The ''New Sabah Times'' is a

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Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

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. The Sabah Times commenced publication on 21 January 1953, published by Donald Stephens (later Tun Fuad Stephens) and had a daily circulation of approximately 1000. It was the only English-language daily newspaper. The North Borneo News, first published in 1948 in Sandakan was a fortnightly, then weekly periodical with a circulation of approximately 750. It mainly reported Advisory Council news, excerpts from other newspapers and some local and overseas news. Donald Stephens was a reporter for the publication. It began publishing daily in April 1954 but soon amalgamated with the Sabah Times later in 1954 under joint editorship. It included a page of romanised Malay and Dusun to give it wider appeal and increased its circulation. In March 1995, the newspaper shut down. In March 1998, the newspaper was acquired by Inna Kinabalu Sdn Bhd. and revived as the ''New Sabah Times''. In late December, the newspaper's management announced that the ''New Sabah Times'' was shutting down due to declining circulation and advertising revenue.

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The Sabah Times commenced publication on 21 January 1953, published by Donald Stephens (later Tun Fuad Stephens), and made possible with $1000 given to him by his brother Ben, and had a daily circulation of approximately 1000. It was the first English-language daily newspaper in British North Borneo. Donald Stephens later became the first

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when Sabah gained its independence from British and joined

on 16 September, 1963. The ''Sabah Times'' first shut down on 24 March 1995. The newspaper was revived as the ''New Sabah Times'' on 8 March 1998 after being bought by the publishing company Inna Kinabalu Sdn. Bhd. For a time, the newspaper was regarded as one of the fastest growing newspapers in Sabah. While the newspaper was primarily an English-language publication, it also had

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and

Kadazandusun language Central Dusun, also known as Bunduliwan (Dusun: ), is one of the more widespread languages spoken by the Dusun (including Kadazan) peoples of Sabah, Malaysia. Kadazandusun language standardisation What is termed as ''Central Dusun'' (or sim ...

editions. The newspaper relied on print subscriptions but also had an

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edition. On 8 December 2020, the newspaper announced that it would be closing down on 20 December, which was later moved to 31 December 2020. With the closure of the ''New Sabah Times'', the ''

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'' and the

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–based ''

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'' remain the only English-language newspapers in Sabah.

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