Sabah mountain guides turn to farming to generate income

When tourism finally reopens at Mount Kinabalu, only guides who have been fully vaccinated will be allowed to take climbers up. — MELODY L. GOH/The Star

As hiking activities at Mount Kinabalu in Sabah have been suspended for most of 2020 and this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some mountain guides have turned to farming to generate income, cultivating fruit and vegetables for sale.

One of them, Abdul Hasnin Kasim, 49, from Kundasang, said that he has been growing highland vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower since the implementation of the first movement control order on March 18 last year.