(2000 est. pop. 354,000). Kota Kinabalu ("fort of Kinabalu," formerly Jesselton) is a city on the northwest coast of Borneo Island; it lies between rain forest, mountains, and offshore coral reefs that are a national park. The city takes...

Kota Kinabalu (pronounced [ˈkɔtɑ kɪnɑbɑlʊ]), formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, as well as the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. Located on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo facing the...

An International Conference on Bajau/Sama Communities was held on the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) campus, in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, on 21-23 July 2004. The conference was part of a program of special events held to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of UMS...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (MAS) has turned down a request to resume the Davao-Kota Kinabalu flight routes linking Sabah and Mindanao, in the Philippines. A meeting was held on 5 October 2001 between presidential assistant...

An indigenous man in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island was fined a buffalo and a pig for breaking a tribal custom by secretly marrying a second wife, a tribal court official said Wednesday. The 39-year-old man was asked to...