But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. After four harrowing years fighting on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns home to take a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. He hoped that the new application would also be adopted by other local councils across Sarawak to encourage more people to embrace recycling so as to promote environmental sustainability.Winner of the BookBrowse 2012 Best Fiction Book AwardĪ captivating, beautiful, and stunningly accomplished debut novel that opens in 1918 Australia - the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who make one devastating choice that forever changes two worlds.Īustralia, 1926. “I am sure it was a teamwork of hundreds of people and this matters more than entering the Malaysia Book of Records,” he enthused.Īt the event, Dr Sim also launched a new mobile application iBuyBack in connection with MBKS’ Recycling Buy Back Campaign to promote recycling among the locals in their daily life. He was pleased to note that ‘The Turtle in the Ocean’ had made an entry in the Malaysia Book of Records. He lauded MBKS for its initiatives in banning plastic straws, turning waste into an artwork as well as rolling out campaigns to bring more people together to contribute to the preservation of environment.

We are suffering also,” said the Public Health, Housing and Local Government Minister.ĭr Sim asserted that everyone can do their part to help raise awareness and promote environmental sustainability. “Climate change is no longer confined to foreign countries like Europe, US and remote islands. We can see this during the extreme weather, with last month having seen an excessive amount of rain and this month so dry. “Believe it or not, climate change is in Sarawak and Kuching.

In his opening address, Dr Sim reminded all that climate change is happening across the globe and not even Sarawakians could escape it. He could not reveal how many straws had been utilised to complete the artwork since an ongoing guessing contest is offered for the community in conjunction with the expo, which lasts until May 8. – Photo by Roystein Emmorĭuring the presentation at the MBKS Dewan Masyarakat at Jalan Padungan here, Yeoh announced that the artwork is six metres in width and three metres in height. Yeoh (fourth left) presents the honours to Wee witnessed by Dr Sim (fourth right).

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