalism training courses

October 9, 2011 – 10:50 pm
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Resource: http://newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/52868

KOTA KINABALU: With the setting up of its office here, Citizen Journalists Malaysia (CJ.MY) Borneo Chapter is now ready to provide journalism training to those who aspire to become a citizen journalist.

According to the chapter head Marcel Chong, the office which is located at Level 10, Wisma Merdeka will become the training hub and operation room for the citizen journalists in Sabah and Sarawak.

“We will be conducting Citizen Journalism trainings extensively in the months to come on news reporting, news writing, video camera operation and video editing, specially catered to citizens (communities) of Sabah and Sarawak, who want to participate in the empowerment of their communities through news gathering process.

“A minimal fee of RM100 will be charged as a commitment fee for the 4-day training, which will be held on weekends only,” he said in a statement yesterday.

He noted that at the moment, the Borneo Chapter has been constantly contributing news for community news portal, Komunitikini.com and the Citizen Journalists Malaysia portal, CJ.MY.

To date, it has conducted 5 trainings in various locations in Sabah. The recent Citizen Journalism training in Sabah took place in Sandakan, with 10 new Citizen Journalists trained.

“Citizen Journalism training is expected to be organized every month at our office. New participants will be trained and groomed to become Citizen Journalists, who will be reporting on various community issues and events in Sabah and Sarawak respectively,” he said.

Most of the Citizen Journalists from Sabah and Sarawak are volunteers and have contributed almost 300 articles and 80 videos.

Marcel further noted that as Borneo chapter head, he is also tasked to manage and build a network of Citizen Journalists across Borneo.

Citizen Journalists Malaysia is a volunteer’s movement founded in November 2008. The movement has been actively training and grooming ordinary citizens to report news and events within their community. The movement believes that vigorous, independent media is crucial in improving the human condition thus working mutually with the International Centre For Journalists or ICFJ at Washington D.C. for international support and also an affiliation to VJ movement of Netherlands.

Currently, the movement has four chapters which oversee Northern, Central, Southern region in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo region consisting of Sabah and Sarawak.

Each chapter is managed by a chapter head.

For more information, one may log on to its website at www.cj.my or, contact Marcel at 012 – 866 2096 or Marcel.Chong@komunitikini.com

A chance to become citizen journalists

October 9, 2011 – 10:34 pm
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Resource: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/10/07/a-chance-to-become-citizen-journalists/

KOTA KINABALU: Want to become citizen journalists and report on events around your community? A movement has just the right type of training for those keen to try their hand at news reporting.

The Citizen Journalists Malaysia (CJM), Borneo chapter, is providing training to those who want to have a working knowledge on how to report on events they come across in their neighbourhoods.

According to the chapter head, Marcel Chong, the office, located at Wisma Merdeka here, will become the training hub for citizen journalists in Sabah and Sarawak.

“We will be conducting extensive training in the months to come on news reporting, news writing, video camera operation and video editing, specially catered to citizens (communities) in Sabah and Sarawak,” Chong said in a statement today.

A minimal fee of RM100 will be charged for a four-day training stint to be held only during the weekends.

Chong said that currently the Borneo chapter has been contributing news to news portal such as Komunitikini.com and the CJM portal, CJ.MY.

To date, it has conducted five training sessions in various locations in Sabah. Recently, 10 citizen journalists in Sandakan “graduated” from its training programme.

“We will organise training every month. New participants will be groomed to become citizen journalists who will be reporting on various community issues and events in Sabah and Sarawak respectively,” Chong said.

He added that the Borneo chapter aims to build a network of citizen journalists across Borneo.

CJM was founded in November 2008 by a group of volunteers. It has been training and grooming ordinary citizens to report on news and events in their community.

Most of these journalists from Sabah and Sarawak are volunteers who have contributed almost 300 articles and 80 videos.

The movement believes in promoting a vigorous, independent media and thus is cooperating with other news organisations such as the International Center For Journalists at Washington, US.

CJM has four chapters covering the northern, central, southern region in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak.

Batu Sapi’s last political call

November 2, 2010 – 9:14 am
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Tomorrow is By-Election Day in Batu Sapi, and for many campaigns, the election has already been won or lost – the messages are out, the grassroots are mobilized, the calls have been made, and the voters are ready to go to the polls and cast their ballots.

Still, there’s a lot left to be done. Many campaigns are close… too close to call… or at least within the margin of error.  Many other campaigns aren’t sure where they stand, and very well could be involved in a close election.  For these campaigns, the difference between victory and defeat could well be the activity and work they put in over the next 24 hours.

For campaigns that are close, the single best way to influence the outcome of the election… that is, the best way to help your campaign win… is to run a strong get out the vote (GOTV) operation.  Your campaign must do everything it can to move your supporters to the polls.  GOTV efforts can add an additional 1-3% to your overall vote total, and could be the key to victory for candidates.

One question that often comes up is: what should the candidate be doing on Election Day?  I’ve seen candidates do everything under the sun on the big day.  I once saw a candidate who didn’t appear publicly until the election night party.  At the other end of the spectrum, I’ve seen candidates who spend 24 straight hours campaigning, not sitting down to rest until the last vote was counted.
In my opinion, the best thing a candidate can do on Election Day is work hard to get out the vote.  If your campaign is being actively covered by TV or radio, there may be an opportunity to get your name out there over the airwaves one last time by inviting the media to be there when you cast your ballot, and by holding a public rally that is covered by the press.

Other than that, most of the candidate’s activity on Election Day will be one-on-one with voters. The candidate should make appearances at polling places to energize his or her grassroots volunteers and party committee people, and spend lots of time in neighbourhoods where he or she expects a large portion of the vote (his/her “base”), energizing supporters to go vote.

The Setompok Link

June 4, 2010 – 1:13 am
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Kuala Penyu, a small sub-district located at the mouth of Setompok river offers every visitor a rare adventure to see for themselves what a small village can do for a small living. Six small boats owned by the villagers are used to ferry passengers across the unpolluted river in Kuala Penyu.

“We would like to assure ferry users that we will continue to provide them with a reliable service seamlessly”, said one of the operators when asked.

“The 30-year-old river ferry link lives on, and I thank those who supported our services,” he added.

Video by SL Chong, Citizen Journalist

Scene of Kaamatan 2010

June 2, 2010 – 4:29 pm
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Pesta Kaamatan 2010 showcased the rich multicultural of Sabah ethnics at Hongkod Koisaan, Penampang on the 31st May this year. Thousands of Malaysians and international tourists came as early as 7am to jointly celebrate and witness this annual event.

Video by SL Chong, Citizen Journalist

The Murut ‘Lansaran’ Dance

June 1, 2010 – 11:03 am
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‘Lansaran’, a popular pastime dancing on the wooden platforms built on bamboo springs in the longhouses of Indigenous Murut, is a typical of a trampoline used during festivities. The platfrom is strong enough to support 20 to 40 people in the an energetic, uniquely Murut dance.

Video by SL Chong, Citizen Journalist

Unduk Ngadau 2010

May 31, 2010 – 5:09 pm
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All 41 State-level Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan aspiring contestants will this time be introduced inside the KDCA Hongkod Koisaan Hall in Penampang unlike in previous years when they made their special appearance outside on the open stage.

The results of this year’s State Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan are expected to be known at 5.30pm and the Unduk Ngadau would be crowned by Head of State’s wife, Toh Puan Dayang Masuyah Japar.

Video by SL Chong, Citizen Journalist



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