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Sabah This Week — Issue #6
Sabah This Week · Issue #6 · 6 August 2026

Sabah This Week #6 — 6–19 Aug 2026

🌿 Sabah This Week

Issue #6 · 6–19 Aug 2026

Welcome back to Sabah This Week — what’s on, what’s changed, and what’s worth your weekend, every Thursday.

This week you can walk onto a working marine research ship at the port, there are two travel fairs inside ten days, and Centre Point turns 36 with a cosplay convention this weekend and an esports carnival the next. Diesel came down five sen — this week’s numbers are in the Toolkit below.

— Daniel

This Week & The Week Ahead

Climb aboard a marine research ship at KK Port The Research Vessel Tan Kah Kee — a working international marine research ship — opens to the public for two days. Free to board, and not the sort of thing that comes round often. · Fri 7–Sat 8 Aug · Pelabuhan Kota Kinabalu

Two days of travel deals at SICC, free entry Cruises, tours, domestic packages and fair-only prices. Free entry, 10AM–9PM both days — worth an hour if there’s a trip you’ve been putting off. · Sat 8–Sun 9 Aug, 10AM–9PM · SICC, Kinabatangan Hall 3, Level 2

Cosplay takes over Centre Point for the weekend COSMANIAC VIII brings anime, gaming, comics and cosplay competitions to Palm Square, with an “Afterverse” party and live sets both evenings. · Sat 8–Sun 9 Aug · 4th Floor, Palm Square, Centre Point Sabah

Mobile Legends, and a mall’s 36th birthday Centre Point’s anniversary carnival, built around an MLBB Cup of Legends showdown and Magic Chess. The second weekend running that Palm Square is the busiest floor in town. · Sat 15 Aug 10AM – Sun 16 Aug 5:30PM · 4th Palm Square, Centre Point Sabah

The second travel fair in ten days, this one at Imago Star Karnival Cuti-Cuti Malaysia sets up for three days with hotel, airline and tour operator promotions. Two fairs this fortnight — compare before you commit. · 14–16 Aug · Imago Shopping Mall

An art and craft morning in the run-up to Merdeka Ruang Seni Langkawi brings a hands-on painting and craft session to KK. Family-friendly, and genuinely small — it’s a workshop, not a festival. · Sat 15 Aug, 9AM · Monaco Boutique Hotel, Jalan Kampung Air 2

Pickleball takes Tawau for the weekend A two-day tournament at Tawau’s pickleball courts, first serve 7AM. If you’ve been curious about the sport everyone suddenly plays, this is where to go and watch it. · Sat 8–Sun 9 Aug, from 7AM · Pickle Town Tawau, Jalan St Patrick

Sabah’s digital economy gets an afternoon The Malaysia Digital Chamber of Commerce’s Sabah chapter runs its tenth Digital Economy Forum — policymakers, investors and founders in one room. Useful if you run anything online here. · Tue 11 Aug, 1–6PM · ITCC Penampang

Spine surgeons from across the region, three days at SICC The Malaysian Spine Society’s flagship congress. A professional meeting rather than a public one — but it fills hotels, so book early if you’re travelling to KK that week. · 14–16 Aug · Sabah International Convention Centre

Three days on the future of Borneo’s forests Researchers and forestry people gather at UMS. Academic in the main, but the subject is as local as it gets. · 18–20 Aug · Universiti Malaysia Sabah

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The Sabah Roundup

Sabah’s 2025 trade hits RM105.5bil.
A record year for the state’s imports and exports. Handy context the next time someone quotes a figure at you about Sabah’s economy. (Free Malaysia Today)

Shell moves forward with Malikai Phase 3 investment off Sabah.
Shell is committing to a third phase at the Malikai deepwater field. Sabah’s oil and gas jobs turn on decisions like this one. (The Edge Malaysia)

SCIB bags RM24.59mil subcontract for Sabah school reconstruction.
Another tranche of the school rebuilding programme has a contractor attached. If your child’s school is on the dilapidated list, this is the money starting to move. (The Edge Malaysia)

Sabah, Sarawak key nodes for Malaysia’s AI Action Plan.
The national AI plan leans on Borneo for data centres and the power to run them. Worth following if you’re in tech, property or electricity. (The Borneo Post)

Sabah presses on with tourism powers proposal.
The state wants more control over its own tourism licensing. If you run a homestay, a boat or a tour, this is the one to follow. (Daily Express)

JOM MALAYSIA to propel Sabah products into global markets.
A federal push to get Sabah-made goods onto export shelves. Relevant if you make, grow or package anything here. (Nabalu News)

Sabah’s halal industry has room to grow.
The certification infrastructure is here; the volume isn’t. An open lane for anyone in food production. (Daily Express)

UMS and industry partner on a battery-free lighting system.
A RM76,000 project turning thermal-powered lighting into a STEM teaching kit for Sabah schools. Research money that actually ends up in a classroom. (Malay Mail)

First Sabahan to win the Miss Globe Malaysia crown.
A first for the state. Small thing, good thing. (Daily Express)

Sabah FC sign two more foreign players.
Two more imports before the window shuts. The squad is going to look different this season. (Daily Express)

SuriaGroup and MRA Sabah plant 200 fruit saplings in Inanam.
Two hundred fruit trees going into the ground at Inanam. Modest now; the kind of thing you notice in twenty years. (Daily Express)

Did You Know?

Sabah is called the “Land Below the Wind” because it sits just south of the Pacific typhoon belt. The Philippines, a short hop north, takes a battering most years — Sabah is spared almost entirely.

Article Highlights from SabahGuide

Fresh reads from our main site, sabahguide.com

A district-by-district guide to Sabah. What each corner of the state is actually known for.

We’re building: The Sabah Toolkit

Free, practical tools for everyday Sabah life. First three on the workbench:

  1. Sabah Holiday & Long-Weekend Planner — every Sabah public holiday for the year (Kaamatan, Governor’s Birthday, Good Friday — the ones the Peninsula doesn’t get) plus the smartest long-weekend combos.
  2. Budi Diesel Checker — find out in seconds if you qualify for subsidised RM2.10 diesel, and what you’ll actually pay. Diesel came down five sen this week.
  3. KK Take-Home Pay Calculator — EPF, SOCSO and PCB sorted, so you know what really lands in your account.

Which would you use first — or what tool do you wish existed? Hit reply and tell me — your vote shapes what ships first.

Quotables

“Sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit.” Little by little, in time it becomes a hill — small efforts add up. — Malay proverb

Over to you

Two travel fairs inside ten days — where are you actually planning to go? — hit reply; best answers get a shout-out next week.

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