Where It All Began. (Part 1)
Once upon a time in Bayag, Kiulu. In the after math Second World War, Sui, a young Dusun rice farmer was toiling blood and sweat under the blissful heat of the Sun to make ends meet for himself and his pregnant, young wife Kisoi. It was 1952, when a son, firstborn, was born to the couple. Over the next few years, they had 4 more sons and 3 daughters, bringing the total number of their children to 8 (1 didn't make it out of infanthood). With the increasing need of a now enlarged family, young Sui was in deep dilemma. The district of Kiulu in 1960s were still largely undeveloped, and lack of development means lesser economic activities. With the exception of the traditional paddy fields and the recently planted rubber trees in some villages, the rest of Kiulu then were still part of the pristine, Borneo rainforests. Then came 1969. Eager to mirror the success of FELDA programme of his Malayan counterpart Tunku Abdul Rahman, the then Chief Minister of Sabah, Tun Mustapha Harun announc...