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FRIDAY DECEMBER 3 1999 Charting migration path of marine turtles Wong :Research will be successful Reports by Wilson Luke, Frankie Lian Labang, Aden Nagrace, Sharon Ling, Christie Aili and Harun Jau PHOTOGRAPHS : MOHD RADZI and JOHN CHAN KUCHING - Environment and Public Health Minister Datuk Amar James Wong is confident the Talang-Satang Turtle Research Working Group would determine the feeding grounds and successfully chart the migration path of marine turtles tagged with satellite tracking device by end of February next year. Launched this year, the satellite transmitter called PTT (Platform Transmitter Terminal) is glued to the dorsal carapace or shell of marine turtles when their nesting ends on the beach. When the turtle is on the surface, above the water, the exposed PT will send a burst of radio signal carrying information on the identity of the transmitter and other sensor data. He told reporters at the Dewan Undangan Negeri foyer yesterday this was feasible as proven by a marine turtle he had named `Puteri Limbang' being detected in the waters of the Philippines, northeast from the Sabah turtle islands. Two others were also found swimming in the same waters. A second marine turtle named `Puteri Talang' by Datuk Law Hieng Ding who is Science, Technology and Environment Minister, was last detected at Pulau Banggi off the northern tip of Sabah. Another has been detected in the Celebes Island near Pulau Padjang in Indonesia (1,800 kilometres away from.....