Sabah, Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: UPSR results show a 0.4 per cent decline in the passing rate of pupils in the State, the Education Department's Examination and Assessment Sector Chief, Mohd Nor Mohd Sharif, said Thursday.

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 23 -- Terengganu has recorded 185 cholera cases and Sabah, 18, as of Sunday.

State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said his Ministry in the meantime had set a target of RM4 billion in tourism receipts and 2.3 million tourist arrivals for next year, as outlined in the State budget.

The state government is finding ways and means to tackle overcrowding problems faced by religious schools in Sabah, due to an increase in the number of students every year said Minister in the Chief Minister's Department, Datuk Nasir Tun Sakaran.

KOTA KINABALU: Felda, which is known for its vast palm oil and rubber development programmes, is now venturing further - into the sea.

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 21 -- DAP Sri Tanjung assemblyman Jimmy Wong has described as a waste of time and public funds the move by the Sabah government to set up a special committee to investigate allegations on his possession of the Sijil Anak Negeri or Native Certificate.

KOTA KINABALU: The state government appears to have relented and has shelved plans to build a new water treatment plant in Penampang district following protests against the project there.

KOTA KINABALU: The proposed 300mW coal-fired power plant in the east coast Lahad Datu district will undergo stringent assessment before it can get off the ground, Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said.

A 33-member delegation consisting wives of Penghulus, Ketua Kampongs and Women Bureaus of Belait District village wards and village consultative council will leave for Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on a four-day goodwill and working visit from Nov 19-22. The visit is facilitated by the Belait District Office and led by Datin Paduka Hajah Salmah binti Haji ...

A lawyer holding political posts cannot contest for a post in the Bar Council, the Federal Court ruled today, in dismissing an appeal by lawyer R. Sivarasa, who is both a member of parliament and vice-president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat .

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 16 -- The Sabah government is committed to implementing the National Key Result Areas and Key Performance Indices to inculcate accountability among its administration and public service personnel.

KOTA KINABALU: A bid for an emergency motion to enable the House to debate a proposed 300mW coal-fired power plant at Tungku in the east coast Lahad Datu district was rejected by Speaker Datuk Juhar Mahiruddin.

NABAWAN : Sixty-year-old Anban Mansit suffers from high blood pressure and gout but he has hardly sought medical treatment for his condition in the last 10 years.

Kota Kinabalu: Barisan Nasional is lucky Sabah delivered in the worst-ever electoral performance by the ruling coalition last year.

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 14 -- Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it is not true that the young generation is no longer supporting Umno, it is just that they are facing obstacles to join the party.

Kota Kinabalu : There will always be a shortage of hotel rooms in Sabah for tourists and visitors, said State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun.

By Emin Madi KOTA KINABALU, Nov 11 -- When Datuk Yahya Hussin became the Sabah Minister for Agriculture and Food Industry, one of the changes that he made was to create a 'mini market' within the ministry's premises.

MUSIC fest Stompina Sabah, billed as Sabaha s first and biggest entertainment-based New Yeara s Eve celebration, will take place at Jesselton Point , Kota Kinabalu, on Dec 31 from 8pm till 2am.

The Orang Utan Conservation Colloquium was recently officiated by YB Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, at the Shangri-la Rasa Ria Resort .

RHB Islamic Bank has opened its first branch in Sabah, while showing off a new image.