KOTA KINABALU: Sipadan Island, Sabah's pride with its amazingly diverse coral and marine life, needs votes to ensure it is listed as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
The island off Semporna has already passed the first round when it earned national qualification on Dec 31, 2008.
It was selected from a pool of 261 entries from 222 participating countries.
The second round of selection from January to 7 July 2009 will see qualified entries divided into seven categories. Each category will have 11 nominees. Currently, Sipadan is in the 17th position for the island category and requires more votes to make it to the top 11.
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment is therefore appealing to Sabahans to help place Sipadan Island in the list of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
At a press conference yesterday, Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said with the help of government agencies and travel companies, they hoped the island would garner enough votes to be included in the list.
Together with the Sabah Tourism Board, the ministry will embark on a "Vote for Sipadan" campaign to urge people to vote for the island.
(Source: New Sabah Times)
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Voting is easy and no charges are involved. Anyone above the age of 13 can cast their votes by simply visiting the websites www.sabahtourism.com or www.new7wonders.com/nature.
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