SEJAHTERA MENGKABONG

INSIGHT SABAH : The Voice Of Sabahan Housing and schoolingWan Ahmad Syarien, 11, and Firdaus Irwan (right), 12, have welfare money in their savings accounts.But an 80m-ringgit village facelift raises concern over truancyBy Ng Jia XiangFirdaus Irwan, 12, isn’t sure what he would do with the 200 ringgit ($64) of welfare aid. It’s in his bank savings account and so it will stay there, he says. He is one of 400 poor pupils in Tuaran who are given 130,050...

Published on: Sunday, March 08, 2009 Tuaran: The village re-structuring project costing RM80 million that will be implemented in Mengkabong at the end of this year is expected to benefit more than 2,500 villagers.These villagers are those living in Kg Gerinsing, Suang Kumaan, Mempelam, Nelayan, Buansa, Pensurun, Dombi, Separuk, Jembulang and Tambiluk. The earth refilling and flattening works in Suang Kumaan and Gerinsing are currently progressing, which will be followed by Kg Mempelam."Some 76...

About : Mengkabong Water Village(Buansa area)& Mengkabong Water Village Primary School Photo.Introduction :Bajau tribe (Sea Bajau) is the second largest indigenous people of Sabah , known as " Water Gypsy , "said the village is usually the way to the water boat tour Tuaran (Tuaran) near the mangroves, from Kota Kinabalu To be about 30 minutes . This area of about four thousand -odd households , they contented , though not affluent living environment,...

Lost Borneo for travellers who want to explore beyond the usual tourist attractionsFiled under: *Lost Borneo tours, Adventure, Kota Kinabalu by losttraveller — Leave a comment June 30, 2008Ratings: **** A unique half-day tour that is relaxing and fun with a bit of nature and culture thrown in.Lost Ratings: ***** Definitely no big tour groups here.Sabah is well-known for its white water rafting spots in Padas River and Kiulu River, but a less intimidating...

Pick-up busOne of the many forms of transportation in Borneo.This is the equivalent of a bus in some parts of rural Sabah.Tags: Sabah transportPhotos by losttraveller -November 16, 2009http://lostborneo.wordpress.com/category/photos/Cute kid in water villageCute kid in water village MengkabongTags: Bajau, Borneo, Mengkabong, Sabah, water villagePhoto by Sato Atsuko/losttraveller-October 7, 2009http://lostborneo.wordpress.com/category/photos/htt...

Shaunna's Postcrossing & Postcard Addiction The postcards that I have received over the years, through penpals, swaps and of course, postcrossing. :) And you may notice a lot of fairies and such. I admit it. I'm obsessed. :)13 MAY 2010- Size: 1060 × 753 - Type: 101KB JPG "Mengkabong, Malaysian Borneo" - Traditional fishing village While I love water, this would probably be too much - I am the type that would sit on the shore and stare at the...

BORNEO GEOGRAPHIC - Thursday, June 3, 2010Borneo is very well known for its people and one of these people are Bajau tribes who lives in water village where houses were built on stilt above water. There are still few water village left around Borneo island and some are made it to become one of the tourist attraction. Mengkabong village was once a tourist attraction and now no more. The declining of numbers in tourism has affected the economy of...