Archive for February, 2008

Feb
29

MUW Membership Card

We have finalized the new membership card. Many thanks and rounds of applause for making this happen. Tremendous team work by:
1. Deepblu
2. Eddvamp
3. Chotty
4. Jasmine
5. Syed KA
6. Sheik
1. Front

Sorry about the The MUW words as in the design, my camera tikam cannot capture those. But can be seen by naked eyes.

2. Back of the card

Notice […]

Feb
27

Sustainable Island Programme (SIP) ‘08

The year 2008 has been designated as the International Year Of the Reef and Sime Darby Plantation has agreed to support the Sustainable Island Programme. The Programme is a joint collaboration between Wild Asia and Reef Check Malaysia, which will potentially see up to 30 certified Malaysian Underwater (MUW) Ecodivers surveying dive sites on the […]

Feb
27

MATTA Fair March 2008

Date  : 14th March 2008 until 16th March 2008
Venue: Putra World Trade Centre (Click HERE for Map)
The MATTA FAIR ‘08 will showcase a comprehensive range of travel and holiday products from all over the world in one place. During these three days, visitors can expect to find attractive bargains and great value in all the […]

Feb
25

MUW’s appearance in FINS Online Magazine.

Read more FiNS Magazine Issue 7.1 (14.5 MB) Jan/Feb08

Feb
25

Antarctic depths reveal bizarre new life forms

Sea spiders the size of dinner plates, giant worms and jelly fish with 18 ft-long tentacles have been discovered by a scientific expedition exploring the largely unknown waters of Antarctica.

Man’s effect on world’s oceans revealed
Antarctic seabed ecosystems invasion threat
Acidic oceans threaten marine life
The bizarre menagerie - many of the creatures are new to science - […]

Feb
22

IYOR ‘08 Exhibition & Launching @ One Utama, 20-24 Feb 08

This year 2008 is the International Year Of the Reef (IYOR) and Malaysia is coming forward with its own slogan “OUR Reefs, OUR Heritage, OUR Responsibility”.
From the 20th - 24th of February, The Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, in collaboration with several local NGO like ReefCheck, Coral Malaysia, MNS, WWF have put together […]

Feb
15

Underwater scooter offers unique ride

Craig Ross, founder of Calibre Boats, takes a Scuba Scuta for a spin at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World. Photo / Brett Phibbs
 
The fish weren’t the only curious snappers yesterday at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World when Kiwi boat builders Calibre Boats launched their Scuba Scuta, an Australian invention which the company is exclusively building and […]

Feb
15

Win Miflex Xtreme high performance specialist diving hose

Miflex hoses are committed to supply the high quality products for the scuba diving market with the XTREME high performance range of diving hoses which has been developed in cooperation with expert divers for a superior […]

Feb
11

Fool’s Gold: Another dumb scuba movie populated by fools

HOLLYWOOD, California (6 Feb 2007) — There are several dazzlingly pretty but profoundly dumb characters in “Fool’s Gold,” characteristics they share with the film itself.A treasure-hunting comic romance set in the Florida Keys, it’s sunshiney enough to correct your midwinter vitamin D deficiency, and very easy on the eyes.But you could find a more intellectually […]

Feb
11

UK navy to end goat experiments

The respiratory physiology of goats ‘closely resembles’ that of humans.

The Ministry of Defence says it will abandon deep-diving experiments which involve inducing decompression sickness in live goats. The animals were used to see what the likely risk of “the bends” would be following escape from a submarine at […]