KOTA KINABALU: Safer conditions, a more conducive environment in which to study and being able to work after dark are among the benefits to some 700 villagers from Kampung Dogoton, Kampung Semayan and Kampung Rahmat in Pulau Banggi, Kudat since solar energy came to their homes last year.
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) on Friday (May 31) issued a tropical depression advisory detected at a latitude 19.0 north and longitude 112.2 east, approximately 235km northeast of Hainan, China.
Kota Kinabalu: The proposal to establish sea link between Kudat and Palawan in Philipines will help revitalise Kudat’s economy via opening up opportunities, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
Kota Kinabalu: “My presence here symbolises that any festival celebrated in the peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak is a shared celebration that must be respected.”
This excerpt from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s speech at the closing ceremony of the Kaamatan festival last year fittingly describes the importance of the harvest festival celebrated by all the people of Sabah every May.