- Local authorities (councils) to put up advertisements pertaining to their activities;
- Advertisement agencies/service providers to 'decorate' empty boards with nice designs as a means of promoting their services;
- The Government to give some tax incentives to advertising companies to cover blank boards;
- Under IRB (LHDN) taxation system there are rebates for individuals or companies who donate to the museums, book/painting galleries, etc. Explore this option for educative advertisement such as 'Keep Our City Clean', 'Drive Faster Proceed to Hell', 'Clean River Saves Water' and 'Say No To Smoking', "Kurangkan Pembaziran Berbelanja Dangan Bijak', etc.
- Sorry, but if everything else fails, consider removing those blank billboards.
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Blank Billboards in The City
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Kaamatan 2009 - Opening Ceremony
Started as early as 7.00am, we were not able to make it on time for the officiating by the CM as we left late from Kota Kinabalu due to the early drizzle that day. At the bus terminal compound Nescafe and Maggi join hands organising karaoke competition. Buy any Maggi product and you are in it.
I will follow you... pun ada sini juga. Mana geng merah? Takkan lah kuning saja.
Enter the shaded Tamu area and you can find almost every local hand-made craft you can imagine. Some were crafted small as replica and some are true-to-life size so that you can actually buy them and utilise them just as the locals would have intended them to be used as.
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“This is how you do it.” He explained that this 'flute' is used to lure Kologiau, a kind of bird in Dusun.
If you are good, you are good no matter how young you are!
Papar has never been short of local delicacies. I personally like the Kuih Jala
Variety of local handicraft on sale. Get your best bargain here.
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Gandingan tenaga tua dan muda dari Kg Kopimpinan Kawang Papar ini sedang mempamirkan kebolehan mereka bermain orchestra menggunakan peralatan muzik yang kesemuanya diperbuat daripada bambu.
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Pakcik berbaju putih bermain ‘percussion’ dengan penuh semangat. Semakin didekati beliau untuk mengambil gambar close-up, semakin kuat beliau memukul bambunya. Hehe
“Bah..Kotobian Tadau Kaamatan kumaa dia kio, Datuk!”
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Their Laughter is Our Cry
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This film is in English and according to the written narration, it claimed to have been adjudged the Most Popular Short Film, during the 56th Berlin International Film Festival.
Bear with me, I have done some homework and found this film NOT in the List of Award Recipients and I'm not at all impressed with what I found. Okay, you say it may be listed in the somewhat 3600 films submitted to the Berlinale but I could not find one that match the title of this short film, hence, my reservation its authenticity.
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Notwithstanding, whatever the source may be, it is a real good watch as it reminds us of the hunger that millions out there suffer from. So, be thankful for what we have, for what we possess (or rather manage) and let's be generous with what God blesses us with.
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Click here for more about Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and here for Berlinale Homepage
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