OCTOBER 4 Mojuntin explains the Malaysia situation in US 1963: Peter Mojuntin said from Washington DC that all is well with the Malaysian Mission to the United Nations and that the “vast majority of the UN members sympathise with us and are on our side.” Peter was in the US with a lady Senator from Kuala Lumpur, Datin Aisha. Both were entertained to a party there by Malaysian Ambassador to the US, Dato Ong Yoke Lin.

SEPTEMBER 20 1968: More than 10,000 people gathered at the Sandakan town padang to demonstrate against the signing of a Bill in the Philippines annexing Sabah into Philippine territory.

SEPTEMBER 25 1963: Sabah’s Legislative body met for the first time after the Malaysia formation at the new Council Chamber in the Secretariat.

APRIL 10 1965: Finance Minister Harris Mohd Salleh assured in the State Assembly that the Government would do everything possible to encourage native participation in commerce and industry. What was more significant in his message was that he delivered it in Malay, becoming the first person to use the national language in the Assembly’s history.

TAMPARULI: Monday, July 26, 1965 July 25 – Thousands of people from the Tuaran District and the capital stormed this small township today to witness the colourful and successful Annuam Tamu Besar which was declared open by Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Enche Mohammad Said Bin Keruak.

DAILY EXPRESS (Sunday, December 25, 1994) 1984: Independent candidate Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan retained his Tambunan State Assembly seat by defeating Barisan Nasional’s Roger Ongkili in a by-election.

(Sunday, November 6, 1994).

October 22 1963: President Sukarno was hanged before a large crowd at the Jesselton Community Centre – his effigy that is.

NOVEMBER 29 CM downs the Philippines’ Sabah claim 1963: The Chief Minister, Datu Donald Stephens, today claimed that “The Philippines” claim to Sabah has no leg to stand on.

Dec 17, 1881 THE plan looked good on paper. With its good harbour and its position at the northern tip of Borneo, the British colonial government hopes Kudat would become a major port for ships plying routes between Europe and China.