News about Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Tenants at Sabah’s 1Borneo Hypermall are “in distress” after the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) completely cut off the mall’s electricity supply for the second time today, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Sabah’s Infrastructure Development Ministry will form a committee to replace appointed consultants to monitor the building of the Pan Borneo Highway project in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The new Pakatan Harapan government will continue to roll out the 1,060km-long Pan Borneo Highway (pictured) linking Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, but the mega infrastructure project will be "looked into" to reduce its costs — expected at RM16 billion — said Works Minister Baru Bian.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and two projects under the finance ministry (MoF) unit Suria Strategic Energy Resources Sdn Bhd (SSER), namely the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) projects, have been instructed to suspend all works with immediate effect.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Sabah’s of Agriculture and Food Industry ministry wants a total and immediate ban on sand mining and dredging activities in Keningau.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Construction company Bina Puri Holdings Bhd is hoping to sustain last year’s financial performance at the very least, given that the property market remains tepid, while drastic cost cuts by the new Pakatan Harapan government have derailed several key projects.

KOTA KINABALU (June 27): 1Borneo Hypermall was literally made to take some heat today when it had its power supply partly disconnected for failing to settle its electricity bill amounting to a hefty RM9.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): A law maker has come in support of the 1Borneo Hypermall, the Sabah mall that hit the limelight yesterday for having a massive RM9.

PETALING JAYA (June 26): The cancellation of the Tanjung Aru Eco Development (TAED) project by the new Sabah state government has been hailed by the non-governmental organisation Save Our Open Spaces.

PETALING JAYA (June 26): The Parti Warisan Sabah-led state government aims to hold local council elections in the state – either within this term or the next five years – in tandem with the federal government’s plans to re-introduce local council elections.