A decade ago, on my first trip to KK, I'd seen children wandering the streets of KK. They were street kids of KK and were identified by their occupation as street shoe-shine boys or 'Peggy boys' known to street children in the Philippines. These were the children of illegal immigrants that had been around for decades. Even today the federal and the state governments do not officially recognize them.
This time round, although the streets of KK looked much cleaner from these street kids but the large group of them whose parents are refugees or of mixed parentage holding IMM13 immigration stay pass don't go to school, taking up odd jobs ranging from car washing to peddling contraband cigarettes. Many are still blamed for various crimes such as petty thefts.
From the bloggers: thousand words: snapshots of life on Street kids of KK.
This time round, although the streets of KK looked much cleaner from these street kids but the large group of them whose parents are refugees or of mixed parentage holding IMM13 immigration stay pass don't go to school, taking up odd jobs ranging from car washing to peddling contraband cigarettes. Many are still blamed for various crimes such as petty thefts.
From the bloggers: thousand words: snapshots of life on Street kids of KK.
Spotted banana tree on Manukan island.
When I was at Borneo Global Backpackers, Karamunsing, I saw a note pasted on their noticeboard, a piece of paper written about the origin of the name Sabah. According to the history, in the olden days the people of Mindanao (Philippines) usually sailed in search for new lands, they were carried and landed on the west coast and saw a strange big banana tree. They called it 'Saba', later they went back to Mindanao to report about the finding. Saba was in the end pronounced as ‘Sabah’.
When I was at Borneo Global Backpackers, Karamunsing, I saw a note pasted on their noticeboard, a piece of paper written about the origin of the name Sabah. According to the history, in the olden days the people of Mindanao (Philippines) usually sailed in search for new lands, they were carried and landed on the west coast and saw a strange big banana tree. They called it 'Saba', later they went back to Mindanao to report about the finding. Saba was in the end pronounced as ‘Sabah’.
The market.
In spite of its status as a Malaysian state, Sabah remains a disputed territory; the Philippines has a dormant claim over much of the eastern part of the territory and the not so long ago Indonesia-Malaysia's Sipadan and Litigan island case before the International Court of Justice, which hears disputes among nations.
In spite of its status as a Malaysian state, Sabah remains a disputed territory; the Philippines has a dormant claim over much of the eastern part of the territory and the not so long ago Indonesia-Malaysia's Sipadan and Litigan island case before the International Court of Justice, which hears disputes among nations.
Today's Sabah, Starbucks are everywhere!
Kampung Pondo, Pasir Putih and Pulau Gaya, three villages in the region that are home to refugees, squatters, and legal and illegal immigrants can be seen as you're flying into KK.
In the shallow waters off the coast of the Kota Kinabalu about 30,000 Philippine migrants have built stilted homes. Most live in absolute poverty, their families having fled their homeland in the southern Philippines, where separatists have battled the government for more than three decades.
New shopping malls coming up really fast.
The view, part of the Gaya island known also as colony off Pulau Gaya occupied by illegal immigrants from the Philippines.
Kampung Pondo, Pasir Putih and Pulau Gaya, three villages in the region that are home to refugees, squatters, and legal and illegal immigrants can be seen as you're flying into KK.
In the shallow waters off the coast of the Kota Kinabalu about 30,000 Philippine migrants have built stilted homes. Most live in absolute poverty, their families having fled their homeland in the southern Philippines, where separatists have battled the government for more than three decades.
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