The Exotic Rambutan Fruit The Rambutan fruit is native to Malay Archipelago‚ Southeast Asia. It is botanically named a Nephelium lappeleum. To people of Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ the Philippines‚ Vietnam‚ Borneo‚ and other countries of this region‚ the Rambuton is a comparatively common fruit like an apple which is common to many people in cooler‚ climate. The Rambutan is naturally red in color but they sometimes seem yellow orange. ‘Rambut’ is a malay word which means “hair”‚ therefore‚ it got its
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security forces and supporters of self-proclaimed Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III. The 74-year-old Kiram claims to be the heir to the Islamic sultanate of Sulu‚ which once controlled parts of the southern Philippines and the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo. President Benigno Aquino III has sharply criticized the intruders and urged them to surrender unconditionally‚ but a spokesman for Kiram has said his followers were prepared to die to defend their historical claim over
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Singapore. The result was incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) on 12 October 1937. On 2 April 1947‚ MAL took to the skies with its first commercial flight as the national airline. However‚ it was renamed as Malaysian Airlines. Soon after Borneo Airways was incorporated into MAL. In 1965‚ with the separation of Singapore from Malaysia‚ MAL became a bi-national airline and was renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). A new logo was introduced and the airline grew exponentially with new services
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Some of the worlds’ smallest primates are committing suicide at alarming rates. Are their deaths due to chemical imbalances in the Tarsiers brains‚ or are there other contributing factors. This paper will explore possible explanations on the Tarsiers’ declining population rates. Several reasons will be proposed to the causes leading to why the Tarsiers may become extinction. Several ways to help prevent the unnatural extinction of these primates will be discussed. Things such as‚ putting a stop to
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Cultural evolution of the early Filipinos Through archaeological records and extensive researches‚ Historians believed that during the Pleistocene Epoch‚ the first settlers of the Philippines . Pleistocene Epoch The first settlers of the Philippines came from the present-day islands of the Malay Archipelago when sea levels were lower‚ creating land bridges to the Southeast Asian mainland. These Paleolithic Hunters May have followed herds of wild animals across these land bridges to
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southwest are Malaysia and Singapore. The Philippines is separated from her nearby Asian neighbors by several bodies of water - the Pacific Ocean on the east‚ the South China Sea on the north and west‚ and the Celebes Sea and the coastal waters of Borneo on the south. Two thousand of its islands are inhabited. Luzon‚ the
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DEFORESTATION AND SPECIES LOSS 1.0 WHAT IS DEFORESTATION? Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. 2.0 WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF DEFORESTATION? 12-15 million hectares of forest are lost each year‚ the equivalent of 36 football fields per minute. 3.0 WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION? Deforestation can happen quickly‚ such as when a fire sweeps through the
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Environmental sciences ECOSYSTEMS RAINFOREST By: Christina L. Jackson The business dictionary definition of rainforest is a dense forest of evergreen trees growing in regions of heavy year-round rainfall in tropical latitudes (such as Amazon Basin‚ Borneo‚ New Guinea‚ North-East India‚ and Zair Basin) and warm temperate latitudes (such as Eastern Australia‚ Florida‚ South Africa‚ South Brazil‚ South and Central China‚ South Japan‚ and New Zealand’s North Island). Nearly half of these forests are in
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1‚Jane Goodall 1. Jane Goodall is a noted humanitarian‚ environmentalist‚ and has spent many years observing the behaviour of Chimpanzees in their native habitat. Born: April 3‚ 1934 (age 79)‚ London‚ United Kingdom Children: Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick Awards: Hubbard Medal‚ Nierenberg Prize‚ Community of Christ International Peace Award‚ Benjamin Franklin Medal‚ Edinburgh Medal‚ William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementMore Education: University of Cambridge (1962–1964)‚ Newnham
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Fuelled by a young and dynamic team of visionaries‚ the domestic carrier turned into an international airline in less than a decade. With the formation of Malaysia in 1963‚ the airline changed its name to Malaysian Airlines Limited. Soon after‚ Borneo Airways was incorporated into MAL. Within 20 years‚ MAL grew from a single aircraft operator into a company with 2‚400 employees and a fleet operator using the then latest Comet IV jet aircraft‚ six F27s‚ eight DCs and two Pioneers. In 1965‚ with
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