KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s water demand is much higher than what its Water Department is able to supply for now, says state Works Minister Datuk Shahelmey Yahya.
KOTA KINABALU: Youths involved in land rights advocacy in Ulu Papar, not far from here, are hoping that the government would consider taking alternative measures to provide a more consistent water supply instead of building a dam.
KOTA KINABALU (Oct 10): Thirty participants of the Youth Involvement Study Workshop organised by The Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (Joas) expressed their objection to the construction of Papar Dam.
Their spokesman, Joas Youth chairman Billy Paten said the 30 youth are from six involved v
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah, which is facing water supply problems in certain areas, can better capitalise on its abundant rainwater through coastal reservoirs instead of conventional dams, says an ex-lawmaker.
I would like to devote this article on the essence of the speech I delivered on behalf of Sabah Economic Advisory Council to the Sabah Chinese Economic Conference on 23 August 2023. The speech consists 4 parts. Part 1-Why re-create Sabah The past. Part 2- Hajiji’s -creation of Sabah. Part 3.- Solutions for major infrastructure problems. Part 4- Hajiji’s New Sabah. Exciting opportunities
Most points in my speech are public facts and can be verified in the press and google.
Part 1-Why re-create Sabah-The past.
Soonest Hajiji was sworn in as CM, he was confronted with many serious problems. Some of which are:
[a] Sabah has been in an economic doldrum since the mid-1980s [almost 40 years]. We were the No. 2 state in Malaysia, only behind Selangor, but has since sunk to the bottom position. Economic growth has been stunted with the lowest household income and highest rate of unemployment. Thousands of young Sabahans have migrated to W Malaysia and Singapore to seek j