Time for buses to take off to the conference venues:
(a) From Promenade Hotel — 7.00am
(b) From Best Western CourtyardHotel@1Borneo — 7.30am
Daily/weekly weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu, click the image below:
Summary Timetable of Conference Sessions*
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29 July 2008 (Tuesday) |
30 July 2008 (Wednesday) |
31 July 2008 (Thursday) |
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7.30 – 8.30 am |
Registration |
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8.30 – 10.30 am |
1A Intangible Cultural Heritage (I) |
3A History & Archaeology (I) |
6A Health, Healing & Borneo Societies (II) |
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P1B Migration Issues in Sabah (Special Panel) |
P3B Iban Language & Oral Traditions (Special Panel) |
6B Borneo Ethnography Research (III) |
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1C Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment (I) |
3C Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment (II) |
6C Borneo Languages & Linguistics (III) |
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1D Borneo Languages & Linguistics (I) |
3D Tourism Development (II) |
6D Borneo Geography |
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1E Borneo Ethnography Research (I) |
3E Politics in Borneo
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6E Economics & Development Issues (II) |
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10.30 – 11.00 am |
Refreshments |
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11.00 am – 1.00 pm |
2A Intangible Cultural Heritage (II) |
4A Intangible Cultural Heritage (III) |
7A Health, Healing & Borneo Societies (III) |
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P2B Ethnicity & Ethnic Relations in Sabah (Special Panel) |
P4B Issues & Trends in Contemp. Iban Society (Special Panel) |
P7B Cultured Rainforest Project, Kelabit H’lands (Special Panel) |
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2C Borneo Languages & Linguistics (II) |
4C Health, Healing & Borneo Societies (I) |
7C Education, Language & Borneo Communities (I) |
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2D Migration, Diaspora & Borderland Issues |
4D Tourism Development (III) |
7D Tourism Development (IV) |
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2E Tourism Development (I) |
4E ICT, Media & Communications |
7E Ethnicity and Identity |
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1.00 – 2.00 pm |
Lunch |
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2.00 – 4.30 pm |
Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address |
5A Human Resources & Industrial Relations |
P8A Borders & Border Communities in Sabah (Special Panel) |
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P5B Adolescent Psychology (Special Panel) |
P8B The 2008 General Elections (Special Panel) |
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5C Borneo Ethnography Research (II) |
8C Education, Language & Borneo Communities (II) |
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5D History & Archaeology (II) |
8D Intangible Cultural Heritage: Bajau (IV) |
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5E Economics & Development Issues (I) |
8E Gender & Social Transformation |
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4.30 – 5.30 pm |
High Tea |
Refreshments |
Closing Ceremony |
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*P1 – P8 = Special Panels; 1A – 8E = Concurrent Sessions |
Refreshments |
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Note: Detailed timetable is available here.
Take note, all prices are quoted in Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) [Currency Convertor is available here]. If you require any further information or assistance, kindly contact:
Fazlina Dzulkiflee
Sales Executive
Malaysia Airlines Kota Kinabalu
Office Address :
Sales Department,
1st Floor, MAS Admin Building
Kota Kinabalu International Airport
Off Jalan Petagas, P.O. Box 10194
88802 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
The organizing committee has made a special arrangement [i.e. discounted prices for BRC Conference’s participants – from 27th to 31st of July 2008] with two hotels:
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Promenade Hotels & Promenade Apartments Website: http://www.promenade.com.my Email: enquiry@promenade.com.my (superior room) apartments@promenade.com.my (apartments/condominium) Tel: (60)(88)260888 & Fax: (60)(88)261818 ** |
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Accommodation Types |
Per-Night |
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Superior Room |
MYR 166.75 Nett |
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Deluxe Suite (Apartment for 2) |
MYR 110.00 * |
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Family Suite (Apartment for 4) |
MYR 140.00 * |
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Superior Condominium (3-rooms for 6) |
MYR 280.00 * |
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Deluxe Condominium (3-rooms for 6) |
MYR 310.00 * |
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* * All prices quoted are exclusive of breakfast * Rate quoted subject to 10% service charge & 5% tax * Booking must be made by 15th July 2008 |
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Courtyard Hotel@1Borneo Website: http://www.courtyardhotel1borneo.com Email: jvince40@yahoo.com Tel: (60)(16)8336674 or (60)(16)8336645 ** |
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Accommodation Types |
Per-Night |
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Courtyard Single |
MYR 116.20 Nett |
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Courtyard Double |
MYR 127.70 Nett |
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Superior Single |
MYR 139.20 Nett |
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Superior Double |
MYR 162.20 Nett |
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* * All prices quoted are inclusive of breakfast Booking must be made by 15th July 2008 |
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However, conference attendees are also free to choose their own preferred accommodations other than those two listed. For more information on hotels available in Kota Kinabalu, please click here.
Please take note that all prices are quoted in Malaysian Ringgit (MYR). To assist you with currency conversion, please click here.
Borneo on the Move – Continuity and Change
The competition is divided into three categories:
a. Open (RM20.00 entry fee)
b. Students of higher learning institutions only (RM10.00 entry fee)
c. School students only (RM10.00 entry fee)
Entry (form, fee and photographs) MUST reach the organiser before or by 19th July 2008. Prizes for each category are as follows:
Open Category
Champion: RM1,000 + certificate
First runner up: RM750 + certificate
Second runner up: RM500 + certificate
Students Category
Champion: RM200 + certificate
First runner up: RM150 + certificate
Second runner up: RM100 + certificate
The complete rules and conditions, and the entrance form are available here (in pdf format).
Languages of Presentation
The official languages of the Conference will be English, Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia. Registration fees: RM350 (presenters & partcipants) and RM175 (students).
Conference Program
The outline of the Conference Program is downloadable here, and its online brochure is accessable here. The timetable and topics for Session Themes is tentative at this stage. Up to four papers can be included in each session, if necessary. The afternoon of Thursday 31 July can also be used for paper sessions, if a larger number of papers are to be presented. The Post-Conference visit to Sabah Museum could then be moved to Friday 1 August 2008.
Secretary
Miss Pauline Yong
Email: brc2008ums at gmail.com
Photography Exhibition
Mr. Suhaimi Salleh
Tel: +6-088-320000 ext 1842/1783
Fax: +6-088-320242
Email: ssuhaimi at ums.edu.my
BORNEO RESEARCH COUNCIL
NINTH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
29 - 31 JULY 2008
[Including Photographic Competition and Exhibition, 28 July-1 August 2008]
Organized by
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH
Theme
BORNEO ON THE MOVE: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
The Borneo Research Council (BRC) was established in 1968 as an incorporated non-profit organization for the advancement of knowledge in the social, biological and medical sciences with regard to Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan). The Council consists of an international group of scholars engaged in research in Borneo. It holds biennial international conferences at which the latest research in al academic fields connected with Borneo is presented and discussed.
Since 1990, these biennial international conferences have been held at various universities and institutions located on the island of Borneo. In 1992, Sabah hosted the Second BRC Biennial International Conference, which was jointly organized by the Centre for Borneo Studies (Sabah Foundation) and the Department of Sabah Museum, and in 2002 Universiti Malaysia Sabah organized the Seventh such Conference. The most recent BRC Conference was organized by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in Kuching Sarawak, during July 2006. The School of Social Sciences at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) has been selected to organize the forthcoming 2008 Conference.
A special Photographic Competition and Exhibition on the theme Borneo on the Move: Continuity and Change will be held in conjunction with the Conference. This will be open to any interested participants who wish to submit their photographs that are relevant to the theme.
