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MALAYSIA now has a Unity Government. What do Sabahans think of unity in diversity? It was reported that a whopping 10,000 people of all races and religions attended the official State Chinese New Year of the Dragon Open House on Feb 10.

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) is expanding the implementation of the independent power distributor (IPD) initiative with prepaid meters to address illegal electricity supply connections, especially in squatter settlements in the State.

PUTRAJAYA: Effective next month, a total of 35,000 taxi drivers and 18,000 school bus drivers in the country will benefit from Social Security Organisation (Socso) subscriptions which will be paid fully by the Government, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has requested that all maintenance and improvement projects at the entry points into the country, including airports and ports, be expedited to accommodate the increase in the arrival of foreign tourists.

MEMBAKUT: The district will attract Islamic poetry lovers at its 10th Malay Archipelago Literature and Arts Festival in June.

Kuala Lumpur: The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is taking an approach of not putting too much pressure on the country’s men’s singles player Ng Tze Yong in his pursuit of a slot at the 2024 Paris Olympics, following his injuries.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Audit Department held its 2024 Chinese New Year Celebration at Wisma Audit, Tuesday.

LEVERKUSEN: A long-range shot from Robert Andrich took Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 home win against Mainz on Friday, setting a new German record of 33 games unbeaten.

LABUAN: It was an inauspicious start of the auspicious and important “Chap Goh Mei” (the15th day of the lunar month) for a number of Chinese families here as their preparations for the occasion were tossed into disarray due to blackout hitting several zones as early as 6.30am.

DATUK Seri Azalina Othman sad in my recent article “Sovereign immunity in Malaysia — what it is and the way forward”, I laid out the fundamentals of state immunity, its correlation to the Sulu Fraud, and how it informs our way forward as an independent nation.