I. NATIONAL BANK OF BORNEO II. COMPANY BACKGROUND National Bank of Borneo is one of local banks in Brunei. Its establishment was indebted to Mr. Khoo Teck Puat the father of the detained Khoo Ban Hock. Mr. Khoo Teck Puat is a son of a rich trader‚ who in 1933 merged several banks together to form Singapore’s biggest‚ OCBC or Overseas- Chinese Banking Corporation. After his impeded rise in the position‚ he left and went to Malaysia. In Malaysia he founded Malayan Banking and very rapidly he was
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Amazon Rainforest in Brazil Location The Amazon Rainforest is located in South America‚ south of the Equator It covers 2.1 million square miles of land. The longitude and latitude of the Amazon rainforest is longitude = 71 degrees‚ 45’ and 55”W and latitude = 15 degrees 31’ and 05”S. Biotic Components Animals -- boa constrictor -- toucan -- poison dart frog Plants -- ferns -- algae -- rattan palms Abiotic Components The Amazon Rainforest has a rainy and dry season. The annual rainfall
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During the last school holiday‚my family and Iwent to a little known paradise on the Island of Borneo.We spent a wonderful vacation at Tanjung Simpang Mengayau‚a cape in the nothermost tip of Borneo. We met our guide in Kota Kinabalu and he took us by four wheel drive car.And it tooks us about 30 minutes to the cape.The road we took had potholes and was uneven but suprisingly it was a smooth ride because our guide was an exellent driver when it comes on rough road.Mid way on our journey we
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Amazon Rainforest: Clear-Cutting the Myths. There has been talk for years about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest. However‚ the Amazon is one of the most intact and least-endangered forests on the planet. The claim that the rain forests are being destroyed "at a rate of 20 football fields a minute" is false.
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of the Xingu River’s flow – Will devastate an area of 1500 square KM of Brazillian rainforest‚ displace 40‚000 people Deforestation occurring to increase standard of living – More timber needed‚ more space needed for houses and roads. Location – Brazil‚ Southern Hemisphere. Near to the equator to the south of Tropic of Capricorn Biodiversity: The variety of plant and animal life an area Tropical rainforest biomes contain the greatest
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3.1.1. Why does life thrive in the tropical rainforest? The tropical rainforest is very rich in water and food thus life thrives. We all know that food and water are the things that animals need the most for their survival. It also has a warm temperature due to the constant energy that the sun provides. The plants need the sunlight for the process of photosynthesis to be completed and use it to derived energy. And the plants serve as the food for some animals and these animals serve as the food
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Content No. Title page 1 HISTORY OF NORTH BORNEO(SABAH) -Sabah before the colonisation of the British 1 2 DURING THE BRITISH COLONISATION OF SABAH -The North Borneo Chartered Company 3 3 THE PEOPLE OF SABAH 5 4 HISTORY OF SARAWAK -Sarawak before the British colonisation 6 5 Sarawak during British colonisation 8 6 The people in Sarawak depending on who they are and their culture or traditions. - THE IBANS -BIDAYUH -ORANG ULU -MELANAU -CHINESE 10 7 FORMATION
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An issue in the world today that is extremely troubling is the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. The world’s largest remaining natural resource is at risk of total destruction. This beautiful South American forest represents 40% of the continent and 54% of the total remaining rain forests that are left. It covers nine of the countries in South America which include Brazil‚ Colombia‚ Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ French Guiana and Suriname. From May 2000 to August 2006‚ approximately 150
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The Amazonian Rainforest consists of an expansive 350 million square acres smack in the middle of Brazil and many other countries. It is the largest rainforest in the world and is home to hundreds of indigenous species of plants and animals. However Brazil’s developing status is endangering the rainforests existence. It is currently reported that 500‚000 trees are cut down every hour‚ and the country is losing anywhere from 20‚000 to 100‚000 species a year. To many this is unacceptable and the amazon
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forest area‚ with most damage occurring in the last 200 years. Many of the main causes of the rainforest destruction include: logging‚ agriculture-shifted‚ cultivators‚ agricultures-cash‚ crops and cattle‚ ranching‚ fuelwood‚ large dams‚ mining and industry‚ colonization schemes‚ and tourism. In most cases‚ this is untrue due to the nature of rainforests and of logging practices. Large areas of rainforest are destroyed in order to remove only a few logs. The heavy machinery used to penetrate the
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