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Sabah to host joint Kaamatan-Gawai
bash
April 18, 2009
(Source: New
Sabah Times)
Penampang: Sabah will
host a joint Kaamatan-Gawai
celebration on June 12, this
year.
The third edition of the
celebration will be hosted
by the Kadazandusun Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)
after it was organised in
Miri, Sarawak by its
counterpart, the Dayak
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (DCCI), last year.
According to the
publicity chairman of the
organising committee, Pius
Jaua, various programmes
have been lined up for the
annual event, including
showcasing the Kadazandusun
and Dayak cultures.
"This includes the
parading of the Kaamatan
Unduk Ngadau and the Kumang
Gawai," he said at a Press
conference here, Friday.
Among the main objectives
of the celebration are to
further enhance the
friendship, goodwill and
networking that have been
established among members of
the two Chambers, he said.
"Equally important would
be the need to put into
practice the call by the
Government for greater
national unity and
integration, through
intermingling and
interacting during a joint
celebration such as this,"
he said. Jaua said KCCI's
adviser, Datuk Ajit A Galun,
has been appointed as the
Organising Committee
Chairman.
Minister of Plantation
Industries and Commodities,
Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, is
expected to be the guest-of-honour
with DCCI President, Tan Sri
Leo Moggie, and KCCI
President, Frederick
Lojingki, also on hand.
Last year, more than 200
members from Sabah attended
the joint-celebration in
Miri and this year it is
expected that Sarawak would
reciprocate by sending a
bigger delegation. More than
600 members and friends from
KCCI and DCCI are expected
to turn up for the
celebration this year at a
venue yet to be determined.
More information can be
obtained by contacting
KCCI's main office, Sylvia
Olas or Titik Mojigoh at
088-726306/727306 |