Irwan Majid

Irwan is a photographer with The Malaysian Insight.

E-mail: irwan@themalaysianinsight.com

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‘Tip of Borneo’ top attraction of Sabah

THE town of Kudat, about 160km north of Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah, is known as the tip of Borneo. Known as the first capi...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

The last headhunters of Borneo

ONE of the largest indigenous groups of Sabah, the Murut people is made up of 29 sub-ethnic groups, including...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Mother of all tamu in Kota Belud

ONCE a year, Kota Belud hosts the Tamu Besar where people flock to this quaint district to join the festivitie...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Melangkap, a Sabah village changed by quake

THE 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Gunung Kinabalu four years ago changed the face of Sg Melangkap in Kota Belud....

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Foodpanda riders’ strike

ABOUT 100 Foodpanda riders in the Klang Valley went on strike in protest against a new payment scheme introduced by the...

Pulau Gaya folk to get prepaid water supply system

PULAU Gaya residents, who have long depended on vendors for their supply of treated water,  will now be the fi...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Say ‘no’ to Papar dam

SOME 200 anti-dam protesters made their way to Mondoringin in Papar, the area identified as the final site for the Papar...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

WW2 relic in Sabah kampung

KG Sugud in Penampang, Sabah, is preparing to turn its long-kept secret – the wreckage of a World War 2 Japanese fighter...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Blast fishing causing Sabah marine life to go belly up

BLAST fishing occurs daily in the waters of Sabah, endangering both fishermen and marine life, said Sabah officials. Th...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Chugging along jungles of Borneo

THE British brought the railway in 1896 to reach the fertile hinterland that produced agricultural products, such as tob...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

For true unity, nothing beats Sabah’s Kaamatan

THE harvest festival commonly known as Tadau Kaamatan in Sabah is a sacred tradition to honour the bond between the crea...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

From leper colony to refuge

PULAU Berhala, a 5ha forested island off Sandakan bay, was meant to be developed as a tourist hot spot.  It has co...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Pasar Kim Fung is where the action is

FOR most Sandakan folk, the local markets are not just a place to buy daily grocery needs, like the one in Mile 4 Bandar...

Irwan Majid5 years ago

Old village about to change forever

THE aesthetics of a 125-year-old village in Putatan is about to change forever as ongoing construction of the Pan Borneo...

Irwan Majid6 years ago

Glory and beauty of Mt Kinabalu

SABAH Parks is committed to preserving Mt Kinabalu’s Unesco World Heritage status despite the increased number of daily...

Irwan Majid6 years ago