16th. October 2010
Su May, Kang, William and Valerie at Tawau, Sabah.
Crystal Clear water with live corals beneath
Former Newcastle University graduates can be found all over Malaysia. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Tawau, Sabah for the first time with my wife.
Flying there by AirAsia last Monday, my wife and I was met up by my University mate, William Yu and his wife, Valerie. William was my University mate the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering from 1976 to 1979.
Sipadan Island over the horizon
As I pursued my profession particularly focused on rubber processing and rubber agro-practices in Peninsular Malaysia, William became a planter taking care of his father's cocoa plantation in Tawau, Sabah. The smallholding later switched to a oil palm plantation which was easier to manage and less prone to disease in comparison to the management of a cocoa plantation.
Former Newcastle Uni graduates :Ms Chai and William Yu
We met up over last week and being my first visit to Tawau, Sabah, it is interesting to see oil palm plantations over in Tawau, Kudat and Semporna. Besides that, all four of us took a short trip to the Mabul-Sipadan Tourist resort to see the corals and islands. Beautiful beaches and clear water around the islands.
Besides meeting up with William, I had the opportunity to meet up with another Newcastle University alumni, Ms Chai who is running an agro bioscience company in Tawau that formulates and supplies fertilizers, agro chemicals etc. with her husband.
Besides, Tawau, Newcastle alumni graduates are also found in Kota Kinabalu eg. Dr. K S Lim
Certainly, if time and interests prevail, it will be a wonderful idea that former Newcastle Uni Alumni members can gather in Tawau for a short trip both for seafood, snorkeling or diving for more adventureous members.
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