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Sebatik Island
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Aerial View of Sebatik Island, Tawau, Sabah. Sebatik Island viewed from Tawau
Town
Nunukan is the main transit point to Tawau.
Sebatik island has nine sub-districts :
1) Krayan,
2) Krayan Selatan,
3) Lumbis,
4) Sembakung,
5) Nunukan,
6) Nunukan Selatan,
7) Sebatik,
8) Sebatik Barat
9) Sebuku.
Sebatik Island is just 20 minutes by speed boat from Batu Jetty of Tawau Town.
2008
Original reference source : By Nashir Mansor July 29, 2008 Gutsy Smallholder 'Strikes' Big With Oil Palm www.bernama.com/bernama
20 years ago, a 22-year-old young man went ahead with a bold venture to cleared
18 hectares of his family-owned land for oil palm cultivation at Sebatik Island.
Doubts expressed by the other farmers do not deter him from becoming a
successful farmer. With a capital of RM15,000 saved from his previous
cocoa-trading , he went on to becoming a successful farmer on cultivate oil palm
trees in his village Kg Sungai Haji Kuning.
This family style plantation farming has not been easy on Sebatik Island that
lacks basic amenities. In those days, the source of electricity was own
generators and the mud roads were in bad shape that it was almost impassable
even on bicycles. Affandi used to recalled the toughest in the early pioneer
years when the Sebatik Island lacked basic infrastructure. At that time, the
farmers had to entirely depend on the rain and wells for source of water. When
there was no rain for a week, the farmers were forced to get their water supply
from Tawau. Some workers gave up living on the island as they could not stand
having to fetch water from the well everyday.
Today (2011) Affandi's hard work is pay off when his earnings from oil palm
fruits reached RM100,000 a month.
His success does not stop there, as Affandi S. Mohd, now 42, has expanded his
estate to 50 over hectares in his island.............................
Read full story By Nashir Mansor July 29, 2008 Gutsy Smallholder 'Strikes' Big With Oil Palm www.bernama.com/bernama
2004
RM1.5mil to build roads on Sebatik
In 2004, the federal government has allocated RM1.56 million to build roads on
Pulau Sebatik
Another RM12.6 million water supply project also completed that benefit 5,000
residents of the island.
DailyExpress: The federal government has allocated RM1.56 million to build roads
on Pulau Sebatik here, said Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Abdul
Aziz Shamsuddin Sunday.
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=28765
2010
Rural Electricity Supply (BELB) project costing RM120 million expected to be
completed by the end of 2010
Sebatik water project costing RM27 million expected to be in operational 2011.
The RM27 million Pulau Sebatik Rural Water Supply (BALB) project is expected to
be operational by June 2011, benefiting about 5,000 residents there. The
project, which started in October 2009, is expected to solve the clean water
supply problem on the island.
Several other development projects for Sebatik Island are in the pipeline
including :
Upgrading 90km farm roads that will benefit about 2,000 people in the
agriculture industry and the Kg Sungai Tamang and Kg Sg Tongkang bridges. These
projects will be carried out during the 10th Malaysian Plan period.
2011
Reference Source :
Indon swimmer sets Cowie Bay record :
www.dailyexpress.com.my/news
Jellyfish, strong current stop Malaysia-Indonesia friendship ocean swim :
www.mysarawak.org/2010
Ibrahim Rusli
First man across Cowie Bay
Indonesian swimmer, Ibrahim Rusli, 46 became the first man to swim 8km across
the Cowie Bay from Sebatik Island to Tawau Town on 12th January 2011.
He is the first Indonesian to swim across international waters.
Rusli Ibrahim achieved his wish to swim across Gulf Cowie.
He landed at Batu-Batu at Sabindo area, Tawau Town at 10.30am after swimming for
five hours from Sungai Nyamuk, Indonesia.
From Sebatik Island, he was flagged off by the Sebatik Indonesia District
Officer.
During the duration, Ibrahim was accompanied by 25 media personnel from
Indonesia.
He was tired by the waves and current but continued on in his bid to bring
Indonesia's name up to a higher pedestal with strong support from family and
friends.
He made his first attempt on Aug. 3, 2010 but failed by stinging jellyfish in
the sea.
Rusli Ibrahim, 46, is an employee of the Information Department in Indonesia.
This successful attempt made him the first swimmer to complete the journey from
Sebatik Island's Mosquito River to Tawau Town 8 kilometers away.
His main barriers across the Gulf Cowie is poisonous jellyfish that habitat at
Cowie Bay sea water. It was these poisonous jellyfish that failed him in the
middle of the sea August 2010 last year.
This time the sea water was calm, jelly fish did not show up.
"I'm really proud and excited to finish this swimming. When doing the swimming
today, I do not think about giving up. " Rusli Ibrahim said
Acting Chief Consul at the Indonesia Consulate General Office in Tawau W.R.
Hendro hoped Ibrahim Rusli success would be able to foster greater relationship
between the two neighboring countries.
The Government of Malaysia through Tawau Municipal Council (MPT) warmly welcomed
the arrival of Ibrahim Rusli and his entourage.
Ibrahim has his next goal : to climb Kilimanjaro mountain in northeastern
Tanzania, Africa. This mountain height is 4600 meters from mountain foot. This
is the highest peak in Africa, with the height of 5895 meters above sea level.
Ibrahim Rusli
perenang pertama takluk Teluk Cowie, Tawau.
Siapa Ibrahim Rusli?
Ibrahim Rusli berusia 46 tahun yang merupakan seorang kakitangan Jabatan
Penerangan Indonesia di wilayah Kalimantan Timur.
Apa kejayaan Ibrahim Rusli?
Ibrahim Rusli menjadi perenang pertama yang melengkapkan perjalanan dari Sungai
Nyamuk di Pulau Sebatik ke pelabuhan Tawau yang jaraknya adalah sejauh 8
kilometer.
Apa halangan utama Ibrahim Rusli merentasi Teluk Cowie?
Semestinya hidupan ubur-ubur berbisa yang menjadikan Teluk Cowie sebagai
habitatnya kerana faktor geografi Teluk Cowie.
Kenapa aku menganggap kejadian ini bersejarah adalah kerana aku mengikuti
perkembangan perenang ini sejak kegagalannya merentasi Teluk Cowie pada Ogos
2010. Kegagalan itu disifatkan sebagai kejayaan tertunda… Ayat ini sangat
bermotivasi.
Puadede.Com
Ibrahim Rusli perenang pertama takluk Teluk Cowie, Tawau.
puadede.com/v1/
2011
Sejahtera mini oil palm estate (Mesej)
Sejahtera mini oil palm estate (Mesej) project is a 300ha project for
hardcore poor in Kampung Sungai Laba, Pulau Sebatik.
Basic infrastructure at the mini estate include roads and houses.
This is the first of 15 such projects earmarked for Sabah in efforts to
eradicate poverty in Sabah.
Some oil palm trees in the Pulau Sebatik Mesej project had started to produce
fruits in 2009. Besides earning dividend from the harvest, the participants
could also get salaries if they chose to work in the mini estate.
Pulau Sebatik is an island known for being bisected by the Indonesia-Malaysia
border.
This unknown Island to many Malaysian has the potential to be another Tawau’s
tourism destinations.
The island is already a popular destination for anglers due to its rich marine
life.
Its multi-cultural community is also an attraction for visitors who want a taste
of the unique Sabahan lifestyle.
PROBOSCIS MONKEYS
Sebatik island is also a habitat for proboscis monkeys.
ACCOMMODATION IN PULAU SEBATIK
Home stay programmes is a GOOD way to increase the ISLAND residents’ income.
CERAMIC REEFS
The science, technology and innovation ministry has chosen the sea-bed off Pulau
Sebatik as the first location in Sabah to be planted with ceramic 'reefs' to
encourage fish breeding.
The placement of the eight artificial reefs, each weighing 1.2 tonne, at a depth
of about 23 metres under the sea, was launched by Sebatik State Assemblyman
Abdul Muis Picho in January 2011
About 200 fishermen in Pulau Sebatik are expected to benefit from the artificial
reefs.
The artificial reefs were built by Sirim Berhad and the local community in
Sulabayan, Semporna, under the ministry's Technology Application Programme
(TAP).
The environmental-friendly 'reefs' are the first to be placed in Sabah and can
last up to 50 years.
Similar reefs would be placed in Pulau Sapi, Sandakan, Kota Belud and Kukup in
Johor.
2012
Clinic proposed for Pulau Sebatik
Published on: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Sebatik Assemblyman Abdul Muis Picho proposed the setting up of a clinic at
Pulau Sebatik to cater to the island's more than 4,000 inhabitants. The island
is shared with Indonesia.
He said a two-hectare site in Kg Bergosong Besar has been identified for the
clinic, with beds, a permanent doctor and emergency ward.
"I visited the site with a Tawau Health Department officer and motion for the
department to apply for the lot with the Land and Survey Department.
We hope this endeavor would succeed as we wish to see improved health facilities
for the island's 4,500 inhabitants," he said.
Abdul Muis said he had raised the matter with Deputy Health Minister (Datuk
Rosnah) during her visit to Tawau and was given to understand the Government
needed a suitable site for the purpose.
On a separate development, Abdul Muis said youths at Kampung Bergosong Besar
could now enjoy the new RM150,000 futsal court in their village. It was the
third futsal court on the island.
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=81818
2013
The development in Pulau Sebatik brought a positive impact to Tawau as
the island is divided between Malaysia and Indonesia.
Malaysian government has been developing Pulau Sebatik to spur the economy and
uplift the living standard of residents on the island.
Sabah Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO) plans in 2011 was to build eight
shop houses to uplift the economic status of residents on the island.
The newly completed RM2.5mil jetty made easy for allows Pulau Sebatik residents
taking their agriculture products to processing factories in Tawau.
‘Give us roads, schools, hospital’ :
www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category
2013
Sebatik Assemblyman Abdul Muis Picho
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