News about Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): The Malaysian Estate Owners Association (MEOA) has applauded the Sabah state government's decision not to implement the proposed Property Assessment Tax (PAT) on palm oil mills and the labour quarters.

KINABATANGAN (May 13): The wait by the residents of five villages in Tongod to own their land was finally over when they received the individual native title from Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal here on Saturday.

SANDAKAN (May 11): DAP has retained the Sandakan Parliamentary seat with its candidate Vivian Wong Shir Yee winning today’s by-election there with a bigger majority.

KOTA KINABALU (May 6): The construction of a Hyatt Centric hotel in the city centre here will help boost Sabah’s economy, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said.

KOTA KINABALU (May 3): A resort city, costing RM5 billion, will be developed in Lokawi here, said Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.

  BELURAN (May 1): Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the issue of the villages located within forest reserve areas in the state would be brought to the state assembly meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): MMC Corp Bhd announced today that the Borneo Highway PDP Sdn Bhd (BHP) had on April 22 received a notification from the government to terminate the project delivery partner (PDP) agreement for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway.

KOTA KINABALU (April 25): Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal’s working visit to China resulted in the signing of 12 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth close to RM20 billion, involving local companies and Chinese investors in the industrial sector.

KOTA KINABALU (April 17): State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Jaujan Sambakong said the problem of house overhang in Sabah is not serious based on the records obtained for the past six years.

KOTA KINABALU (April 17): The Sabah Ministry of Infrastructure Development via the Sabah State Railway Department (JKNS) is in the process of preparing the Terms of Reference (TOR) and a preliminary route study on the 175-kilometre Kota Kinabalu-Kudat rail project, the State Assembly was told yesterday.