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6th September, 2012
KOTA KINABALU: The Orang Sabah Style ‘Oppa Gangnam’ parody fever has taken YouTube by storm, hitting some 1.4 million viewers yesterday in just two weeks.
The latest craze has also attracted the attention of Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Peter Pang, who specially flew in from Sandakan to catch up with the group members during a courtesy call at his Ministry’s office here on Tuesday.
During the meeting, Peter encouraged the band to promote Sabah through their songs and offered the Ministry’s help if the group needed it for their future plans.
“I am very happy that all of you have put Sabah on the map through the parody and hope you will all keep away from doing controversial and negative songs that could tarnish our image,” stated Peter.
The group has no leader and all of us discuss and make decisions collectively, said Geoseph Liong, who wrote the Hakka lyrics of the single made famous by Korean K-pop star PSY who released the song on July 15, this year.
“It took me about one hour to pen the lyrics and it took us two days to do the shooting. And we took eight hours to edit the video,” said Geoseph, who is an event organiser.
“We did this video out of fun and we were shocked to get so many viewers and followers, something totally beyond our expectations,” he said.
There were about 30 extra cast members involved in the shooting process and all of them are our friends, he said. So, at the end of the day, we treated them to meals and drinks to appreciate their help and support, he said.
The video clip featured the various tourism attraction spots in and around Kota Kinabalu, he said.
“We are lucky to get into the trend to promote Sabah and we received overwhelming support from the people from all walks of life who commented that they are proud to be a Sabahan,” stated Geoseph.
Videographer, Jack Wong, said, the lyrics of the song are related to Sabahans’ everyday lifestyle and it featured some negative elements which they hope to take it out from the clip.
“The production of the video didn’t cost us a single sen as all the people we engaged are our friends,” he said.
The other key members in the group are lead singer Chai Nyit Sheng and Sunny Chai, both siblings.
The meeting was also attended by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Datuk Suzannah Liaw, Sabah Youth Council president, Kevin Lim and its deputy, Nourman Rayn and the Minister’s press officer, Jacky Wong.
(Source: New Sabah Times)
September 5, 2012
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday held a four-eyed meeting with the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, at his office here in conjunction with the two-day 16th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam Annual Leaders’ Consultation which started on Monday.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah was greeted upon arrival at the Perdana Putra Complex by Najib at 10.55am, before the two leaders proceeded to Level Five for their meeting.
Wisma Putra had said that the two leaders would take the opportunity of the annual meeting to appraise the progress of the ongoing cooperation and explore new potentials for an enhanced partnership that can mutually benefit the peoples of the two countries.
The ministry said the consultation was the most important event in the annual calendar of both countries, serving as a mechanism for discussion on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of common concern.
The 15th Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam Annual Leaders’ Consultation, held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Sept 12 last year, saw the two leaders witness the signing of an agreement and three MoUs.
Later, at Level Three, the two leaders witnessed the exchange of documents pertaining to the Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Malaysian and Brunei Governments.
Malaysia was represented by Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir and Brunei, by its Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pehin Datuk Lim Jock Seng.
The agreement was signed by International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed and Lim on Sunday.
Najib and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah then went to the Perdana Meeting Room for a briefing by the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).
Pemandu’s main role and objective is to oversee the implementation, assess the progress, facilitate as well as support the delivery and drive the progress of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). — Bernama
(Source: The Borneo Post)
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