EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN SABAH, MOSTLY IN PENAMPANG: October 2014

Sunday, 19 October 2014

MORE COMPANIES DONATE RICE TO FLOOD VICTIM

18 October 2014

PENAMPANG. Following the Daily Express report on 16 Oct 2014, more companies have come forward to donate bags of rice to flood victims here as part of their social responsibility.

Leading them is the Chang Cheng Group of companies represented by Tee Hong Keng with a vanload of rice bags. The others who followed suit today were Car Accessories shop 2020 at Bundusan and Ah Fatt Koay Teow Restaurant Lido. All of them channelled their donation through a government recognised NGO Sahabat Alam Sekitar (SAS) represented by Datuk Jackson Boijol.

Pic shows Bryan Matasing (3^rd left) as Penampang UPKO deputy chief who is also the District Chief of the natives receiving the donations from Tee Hong Keng while Boijol (3^rd right) and the rest look on.

UPKO AND SAHABAT ALAM SEKITAR MALAYSIA COLLECTS AND DISTRIBUTED RICE TO PENAMPANG FLOOD VICTIMS

14 OCT 2014

Photo shows Boijol in blue striped shirt handing the donations to Mojuntin

Oswald Supi

PENAMPANG. “Be responsible with any remarks on the latest big flood.” Penampang UPKO Chief Datuk Donald Mojuntin was responding to question regarding those who insisted that the Babagon Dam was partly the cause of the flood, without actually checking out the facts or even seen what the dam looks like. He has been to the site and confirms the spillway allows only excess water to flow out in order to maintain the same safe level in the reservoir.

However, he is considering another visit with the UPKO youths to enable the relevant authorities to thrash this issue once and for all and counter the negative perceptions from the people.

Mojuntin was speaking just before accepting flood relief donations in the form of bags of rice, adding that donations from any NGO, companies and even opposition parties or private individuals are much welcomed and the UPKO youths are only making sincere efforts to carry out the distributions to those badly affected by the flood. This is not the time to politicise the suffering of the people, he added.

Later, another NGO called Pertubuhan Sahabat Alam Sekitar Malaysia (SAS) arrived with another 135 bags of rice. They were represented by Datuk Jackson Boijol as the Director for Sabah, together with his secretary Stephen Jimbangan and two executive members Edward Marail and Leung Chook Tuck.

In his brief handing over speech, Boijol informed that SAS is an NGO that works with the government to conserve and protect the environment. It was formed in 2012 and the head office is at Shah Alam Selangor. The President Datuk Haji Malik Yusop also shared his sympathy for all flood victims.

This event is impromptu but decided out of sincerity due to the call by the Chief of Unity Division to anyone who can help, this is not the time to brag or point fingers but instead carry out our social obligations. We hope other NGOs will follow suit, he added.

Later another company Chang Cheng Realty Sdn Bhd delivered 100 bags making the total collection on Tuesday to 235 bags of rice. It was known to UPKO that another 1500 families were still waiting for assistance.

Monday, 13 October 2014

NEXT DAY ON WEDNESDAY IT WAS STILL RECEDING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER

BUT ON FRIDAY IT CAME BACK AGAIN IN THE MORNING, OOO SHIT !!
At least the 2nd flood was only half the depth of the first one but remained at peak level for 6 hours before beginning to subside.
Proof of poor drainage.

Cars from Penampang Proper taking refuge at higher ground

Very slow recession of water on the next day Wednesday

Still lots of splashes going to Tanaki and Inobong

Still cannot enter lower ground driveway to houses

Rubbish collected by the flood in a rivulet joining near the outflow to Moyog river

Megalong basement carpark still flooded as on Thursday

The Impossible task of pumping water out of the longest swimming pool in Sabah.

Then the 2nd flood came on Friday Morning.

The water was still rising and yet this girl has time to sit on a plastic chair in the flood under her house.

The stupid bungalow at Penampang Proper now hidden by tall grass, nearly submerged to the roof. And this is the 2nd flood, the first did reach the roof

Site of the new Penampang Mini Hospital again flooded

But a few Penampang Kids have all the fun

Retired Engineer observing the flood characteristics

Maybe this was part of the cause of higher flood level. The width of the river Moyog is partly constricted in width by say 20 percent due to construction access for the New Dambai Bridge.

TWO FLOOD IN ONE WEEK THANKS TO MR VONGFONG- PENAMPANG 4TH WORST FLOOD

I say fourth because my house situated in a low lying ground about the same level as Penampang Proper village, had seen 3 flood levels higher than this one on 7th October 2014. However this is one flood that rose very suddenly, something like one foot in 5 minutes like a big wave have come thundering down from Babagon and Moyog.

It was just about one inch from my floor level where I got plenty of goods and musical amplifiers on the floor. I was wondering where I am going to place them when the water reached the peak. By that time I cannot see any more rain either at my house or upstream in the direction of Moyog.

That's why all the conspiracy theorist started pointing fingers at the Babagon gates, which of course does not exist.

Here are a few pics that I managed to take because at the peak of the flood I was already trapped inside my stilted wooden house.

Anyway the top 3 floods have names.

1. Hilda, flood level went one metre plus above the floor of my house
2. Greg, flood level about 0.3 m inside my house.
3. Forgot the name, flood level exactly level with the floor of my kitchen
4. this one, vongfong. I even hate their names. what next? Laukong ?