SANDAKAN, Sept 19 (Bernama) — The Sabah Ministry of Industrial Development, Entrepreneurship and Transport is preparing a working paper on barter trade between Sabah and the southern Philippines for presentation at the state Cabinet meeting. Its Minister, Datuk Ewon Benedick, who is also Deputy Chief Minister III, said there had been strong demand from chambers of commerce, especially the Chinese business community, for barter trade activities to be revived along Sabah’s east coast. “I inspected the facilities at the jetty operated by the Sabah Ports and Harbours Department in Sandakan, which will be used for barter trade activities. I received […]

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 1 (Bernama) — Halal certification should not be viewed solely as a religious requirement but also as a benchmark for quality and cleanliness that can open up opportunities for products to reach wider markets, said Sabah Deputy Chief Minister III Datuk Ewon Benedick. The Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship, and Transport said a comprehensive understanding of the halal concept would provide significant commercial value to local products and services, particularly in overseas markets. He said consumer markets in non-Muslim countries such as South Korea, Japan and China have also shown strong confidence in Malaysia’s halal-certified products due to […]

KOTA KINABALU (March 27): Sabah is entitled to receive diesel subsidies given that the state is among the country’s main producers of oil and gas (O&G), said Datuk Ewon Benedick. The Deputy Chief Minister III and Minister of Industrial Development, Entrepreneurship and Transport pointed out that Sabah’s O&G revenues have long contributed to the development of other states that do not possess similar resources. “We appreciate the federal government’s decision to provide diesel subsidies to Sabah. I was involved in making that decision when I was still serving in the federal Cabinet at the time. “We defended the decision because […]

TENOM, May 4 — Efforts to advance the rights of Sabah, including the claim for a 40 percent revenue share, should be pursued collectively across political lines, said United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) president Ewon Benedick. He stressed that the issue should not be viewed as belonging to any single political party, but rather as …