Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menggesa supaya pembangunan kemudahan rakyat Sabah termasuk bekalan air, elektrik dan Lebuh Raya Pan Borneo dipercepatkan, tanpa ada sebarang alasan lagi.
With shoe sponsorship amounting to almost RM200,000, Datuk Nazifuddin Najib says sports should be free from any agenda as the aim is to provide comfort to athletes