KUCHING: For Chief Minister Adenan Satem, “Ooo-haa!”, an Iban call for the community to convene, has become one of his favourite exclamations.
Whenever he utters it at functions or events, he never fails to get a thunderous “Ooo-haaa!” in return.
To Adenan, the expression has come to mean “I Love Sarawak!”
He explained what the call meant to him while launching the Sematan River waterfront project and Sematan River estuary rehabilitation project in Sematan, about 100 km from here, today.
The Sarawak chief minister has certainly endeared himself to the community by embracing this social heritage of the Iban.
He is also known to exclaim, “You-you!” at functions and events in the rural areas. According to him, it means, “You know what I know” among friends.
– BERNAMA