Seeds Wonder of Borneo
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Book Details
About the Book
This is a story of a researcher involved in a research project on seeds that could be processed as food supplement. This product was presumably could prolong human lives. In the midst of a tropical rainforest, there is a plant that produces the incredible seeds. The new discovered seeds to become the panacea for a long life. Attempts were made by several groups to obtain the seeds and process them into the product that became a booming business throughout the globe. However, a conflict broke out when the World Human Life Foundation found the seeds, which became saleable products. Thus began stiff competition between the foundation and other entrepreneurs with similar motives. The researcher who led a team of experts was behind the foundation business success. He had to face challenges after challenges in promoting the product. Even after he no longer worked with the foundation, he continued to stay involved for the business’s sake, sometimes even at the cost of his own life. He was constantly harassed and intimidated; his life was put in danger and he was forced to live the life of a fugitive on the run and hunted across every country.
About the Author
Loji Roji Saibi was born in Sarawak, Borneo. He studied History and obtained a B.A. (Hons) at Science University, Penang, Malaysia. He continued studying and obtained other degrees; a graduate diploma at Leeds University, UK, M. Ed at Bristol University, UK and PhD at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He is a life-long learner. He had traveled to various places. Apart from Malaysia which he had traveled extensively (to every states) during the course of his work, he had visited Singapore, Jakarta, Bandung, Southern Thailand (Haadyai, Songkhla), Hong Kong, Macau etc. He had been to Europe including Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch), and Canada (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey). He had written a non-fiction book entitled ‘Attitudes to Work: Implication for Teachers in Sarawak’, based on his PhD Research. He also had conducted a case study on a secondary school regarding the outstanding students’ achievement and other topics. He had worked as a teacher, principal, regional education officer, senior education officer, and senior fellow of Ministry of Education, Malaysia. He had also worked in Brunei, a heart of Borneo for pristine forest, for a few years. He is most passionate with humanitarian work and involved in many welfare organisations.