Sarawak, Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, May 20 - Geographical and political factors caused Sabah's immigrant population to rise drastically from 1963 to 2012, the Royal Commission of Inquiry On Illegal Immigrants heard on Monday.

QUESTION TIME By now the cabinet has been appointed and while there are fresh faces, no one I have spoken to expects any drastic changes from the norm especially as Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is bound to face pressure from Umno delegates at the forthcoming Umno general assembly.

MIRI: Leaders of rival factions within SUPP have been told to work harder on reconciliation so as to regain the trust of urban voters.

Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng is confident that the federal government would continue giving special attention to develop the state, which needs more infrastructure and basic utilities, especially in rural areas.

All the contracts were allegedly granted during the tenure of the Norwegian CEO of Sarawak Energy, which is wholly owned by the state of Sarawak, claims the Bruno Manser Fund .

In GE13, we witnessed disturbing patterns of latent animosity that reinforce our already discriminatory and prejudicial attitude towards migrants/immigrants, laments Linda Lumayag .

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 -- TH Plantations Bhd, which already operates six oil palm mills in Peninsular Malaysia, plans to set up its first palm oil refinery in Sarawak, says Executive Officer Datuk Zainal Azwar Zainal Aminuddin.

Development and sterling Q1 results bodes well for company's transfer to Main Board of Bursa Malaysia, says Instacom CEO KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 -- In a filing to Bursa Malaysia this afternoon, Instacom Group Berhad announced that the company has received and accepted a Letter of Award from 1 M Utama Sdn Bhd for the supply, installation, testing and ... (more)

Acting Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Yun will travel to Indonesia, Brunei, and Vietnam May 20-29 for bilateral and multilateral meetings with senior officials.

Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges.

The logic and argument of non-entitlement of equality of non-Malay citizens are groundless.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud wants all Sarawak members of parliament appointed to the federal government to resolve the state's infrastructure development issues which are unique, as compared to those in the Peninsular.

The International Hydropower Association should not support Sarawak's plans to build more mega-dams in Sarawak, says SAVE Rivers .

Sarawak Barisan Nasional has rejected the main reason behind it losses in urban areas in the recent 13th general election due dwindling support of Chinese communities toward BN.

The Kuching North City Hall has become the first local authority in Sarawak to sign the corporate integrity pledge aimed at continuously instilling integrity.

Unless race-based politics is substituted with real justice, fairness and equity, the only thing left of the BN would be Umno, says K Haridas Protest rally at Kelana Jaya on 8 May 2013: The final election results may well have been very different if there had not been any irregularities.

By Mohd Hisham Abdul Rafar KUALA LUMPUR -- The Cabinet line-up announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is solid, and in line with Malaysia's 'halatuju' or direction that clearly fulfills the aspirations of the people, particularly youth.

PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd will award exploration and production licences under the third risk service contract licensing round to 10 marginal fields soon.

Last year, the library registered 609 compared to 637 in 2011, 679 in 2010, 669 in 2009 and 528 in 2008.

Newly- appointed Human Resources Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jaem said Friday his portfolio was going to be very challenging for him as one of long standing issues he would need to tackle was the private sector's minimum wage.