WHEN the news arrived at the end of 1970 that Leslie Davidson had been appointed as the new general manager of Pamol Plantations in Kluang and Sabah, there were two reactions.

Strategies for ensuring food safety of palm oil should be intrinsically linked to sustainability. One of the most significant issues facing the palm oil industry is the environmental impact of large-scale production.

Continued from last week.

BUYING a property requires extra care to ensure you choose the right one, as disposing of it without losing your investment can be challenging. It’s crucial not to rush the decision-making process.

AS the Chairman of Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB), I am deeply concerned about the challenges our state faces amidst the ongoing heatwave. With temperatures soaring and a surge in open fire incidents, reaching over 900 cases since January, it’s evident that we’re in a critical situation.

MANY times, I have appealed to Sabahan political leaders to focus on economic development for Sabahans, especially for Sabahans in the B40 [Likely Sabah has B70!] who are in the vast majority. They should refrain from selfish politicking to benefit themselves. Discouraging response so far.

I WAS in Semarang, Indonesia, on Aug 19 and 20 last year for the 55th Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting, where the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development tabled Asean’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow for 2022. Impressively, this had grown by 5pc year on year, to a total of US$224 billion (RM1 trillion), bucking the trend in various parts of the world, and amid the 12pc decline of global FDI in 2022.

YOUTHS are undoubtedly one of the most potent forces and resources that a country can possess to advance its social and economic development.

MANY INITIAL REQUISITES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE FOR SABAH’S ECONOMIC REFORMATION & TRANSFORMATION..

In 2015 there was published a book on the formation of Malaysia with the intriguing title, “The Queen’s Obligation”. The book’s underlying premise is that in handing over Sabah and Sarawak to the Prime Minister of Malaya, Tunku Abdul Rahman to form Malaysia with Singapore, the British were mindful of the promise made by their Monarch to the people of the Baram in Sarawak and by extension to the peoples of the Borneo territories, and that this duty was discharged in the incorporation of the rights and safeguards in the Malaysia Agreement, 1963 (MA63).