What Is In A Clock?

A Clock tells the time and the Grandfather's Clock is a Collectors Item that stands tall in the living room of the house and it becomes a family heritage and antique as years goes by. Sabah, the Land Below The Wind has such a Clock in Kota Kinabalu (formerly Jesselton) that acted as a beacon and navigational aids to ships plying the area. It stood unnoticed to many locals except for the visitors who walked up the hill on the cemented staircases to read the signboard put up by the authorities. You cant go in as it is fenced up. Now this Clock has become an issue. Architects, Historians, Nature Lovers, Environmentalists and many other Activists had put up a protest to the mixed development that is going to be put up by a Government Agency with a Private Developer and it is just besides the Clock Tower, that will soon lose its beauty and value should the project goes ahead and it had been approved by the Sabah State Cabinet.

Now the Chief Minister had asked for a reassessment. Good for the Clock. Hopefully the Planners and the Bureaucrats will have the foresight of safeguarding this last bastion of the British colonial era. There are not many of such landmarks left in Kota Kinabalu.

The Londoners are very proud that they have the Big Ben. We dont have a Big Ben , we only have a Small Clock in a Tower called the Atkinson Clock Tower. Now the Atkinson Clock Tower is in danger of being overshadowed by such a mega project that includes a Shopping Complex and Hotel and Kota Kinabalu seems to have lost sight of this small Clock Tower in lieu of a mega project which will also destroy the beauty of the Signal Hill.

Save the Atkinson Clock Tower!

Selamat Hari Raya Idil Fitri

Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Sabah wishes its readers and members a joyous and blessed Hari Raya which is celebrated on Friday September 10, 2010, Maaf Zahir Bathin.

Merdeka Greeting

Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Sabah wishes all Malaysian Happy Merdeka Day which falls on 31st August 2010.

Ramadan Greeting

Wishing everyone especially the Muslim friends, relatives and associates a blessed Ramadan, may you get Allah's blessing in your fasting and the payment of tithes.

Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Sabah Gave Talk

Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Sabah President, Dtk Hj Light was invited to give a Talk on 'Independence and History' at the Labuan International School, WP Labuan on August 9, 2010 attended by the teachers and students who came in their Malaysia Flags uniform; such was an annual envent by the private school to celebrate the month of Malaysia Independence which falls on August every year. The President gave a copy of the CD of the Father of Independence for Sabah, Tun Datu Hj Mustapha Harun, a forgotten historical figure to many but not to some who still valued his services and sacrifices to bring independence for Sabah and Labuan to form Malaysia on September 16, 1963.

Ramadhan Greetings

Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Sabah wishies Mulism, particularly its members Happy Fasting in the holy month of Ramadhan which begin on August 11, 2010.