Suluk Filipinos make renewed attempt to seize power in Sabah

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, a Pathan-Dusun, is a man hogging the headlines once again these days but for the most bizarre of all reasons. The Suluk Filipinos are after his head as they eye the Chief Minister’s post in a renewed bid. Musa, affectionately known as Moses among his fellow Dusuns, has Foreign Minister [...]

Retelling the Sabah Story!

SABAH, once almost synonymous with despondency, has been rising from the ashes of gloom and murkiness. The nearly infamous GDP growth rate of 8 per cent that was termed a miracle more than once is not just where the story begins or ends. The dreadful past that saw this North Borneo state decelerating, deteriorating and [...]

Sabah can be the future model of growth under Musa Aman

Musa Aman will be back in the saddle even after the 13th GE which is expected anytime now. As he returns to Sabah, a third term, as the longest serving chief minister of Sabah, and who has broken the 9 years jinx, after generating a hope for the better for the average man on the [...]

The lessons from Sabah are slowly being assimilated!

In the next ten years, development will become the main political issue with different social groups demanding their share of the Sabah growth story. The clearest evidence that the political paradigm is changing came from Musa Aman’s sweeping victory in the 2008 Sabah assembly elections. He cooked up a storm with a development plank that [...]

Is Shafie Apdal the hidden hand behind KDM Malaysia?

The shadow boxing by certain UMNO politicians using Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a Barisan National component in Sabah and the Kadazandusun Murut Association Malaysia (KDM Malaysia) may be a precursor to a battle for the gaddi in Kuala Lumpur. Sabahans often accuse their politicians of being short-sighted. Judging by the rhetoric’s, lobbying, mudslinging, conniving and [...]

Cyber War on between Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan National in Sabah

The Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nastional, in an effort to target the youth and first time voters in the state, are leaving no stones unturned to outsmart each other in the usage of Information Technology tools. Though, the Pakatan Rakyat clearly seems to have the edge right now, Barisan claims that it is fast catching [...]

Sabah 2012 Budget Is the Biggest Ever RM4.048 Billion

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has turned the fortunes of the state around since he came to power in 2003. He has come down hard on corruption, has improved infrastructure and infused new life into a creaking state machinery. Sabah achieved sound financial management 11 years in a row with clean bill certification awarded by [...]

Sabah on a growth curve

Location continues to be the key factors for real estate developers. And higher focus, within the real estate parameters, has been provided to occupiers demand followed by supply and indicator fluctuation. Sabah’s real estate market has responded to the improved sentiments now being seen across the rest of the country. Construction activity is evident largely [...]

What makes Musa Aman special?

The Sabah outcome of the March 2008 Elections has confirmed the pre-poll conventional wisdom about Musa Aman’s victory based on his successes on the development and law-and-order fronts. But what makes the chief minister stand out from his other equally successful political colleagues is the inclusive nature of his politics. As a result, although the [...]

Musa Aman is not your usual run in the mill politician

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has got another feather in his cap from none other than Rosmah Mansor the Prime Minister’s wife, the latter obviously impressed by the efforts towards empowering women and the overall development of the state under the stewardship of Musa Aman. Ever since coming to power in march, 2003, the quiet [...]