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Malaysian Dance Festival - Sabah State Level
8-10 Augus 2008
This festival will be held at the Kota Kinabalu Community Hall at 8pm onwards from 8-10 August. Featuring performers from all over the state, they will present an array of traditional dances.

Menara Tun Mustapha (or Yayasan Sabah Building) Base Jumping
9-10 August 2008
In conjunction with the Menara KL International Jump on the 9 - 10 August 2008 will be an explorace call the FUNtastic Explorace organized by the Menara KL. The event will be held at Menara Tun Mustapha on the 9th of August. Entry forms are available at Sri Pelancongan Sabah, Sinsuran Complex or Sabah Tourism Board, Gaya Street.
Participants are presented with the opportunities to explore and gather knowledge on Menara Tun Mustafa and its facilities. The major sponsor of this program is PruBSN. This explorace involves teams of 1 adult and 2 children that are required to complete the tasks assigned to them while exploring the Yayasan Sabah grounds. At the beginning of the explorace, each team will be given a PruBSN FUNtastic Explorace Passport. They will then be required to collect stamps which bear the logo of PruBSN upon the completion of each task. Cultural elements will also be included in the fun tasks assigned.

Kudat Festival
10 August 2008
Malaysians are invited to participate in the Kudat Festival 2008, which will be held at Dewan Tun Mustapha and the town padang in Kudat Aug 10.
A variety of programmes and activities have been drawn up for the festival, which is organised by Warisan Amir Entertainment together with the Persatuan Talassemia Kudat, Pemadam and Pewasa Kudat and Safa Zon Utara. The main objective of the event was to raise funds for Persatuan Talassemia Kudat as well as replenishing the Kudat District Hospital's Blood Bank.

Sepilok Nature Half Marathon
10 August 2008
Runners from near and wide are invited to the Inaugural Sepilok Nature Half Marathon which will be flagged off from the Sandakan Sports Complex at 5.30pm on August 10th.
Registration will take place on the 9th August from 8am-pm at the MPS Square.

Sandakan Memorial Day
15 August 2008
To commemorate those who died and suffered the terrible atrocities, relatives and friends in Australia have initiated August 15 as the Sandakan Memorial Day. The memorial service is held annually at the Sandakan Memorial Park which was once the site of the POW Camp.
The Park includes a small museum, serves as a memorial to the thousands of Australian and British who lost their lives during the Japanese occupation. You can also see the rusting remains of an excavator, a generator and a boiler lie in their original positions, near steps leading up to a small Commemorative Pavilion.

22nd Sabah International Climbathon
23-24 Aug
Deemed as "the World's Toughest Mountain Race", the Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon is the ultimate challenge to take for those game enough to test their endurance by running up and down Mount Kinabalu for a total distance of 21 kilometers.

Sabah Tourism Board and its wholly-owned subsidiary - Sri Pelancongan Sabah Sdn Bhd as the organizer for the Mt.Kinabalu International Climbathon; through the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU), initiated to have Malaysia as the member country in the World Mountain Running Association. Malaysia is the first Asian member country to be in the WMRA. Climbathon received a major boost when Malaysia won its bid to host the World Mountain Running Trophy in 1999 at Kinabalu Park--which is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site.

Borneo International Cat Show 2008
23-24 Aug
The Inaugural Borneo International Cat Show will be held at the Sabah Trade Center, Likas from the 23-24 August from 10am-6pm. The judges from Australia and USA will team up to judge the best cats from around Borneo. The competition categories are: Championship Class, Premiership Class, Kitten Class and Household Class.

KFC 15th Merdeka Day Regatta
29-31 Aug
The Organisers, Kinabalu Yacht Club (KYC) and Sabah Sailing Association has the pleasure in inviting sailors from various recognised sailing clubs / associations to participate in the Merdeka Day Regatta 2008 from the 29th - 31st August 2008. This is a National Ranking Regatta and non-discardable for Sabah State Ranking. The Regatta is sponsored by KFC, the Marathon and Keel Boat races are sponsored by Sutera Harbour Marine, Golf & Country Club.

The venue shall be the Kinabalu Yacht Club and the races shall be conducted at the sea in front of Kinabalu Yacht Club and Sutera Harbour Marina, Golf & Country Club.

Ambang Merdeka
30 August 2008
The countdown to Hari Merdeka (Independence Day) begins today and at exactly 12 midnight, the Malaysian flag is proudly hoisted, accompanied by the National Anthem.

Merdeka Celebration
31 August 2008
On 31 August 1957, the federation of Malaya States gained its independence from the British. Hence, this day is known as 'Hari Merdeka' or 'Independence Day'. Every state will have a march-past simultaneously with the National level held in Kuala Lumpur.

Kota Kinabalu is our favourite city in Borneo! This may seem like a disingenuous statement given that we live here and there are not many cities in Borneo. However, consider some of the following aspects and you will see why Kota Kinabalu merits a closer look:

Kota Kinabalu (or "KK" to the locals) is a city by the sea with a colourful local scene. Not only is she is a thriving city with all the 'mod cons' we have come to expect from modern cities (like wiFi at your local Starbucks), but she is also a perfect launch pad for travel not only within Sabah and Sarawak, but also to the rest of Asia. A little-known fact is that KK has the second busiest international airport in Malaysia, with flights from almost all major Asian cities, and soon to be expected, direct flights from Europe.