29. March 2021 · Comments Off on Notice for the 2021 Extraordinary General Meeting of Sabah Environmental Protection Association · Categories: News & Updates

Notice is hereby given to all members that the EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION will be held on :

Date : 17th April 2021 (Saturday) at 2PM
Venue : KINABALU DAYA HOTEL, Level 6, Function Room

AGENDA:

  1. President to call the meeting;
  2. Presentation of the account and financial report by the Treasurer 2019 & 2020.

Please note that:

  1. Only members with updated memberships of the society are eligible to attend and participate in the meeting according to the laws of the society. No proxy attendance or voting will be allowed.
  2. For those who are unable to attend physically to the AGM, SEPA will provide an online venue via zoom to ensure all members can participate. Please provide your email address to sabahsepa@gmail.com or info@sepa.my by 10th April 2021.
  3. For members who wish to renew their annual membership can bank-in to SEPA Alliance Bank account: 100 390 010 004 986
  4. Reminder to all SEPA members to:
    • Practice social distancing
    • Always wear mask
    • Follow SOP

Soriya Ling,
Secretary

16. February 2021 · Comments Off on Notice for nominations for the General Election Session 2021-2023 Of Sabah Environmental Protection Association · Categories: News & Updates

Dear Members,
Notice is hereby given to all members that the NOMINATION FORM AND MOTION FOR GENERAL ELECTION Session 2021-2023 will be held on Saturday, the 20th of March 2021 at 2.00pm, Kinabalu Daya Hotel, 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.


Nomination form (in pdf format) can be downloaded from www.sepa.my website, and all the nomination forms must be returned to the Secretary by e-mail to sabahsepa@gmail.com or info@sepa.my .


The submissions of nominations forms must be sent before 4pm, by the 23rd February 2021.

NOTES:

  1. Should you have any queries, please contact us at this email sabahsepa@gmail.com or info@sepa.my .

Dayang Norwana
Secretary
SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

01. February 2021 · Comments Off on Notice for the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Sabah Environmental Protection Association · Categories: Uncategorized

Notice is hereby given to all members that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION will be held on;

DATE : 20th March 2021 (Saturday)
TIME : 2PM
VENUE : KINABALU DAYA HOTEL, LEVEL 6, FUNCTION ROOM

AGENDA:

  1. President to call the meeting;
  2. To confirm minutes of the AGM 2019;
  3. Report by the Secretary, activities and success stories during the year 2019;
  4. Presentation of the account and financial report by the Treasurer 2019 ;
  5. Adoption of motion;
  6. Election of 2021 SEPA Executive Committee.

Please note that;

  • Only members with updated memberships of the society are eligible to attend and participate in the meeting according to the laws of the society. No proxy attendance or voting will be allowed.
  • For those who are unable to attend physically to the AGM, SEPA will conduct a live streaming to ensure all members can participate.
  • For members who wish to renew their annual membership can bank-in to SEPA Alliance Bank account: 100 390 010 004 986
  • Reminder to all SEPA members to:
    • Practice Social Distancing
    • Always wear mask
    • Follow SoP

Dayang Norwana
Secretary

05. October 2020 · Comments Off on 2020 AGM POSTPONEMENT Notification · Categories: News & Updates

Dear Members,
We regret to inform you SEPA AGM 2020 will be postponed due to the interdistrict travel ban as announced made by Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

We have been advised to hold off any meetings and social events until further notice. SEPA is obliged to ensure the safety and health of our members.

However, with respect to our members, we would like to inform to all members SEPA will be voting (to remove) on a motion of a change of clause in the SEPA
Constitution of Society under 15.3 –

Neither the Association nor its members are allowed to be involved in the activities of the Labour Union, as provided in the Trades Union Act 1959

Dayang Norwana
Secretary

02. September 2020 · Comments Off on Notice for the 2020 Annual General Meeting of Sabah Environmental Protection Association · Categories: News & Updates

Notice is hereby given to all members that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SABAH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION will be held on
DATE : 10th October 2020 (Saturday)
TIME : 2PM
VENUE : KINABALU DAYA HOTEL, LEVEL 6, FUNCTION ROOM

AGENDA:

  1. President to call the meeting;
  2. To confirm minutes of the AGM 2019;
  3. Report by the Secretary, activities and success stories during the year 2019;
  4. Presentation of the account and financial report by the Treasurer 2019 ;
  5. Adoption of motion.
    Please note that:
  6. Only members with updated memberships of the society are eligible to attend and
    participate in the meeting according to the laws of the society. No proxy attendance
    or voting will be allowed.
  7. For those who are unable to attend physically to the AGM, SEPA will conduct a live
    streaming to ensure all members can participate.
  8. For members who wish to renew their annual membership can bank-in to SEPA
    Alliance Bank account: 100 390 010 004 986
  9. Reminder to all SEPA members to:
    a) Practice social distancing
    b) Always wear mask
    c) Follow SoP

Dayang Norwana
Secretary

17. March 2020 · Comments Off on 2020 AGM Postponment Notification · Categories: News & Updates

Dear Members, We regret to inform you SEPA AGM 2020 will be postponed due to COVID-19. We have been advised to hold off any meetings and social events until further notice.

SEPA is obliged to ensure the safety and health of our members as well as to abide the government Movement Control Order.

Dayang Norwana

Secretary

22. February 2019 · Comments Off on NOTICE FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION SESSION 2019-2021 OF SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION · Categories: News & Updates · Tags: ,

Dear Members,

Notice is hereby given to all members that the NOMINATION FORM AND MOTION FOR GENERAL ELECTION Session 2019-2021 will be held on Saturday, the 23rd of March, 2019 at 2.00pm, Kinabalu Daya Hotel, 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Nomination form (in Microsoft Word format) can be downloaded from www.sepa.my website, and all the nomination forms must be returned to the Secretary by e-mail to sabahsepa@gmail.com or info@sepa.my .

The submissions of nominations forms must be sent before 4pm, by the 23rd February 2019.

 

Notes:

  1. Should you have any queries, please contact us at this email sabahsepa@gmail.com or info@sepa.my .

 

Julia Hwong
Secretary General
SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

 

22. February 2019 · Comments Off on 2019 AGM Notification · Categories: News & Updates · Tags: , ,

Dear Members,

NOTICE FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SEPA 2019

Notice is hereby given to all members that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SABAH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION will be held on

DATE : 23rd March 2019 (Saturday)

TIME : 2 pm

VENUE : KINABALU DAYA HOTEL, LEVEL 6, FUNCTION ROOM

 

AGENDA:

  1. President to call the meeting;
  2. To confirm minutes of the AGM 2018;
  3. Report by the Secretary, activities and success stories during the year 2018;
  4. Presentation of the account and financial report by the Treasurer 2018 ;
  5. General Election

 

Please note that:

  1. Only members with updated memberships of the society are eligible to attend and participate in the meeting according to the laws of the society. No proxy attendance or voting will be allowed.

 

Julia Hwong

Secretary General

 

01. July 2015 · Comments Off on New Civil Society Coalition Announced – GUAS · Categories: Environment, News & Updates

We are a newly formed civil society coalition who appeal to the State Government to take steps to ensure that promises made in regards to sustainable development be fulfilled through implementation of existing laws and procedures.

Sabah is an area of significant cultural heritage and biodiversity and and we must ensure that future generations are still able to benefit from this and not have to deal with environmental disasters we leave them.

We are a speaking up on behalf of Sabah, its people and future generations in the hope of obtaining Development Justice. We have named our coalition GUAS which translates to the word tree in Kadazandusun or the main trunk of the tree.

We welcome other groups to join us. Currently GUAS comprises of the following members:

  • Greenfriends
  • Himpunan Hijau
  • Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia – JOAS
  • PACOS Trust
  • Sabah Environmental Protection Association – SEPA
  • Sabah Women’s Action Group – SAWO
  • Save Open Space Kota Kinabalu – SOS KK

 

Today, we would like to highlight the following issues :

  1. Examples of ongoing failures in existing environmental safeguards:
    • The proposed Kaiduan Dam without the consent or agreement by local community. No documentation has been provided to objectively demonstrate whether or not the dam is essential in order to provide future piped water supplies for western Sabah. No concrete documents or studies have been forwarded by the responsible agencies to the community or NGOs.
    • The destruction for a PEMANDU & SEDIA aquaculture project of healthy mangrove forest in Pitas, and Kudat. These mangroves areas have been utilised by local communities for their source of protein and livelihood., In Pitas land was cleared prior to the approval of the EIA (2,300 acres according to the EIA submitted). A similar situation is seen in Kudat. Both projects began before the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was approved. And there are reports of ongoing clearing outside the companies designated areas in Pitas and continued clearing in Kudat, even though the company has been compounded by the relevant government agencies.  This matter has been reported to the agencies by the communities and NGOs and is still being investigated.
    • The degazettement of a Class I Forest Reserve in 2013 to make way for a proposed gold mining project close to Tawau Hill Park, and surrounded by Class I Forest Reserve. The Terms of Reference (ToR) for this proposal have been rejected twice at the Panel review meetings chaired by  Environmental Protection Department.  A third ToR is going to be tabled at a Panel meeting on Wednesday, July 1st. Why was Forest Reserve degazetted for a proposal that lacked an EIA? With Mamut Copper Mine a lasting environmental disaster, does Sabah necessarily want another copper mine??

 

 

  1. The 11th Malaysian Plan 2016-2020 (11MP) was revealed by the Prime Minister in May 2015 as being pro-growth, pro-people, pro-business, environment friendly and emphasis on nation building. We applaud this statement – we are all for environmentally friendly projects but fixing environments after they are exploited and damaged is not only a costly exercise but a long process.  We should instead focus on protecting the environment we have now and focusing on sustainable development in areas that are not environmentally sensitive and/or  designated as a cultural heritage.

 

National and State environmental laws, regulations and procedures are in place. Why are we not using them?

 

More and more we see the rule of law being disregarded by companies, why does this issue keep repeating itself? Compunding these companies do not seem to be acting as a deterrent.

 

We also note there is a lack of specific initiatives for Orang Asal communities in Peninsular and East Malaysia, this would hurt the 11MP’s aim of lifting the incomes of the Bottom 40% (B40) of households.

 

According to Assoc Prof Dr Madeline Berma, an economist with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as quoted in the media, this is because a majority of Orang Asal communities in the Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak are at the bottom of the B40.

 

The Federal government has approval from Parliament to spend RM260 billion on the 11MP which is the government’s final push to bring Malaysia to high-income nation status.

 

One third of the 11MP is focused on inclusive growth, including raising the incomes of the B40, reducing costs of living, supporting the disabled and building rural infrastructure.

 

Thank you.

 

For further information, please contact us at: guas.sabah@gmail.com

 

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08. June 2015 · Comments Off on Announcement to All SEPA Members · Categories: News & Updates

SEPA (Sabah Environmental Protection Association) is registered under Registar of Society Malaysia (ROS), the proceedings of this Association strictly adhere to its constitution.

NO ONE can represent SEPA in any external dealings with our stakeholders unless they have a written permit by the President of SEPA and the Executive Committee.
Any such person wrongfully misrepresenting SEPA will be dealt with in a manner befitting this offence.
Any Ordinary Member/Life Member acting on behalf of SEPA without going through due procedure will be struck of the Membership List and action will be taken.
Please contact SEPA at info@sepa.my for any clarification.