LABUAN: Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Datuk Dahlif Singh suggested that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) provide a grace period of about three months on complying with the new SST and LST as many in the business sectors are not familiar with the details and need time to adjust.

LABUAN: Work on boundary marking and survey on the border between Sabah and North Kalimantan, Indonesia is being actively carried out jointly by the Malaysian and Indonesian surveying teams.

LABUAN: Labuan’s first 10MWac large scale solar plant has commenced its commercial operations (COD) early this month, substantially improving Sabah and Labuan’s power grid electricity reserve margin and easing load-shedding for some areas within the grid.

LABUAN: District Fire and Rescue responded to two forest fire calls in Kg Kansa and Kg Selagon Bukit within 24 hours on Thursday.

LABUAN: The historic Surrender Point at Layang-Layangan here – site of the Japanese surrender of Sarawak and British North Borneo in 1945 – has been upgraded to befit its stature as an important site in war history.

LABUAN: National Unity Minister Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang wants the Labuan Museum to be listed as a national heritage building or site. .

LABUAN: The Labuan Chinese Chamber of Commerce (LCCC) urged the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to exclude Labuan from the new six per cent logistics service tax for deliveries to Labuan from any Malaysian ports or towns. .

LABUAN: The RM12.7 million project to prevent erosion at Sungai Miri/Sungai Pagar Beach is now set to be completed in May this year, according to Labuan Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Director Juniaddi Awang Tuah.

LABUAN: Labuan’s roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) ferry fares for vehicles will now experience a marginal increase following the implementation of the Sales and Service Tax (SST) which comes into force on Friday (March 1).

LABUAN: The media has been urged to help uncover missing pieces in Sabah and Labuan’s war history before time makes whatever that happened 70 years ago impossible to gather and record anymore.