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  The Tenom Orchid Centre
TENOM is a small, quiet town in the interior of Sabah.
It is at the Tenom Orchid Centre that intensive efforts are being made for the preservation, propogation, research and documentation of the orchid species found in Borneo in general and Sabah in particular.
The Tenom Orchid Centre was established in September 1979 within the 625-hectare Tenom Agriculture Research Station in Lagud Sebrang, 15 kilometres from Tenom town.
members.fortunecity.com /chinfahshin/4folder/orchid.html   (812 words)

  
  Tenom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tenom is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
Tenom is one of Sabah's more scenic interior locations, with the Crocker Range towering impressively immediately behind town.
In the center of Tenom is a statue to Ontoros Antonom (1885-1915), who led the Rundum Revolt of the Murut people against the British colonists in the Rundum District of Tenom in 1915.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tenom   (200 words)

  
 Tenom - Wikipedia
Tenom terletak di selatan Kota Kinabalu, negeri Sabah, Malaysia Timur.
Tenom kira kira 2,238 km atau 930 batu persegi dan meliputi Daerah Kecil Kemabong.
Tenom Pangi membekalkan elektrik ke seluruh kawasan Sabah terutama sekali di Kota Kinabalu.
ms.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tenom   (134 words)

  
 Package Tour in Sabah,Malaysia:Kinabalu Tenom Village Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tenom is a small town in the Interior District of Sabah and it is also the centre of the Murut, a group of hill tribes (Murut means "Men of the Hills"), who have lived in this region for times immemorial.
Although many young people of the tribe have adopted the fast pace of a modern civilisation creeping inland from the capital, some of them still prefer the life in the jungle, hunting with a dog, a parang (machete) and maybe even their traditional blowpipe.
In the heart of Tenom town is the Antonom Memorial.
www.travelmallasia.com /asia_tours/malaysia/sabah/kinabalu_tenom_village_tour.html   (336 words)

  
 Tenom Offers Tourism Potential - st970525   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
TENOM district is located in the international division of Sabah, and comprises two State constituencies, namely Malalap and Kemabong.
The state Assemblyman for Melalap (formerly Tenom) is Datuk Kadoh Ferdinand Agundong of Akar Bersatu and that for Kemabong is Datuk Rubin Balang of Sabah Progressive Party.
Tenom is accessible via the highway which passes the districts of Penampang, Tambunan and Keningau.
agrolink.moa.my /moa1/newspaper/agrotourism/st970525.html   (428 words)

  
 NEI (UK)'s Tenom, Sabah....
To visit Tenom you will need to set aside a whole day but it can be visited easily as a day trip, which we will be happy to arrange for you if it is not already included in your selected tour.
The town of Tenom is situated in the heart of the southern mountains of the Crocker Range.
Travelling to Tenom is usually to experience one or two things - the ride by rail car from the Beaufort railhead, through the Padas River Gorge, or, to include a visit to the Plant Preservation Centre, created by Englishman, Anthony Lamb.
www.neiuk.co.uk /tenom.html   (254 words)

  
 Jasmine Travel & Tours (S) Sdn. Bhd.
His statue stands tall to signify the bravery of the hundreds of Murut warriors who together with Ontoros Antonom were killed in the great uprising against the British colonists in the Rundum District in 1915.
Tenom is therefore an important centre for the Murut community, and this small hilly town is surrounded by longhouses, where young "warriors" still take their blowpipes and hunting dogs out for a 'stroll' in the jungle to catch supper.
Tenom boast agricultural products and is a centre for orchards and vegetable cultivation.
www.jasminetravelborneo.com /nature_wildlife.asp   (1871 words)

  
 SabahTravelGuide.Com, The ultimate travel guide to Sabah, Borneo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tenom is a small town in the Interior District of Sabah and it is also the centre of the Murut, a group of hill tribes (Murut means "Men of the Hills"), who have lived in this region for times immemorial.
Tenom is therefore an important centre for the Murut community, and this small hilly town is surrounded by longhouses, where young "warriors" still take their blowpipes and hunting dogs out for a 'stroll' in the jungle to catch supper.
Tenom boast agricultural products and is a centre for orchards and vegetable cultivation.
www.sabahtravelguide.com /mapguide/default.asp?page=tenom   (510 words)

  
 Islands Info - Tenom
I've since found out that they are members of a local secretarial association, and this is an overnight picnic-style sleep-over at a campsite in Tenom.
I've also discovered who is married, and if so, how many kids they have (photographs flourished), a wish list of where they'd like to travel (most of them want to experience the big-city lights of Kuala Lumpur) and what sort of music they enjoy.
Tenom arrives all too soon, and we say our reluctant goodbyes, exchanging names and e-mail addresses.
www.islandsinfo.com /tenom.htm   (1209 words)

  
 ebalaitenom
The Tenom District Fire And Rescue Department was formerly known as The Tenom District Fire Department started its operation in 1973.
The Tenom Fire And Rescue Department took the duty of fire-fighting from the police department in the year 1973 with members of 15 firemen.
The Tenom District is situated at the lower part of Sabah (Pendalaman).
www.p.sabah.gov.my /bomba/ebalaitenom.htm   (349 words)

  
 Tenom - Destination Guide - Hotel Near   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The small town of TENOM was once the bustling headquarters of the Interior District of British North Borneo, but today it's a peaceful backwater that's best-known for the impressive train journey to Beaufort (2hr 30min).
The fastest and most comfortable of these is the railcar, but you must book ahead for this on 087/4735514 or at the station.
Tenom Station is on the southern edge of the padang.
www.hotelnear.com /782/787/795/2392g/Malaysia-Sabah-Tenom-Destination_Guide.html   (218 words)

  
 National Indicator Approach (NIA) – The Hospital Tenom Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The target of the study was to measure and monitor the quality of care provided against continually improving standard, shortfalls in quality (SIQ) identified and remedial measures instituted.
Phase 1 involved the study from January to June and phase 2 from July to December 2001.
Every ward was also encouraged to conduct a quality assurance or HSA study so as to sustain the progress of improvement.
www.ihsr.gov.my /QA_Abstracts/NIA.htm   (323 words)

  
 balai tenom
Jabatan Bomba Dan Penyelamat atau dulunya dikenali sebagai Jabatan Perkhidmatan Bomba Malaysia Daerah Tenom mula beroperasi pada tahun 1973.
Balai Bomba Dan Penyelamat, Daerah Tenom mengambil alih tugas dan tanggungjawab pihak polis pada tahun 1973 dengan keanggotaan dan kekuatan tenaga operasi seramai 15 orang anggota.
Jarak daripada Pekan Tenom ke Taman ini ialah 15 km.
www.p.sabah.gov.my /bomba/balaitenom.htm   (320 words)

  
 Tenom Southbound Agrotourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Keningau is the most important town of the Interior South and is the gateway of the timber industry linking the West Coast Interior and Tawau.
About another half an hour ride from Keningau is Tenom where Lagud Seberang Tenom Agriculture Park is situated.
The Lagud Seberang Tenom Agriculture Park house a collection of over 1,000 types of crops which are economic importance from all over the tropical regions around the world.
benchant.tripod.com /special_interest.htm   (176 words)

  
 report from borneo
Here they try to plant every type of crop plant imaginable, from herbs and spices, to fruit trees, to vegetables, to find out how well they might grow in the tropical climate, and then to assist the local farmers in growing those crops which actually succeed in the harsh tropical humidity and heat.
The train was full of people who had been to the Tenom markets for the day, and there was little room to move.
After departing a largish station about 20 km from Tenom, we only managed to get another km or so down the line before we came to a landslide cutting the line.
www.borneo.com.au /report.htm   (2617 words)

  
 Sabah Cities and Towns, Malaysia
The Murut in Tenom live in longhouses and are a generous, hospitable people who take up any excuse to let loose with song and dance.
A major attraction in Tenom is the Tenom Orchid Center which has more than 600 species of orchids.
Keningau is 48 km by road from Tenom and can be used as a stopover point before making excursions deeper into the Murut districts of Tenom.
www.about-malaysia.com /sabah/cities-towns.htm   (690 words)

  
 Nature & Eco Packages - Sabah 21
Then ascend 250m/800ft in only 32km/20 miles, along the spectacular boulder strewn Padas Gorge, passing rain forests and hamlets, to Tenom, an interior upland town.
Drive 20km/ 12miles to Tenom Agriculture Park, closed on Mondays, at Lagud Sebrang to visit its Orchid Centre and the Living Crop Museum.
Lunch at Keningau before continuing to Tenom (46km) for overnight.
backknack.tripod.com /travel/nat_sbh21.htm   (246 words)

  
 TrekEarth | huts Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
come take a visit to the Tenom Agricultural park and these huts will be one of the first things you'll see.
Tenom is about three hours away from the state capital,Kota Kinabalu and the agricultural park is the main tourist magnet here.
I like the fact that you have left a tiny bit of sky at the top to give scale to the mountain behind.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Malaysia/East/Sabah/Tenom/photo291944.htm   (268 words)

  
 Daily Express: Local News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tenom: The district Wanita Umno is making promotion of local products throughout Malaysia, including Tenom-made handicrafts, its main agenda.
She said Kemabong has been chosen as a centre for Murut handicraft production and they would work closely with Malaysia Handicraft and the Tourism Ministry to ensure the handicrafts are promoted well.
She said Tenom Wanita Umno regretted that most tourists who came to Sabah took home products mostly made from the Philippines.
www.dailyexpress.com.my /print.cfm?NewsID=32556   (388 words)

  
 TrekEarth | Tenom ricefields Photo
Almost all the way from Tambunan to Tenom, for a distant of 100km, rice fields sit on both side of the highway.
From Tenom to the Park, it is only a 15 minutes drive.
You captured the view with a fine POV,great details and sharpness and very nice lively colors you reached,the tractor is busy and working in the farm and that gives a lively touch to the scene,also the cloud that amazingly beautiful in the sky made the shot more attractive,I like it very much,
www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Malaysia/photo281990.htm   (309 words)

  
 phorum - Hakka Chinese Forum at Asiawind - The Hakkas in Tenom, Sabah. Malaysia
The first Hakka to settle in Tenom was Dai Fa (À¹µo) who was a worker in the employment of the North Borneo Company building the railway from Api to Tenom.
After the war, the Chinese in Tenom decided that the two school should be merged into one school called Zhong Hua Xue Xiao (¤¤µØ¾Ç®Õ).
In Tenom the lingua franca among the Chinese population is Hakka.
www.asiawind.com /forums/read.php?f=1&i=1299&t=1299   (818 words)

  
 NSOM at the Xie Lab
This high resolution and strong signal generation should be capable of, for example, mapping the spatial distribution of PSI and PSII in the thylakoid membrane.
While TENOM has presented a solution to issues of high resolution optical imaging, it does have several intrinsic drawbacks.
We are currently exploring a variety of approaches to eliminate the few drawbacks of TENOM and to expand the capabilities of apertureless NSOM in general.
bernstein.harvard.edu /research/nearfield.html   (1226 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Of course, considering "before" was the difference between 7.30 and 8.00 am, I wouldn't call it a moment of sheer pride.
With coffee practically turning the gears of the whole Tenom economy, it would have been a crying shame if we hadn't seen the best and boldest of Tenom coffee.
By the strike of twelve noon, the coconut...trees and their constituent fruits had been stripped bare of all substances edible by man. All that was left was a forlorn tree spine that looked as if it was about to topple onto us any moment out of spite.
www.mybbkul.org /News/currentnews/news20030104c.html   (1423 words)

  
 Sabah Agriculture Park
The journey from Kota Kinabalu to Tenom takes about 3 hours, journeying through the mountainous Crocer Range and down to the Tambunan Valley, passing through quaint, tradisional Kadazandusun villages, continuing on to Keningau and finally, Tenom.
If you choose to travel by bus or train, you have to change buses at Tenom town which is about 15 km from Taman Pertanian Sabah.
If you are rushing for times, you can follow the earliest Railcar service From Beaufort at 6.30 am and reach Tenom by 8.30 am (but of course you have to drive early to get to Beaufort in time).
www.sabah.net.my /agripark/Getthere.htm   (226 words)

  
 Interior of Sabah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Orchid Centre in Tenom was established over a number of years by a British man, Anthony Lamb.
After lunch, continue by car down the Crocker Range via small towns to Tenom, home of the friendly Murut people, and visit the Orchid Centre and crop museum.
Overnight, high in the township of Tenom at the Perkasa Hotel.
www.conceptscom.net /jasra/docs/travel/itinerary/sabah/jhwemk01.htm   (243 words)

  
 SabahTravelGuide.Com, The ultimate travel guide to Sabah, Borneo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Because the Rafflesia is one of the rarest plants on earth, and because it takes anything from 9 to 21 months until a bud flowers - only to last for less than a week - attempts at artificially growing them in order to study them have been made since 1929.
The attempt at the Tenom Agricultural Park was initiated under the former park manager Anthony Lamb and former research assistant Herbert Lim, with the seeds coming from Dr Willem Meijer, a scientist who spend nearly three decades studying Rafflesias throughout South East Asia.
State Agriculture Department Botanist Jain Linton said that the discovery yesterday came as a shock after having waited for nearly ten years: "the last report on the successful propagation via seed inoculation was recorded in the Poring Orchid Centre, and at Kg Kokob, both in Ranau, in February 2000 by Sabah Parks.
sabahtravelguide.com /travelogue/details.asp?articleid=55   (1763 words)

  
 Chu-A-Lug in Sabah: The North Borneo Railways: ThingsAsian
The railway was diverted from its original route and a line was built from Beaufort to Tenom and Melalap.
After Pangi, Tenom looms just ahead in its strategic position at the junction of the Padas and Pagalan rivers, known as the "Gate to the Interior".
Tenom is the heartland of the Murut community and is known for its coffee and tobacco plantations.
www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/2244   (1576 words)

  
 selidik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This research is important to the development of the society which helps the tourism industry based on eco and cultural tourism.
Help the goverment bodies like the ministry of tourism and culture and the muziums with documentation to plan strategies.Help School of Art in teaching material concerning the arts and culture of ethnic groups in Sabah.
Do a final "penilaian" on the materials collected.carry out experiment on the dance movements.conduct a test on the design of the music equipment of the Muruts in Tenom and final presentation and research report from every lectures.
www.ums.edu.my /pps/Research.htm   (948 words)

  
 Brudirect.com  - Local News
No sooner they arrived in the tsunami-ravaged Aceh province in Indonesia, the Mercy Mission from Brunei lost no time in setting up logistics for their relief operations to help alleviate the suffering of the afflicted victims.
Among their initial list of priorities was the establishment of a field hospital in Tenom Island where 70 per cent of the population was said to have perished.
Other than immediate plans to set up a field hospital in Tenom, medical personnel from the Brunei contingent will also be posted in Banda Aceh to help in the ongoing relief and medical operations.
www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Jan05/140105/nite07.htm   (491 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As we feasted on none other than the now-famous Tenom economy mee, we pondered what that meant about our trip.
Had we experienced the sights and sounds of Tenom without fail, or did that mean we had just, in short, spent another four days of our life in Tenom?
It was a blessed relief when the women gently prodded us with a friendly reminded that we had done our time in Tenom.
www.mybbkul.org /News/currentnews/news20030104d.html   (323 words)

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