Tanarimba - Location

Tanarimba - Location

THE VILLAGE OF JANDA BAIK


Tanarimba is right smack at the entrance to the village of Janda Baik. Passing the entrance of Tanarimba development and the Electrosola Factory, you will soon see a T junction. Going straight for approximately 8 kilometers will take you to another Y junction which can be described as the village centre of Janda Baik. Visible landmarks are the Ramadan Minimarket, and several restaurants and stalls. Turning left will take you back to the T junction. Taking the right turn will bring you to several large training centers including one for UMNO which in the process of being expanded. At the end of this road are several recent developments which are mainly holiday homes for the better ables from outside the village. Dotted along these road and side roads are numerous retreats or retirement homes and resorts which have been increasing in number in recent years.

A comprehensive map of Janda Baik is long overdue.

MSAbdullah.

My concern for the climatic stability of Janda Baik

The destruction of large areas of forest on the slopes of the mountains around Janda Baik continues unabated inspite of the appeals I have made to the responsible authorities all this past one year. Over the last two weeks, I noted that two small helicopters have been flying over the area. I hope some positive steps are being taken to put a stop to this degradation to the environment. However if what they are doing is not at all related to the illegal slashing and burning of the forest, I hope, whoever they are, they can help to photogarph the extent of the damage to the virgin forest cover and pass on the information to the State and Federal Government for immediate action to be taken to stop the senseless destruction to the environment.

I think I am not alone in this appeal for the preservation of the climatic condition around the Janda Baik valley and habitable slopes. The whole area is now dotted with new holiday homes built by city folks who prefer to escape from our polluted city air. More are on the look out for suitable sites by the crystal clear streams and rivers as well as secluded hill slopes to put up their own Shangrila. I am very sure that they share my aspiration to see that the environmental condition of this valley remains preserved for all time.

MSAbdullah.

SULTAN ISMAIL COLLEGE-CLASS OF 56

The two Form 5 Classes of 1956 at the Sultan Ismail College in Kota Bharu on the east coast of Malaysia [then Malaya]were the only group of about 80 pupils [the exact number is uncertain due to lack of record] in the whole state of Kelantan that prepared boys and girls to sit for the Senior Cambridge Certificate Examination in pre-independent Malaya. Pupils from other schools; there was then only a handful, had to compete to get into this school at various stages of their secondary school education, and those who failed to get in had to sit as private candidates if they pass the qualifying examination.

On 1st to 3rd September last year,more than thirty of the old boys and girls, some with their spouses, celebrated their Golden Jubilee Reunion in Kota Bharu. The occasion was a real joy for every one participating and for many they could hardly recognise each other when they first set eyes on each other. Making the number were old boys and girls who have returned especially for the occasion from the United States of America, Australia and Singapore. I was fortunate to be one of them.