Tuaran: The Sabah Bumiputra Farmers and Stockbreeders Association (Petanah) wants the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) Government to consider reopening the Kiulu Agriculture Department branch office which has been closed for over 30 years.
KOTA KINABALU: Putrajaya must put its money where its mouth is over talk of making Sabah and Sarawak the rice bowls for the nation, says a political economist.
THE announcement to immediately implement large scale rice planting in Sabah by Federal and State Ministries is most welcome. There must be millions of acres of paddy land that have been abandoned for many many years.
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah should negotiate with the Federal Government to break Bernas’ rice monopoly and allow the proposed Sabah Paddy Board to take over, said Senator Datuk John Ambrose.