Sabah and Sarawak’s New Malaysia hopes


ON April 20, Society Empowerment and Econ­omic Development of Sabah held a seminar in Kota Kinabalu, where I had the privilege of noting that Sabah and Sarawak have a unique position in our Federation and many special rights not available to the 11 peninsula states.

Under Schedule 9, Sabah and Sarawak’s legislative power is larger than that of peninsula states. Federal power to have uniform laws for land, agriculture, forestry and local government under Article 76(1)(b) of the Federal Cons­titution does not apply to Sabah and Sarawak.

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