Kota Kinabalu

a port in Malaysia, capital of Sabah state on the South China Sea: exports timber and rubber. Pop.: 439 000 (2005 est.)

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Kota Kinabalu

(formerly Jesselton), a city and port in Malaysia, on the northwestern coast of the island of Kalimantan. Administrative center of the state of Sabah. Population, 42,000 (1970). The city has a railroad station and an airport. It is the trade center for the surrounding region, which specializes in tropical agriculture. The city’s exports include rubber, timber, and copra. Fishing is a major occupation. Kota Kinabalu was founded in 1899 and rebuilt after World War II (1939–45).

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The activists were calling for a halt to the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations being held in Kota Kinabalu in the state of Sabah, about 1,620 kilometres east of Kuala Lumpur.

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The carrier is planning on operating a total of 30 additional services with a 144-seat Boeing 737-400 aircraft between Kuala Lumpur and Sibu, Kota Kinabalu and Kota Kinabalu and Taipei and Hong Kong and two services with a 294-seat Airbus A330 aircraft between Kuala Lumpur and Kunming.

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Reiko Tanaka, 60, was kayaking with her husband Takao, 66, Monday afternoon near Gaya, an island off Kota Kinabalu famous for its pristine water and coral reefs, when an 18-seater ferry hit the couple, Kota Kinabalu police chief Deputy Superintendent Peter Umbuas said.

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Mithril's Menara MAA building in Kota Kinabalu which secures the RCSLS was revalued to MYR65m in fiscal 2010 from MYR75m previously.

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Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), Apr 18(ANI): Malaysian coffee shop and restaurant owners are unhappy over a ruling that bars foreign workers from serving customers in the country from next month.

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Flights between Singapore and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, are to be launched by Jetstar Asia.

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