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Under the PBS, Sabah's new chief minister was Joseph P. Kitingan--Jeffrey Kitingan's brother. Kitingan himself became director of Sabah's Institute for Development Studies and director of the Sabah Foundation, responsible for investing Sabahan timber earnings and developing natural resources...
...Timber production is the dominant industry in Sabah. The chief minister has traditionally allocated timber concessions, using his position to accumulate money and power. In addition, Sabah is rich in oil and mineral resource...
...occurring despite a concerted effort to prevent it. In the past 25 years, nearly 90% of the state's communities have imposed some form of restraint on growth, but urban and suburban subdivisions keep sprawling. The legislature passed laws in 1973 to ensure sustainable management of the forests, but timber companies have replanted new species instead of maintaining existing forests and have cut too often to permit the forest to regenerate itself. And though Los Angeles has made progress against smog, air quality has plummeted in other parts of the state...
...everyone is so busy buying string bags and bundling newspapers that we couldn't find time or energy to object to the ongoing degradation of our environment sponsored by the government. The Environment President wants to lease out vast tracts of the Alaska National Wildlife Preserve to oil and timber companies...
...viewers was overshadowed by a sorrier sporting spectacle on Capitol Hill: the Senators vs. the dodger. Truth to tell, the AL snoozathon didn't need the Clarence Thomas hearings to upstage it; a church social could have done the job. Here, after all, were two teams from above the timber line playing in domed stadiums of spaceship sterility on synthetic carpets that made the games look like Brobdingnagian billiards. Only one contest was close all the way. Only one rooting interest tickled fans' fancies: seeing the Twins earn their spot in baseball's unlikeliest finale...