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Floods: Only nine districts left affected as Sandakan closes its relief centre

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Floods: Only nine districts left affected as Sandakan closes its relief centre

KOTA KINABALU: Sandakan district deactivated its only temporary relocation centre at Masjid Nur Iman, Kampung Sungai Memanjang on Friday (Jan 31) at 1pm, reducing the number of flood-affected districts in Sabah from 10 to nine. The state disaster management committee secretariat shared in a statement that as of 8pm, 5,195 flood victims are still housed … Read more

Sabah minister fuming over snail’s pace of land acquisition for health clinics

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Sabah minister fuming over snail’s pace of land acquisition for health clinics

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah minister has taken the Federal Land Commissioner’s office in the state to task over an apparent lack of urgency in acquiring land for critical infrastructure needs like rural clinics. Sabah Community Development and People’s Well-being Minister Datuk said 23 health clinic projects in the state had experienced problems over the years … Read more