Overview of Sabah 2010-2014
In 2010, the census revealed there is 3.23 million population in Sabah including 1 million of foreigners. Major economic activities in Sabah are on Tourism (services), Agriculture and Mining/Quarrying sectors. Agricultural production contributes 18.1 per cent of total national production. Inflation rate in 2014 is 5.1 per cent Sabah export between 2010 and 2014 is RM47 billion (mainly exported to US amounted about RM1.3 billion) and (fairly lower amount to Indonesia) Consumer price Index is higher particularly in medicine price which gone up from 113 to 121 . It is due to the implementation of Goods and Services tax in April 1, 2015. Migration: The young generation, including from rural areas, tend to move to places which offer higher and better job opportunities. Those from villages are either move to the state capital or even to other countries like Singapore and Arab. The concern is when the people move out, the agricultural sect...