Labuan Archives

18 December 2025

Malaysia

SSPA Slashes BIW Allowance For New Medical Officers Posted To Sabah, Sarawak

Under SSPA, the BIW allowance is cut to a fixed RM360 monthly rate for new P&P officers appointed Dec 2024 for postings to Sabah/Sarawak/Labuan, compared to the old BIW rate of percentage of salary. UD14 medical officers face 64% disparity in BIW payments.

3 September 2021

Malaysia

Both Highly Vaccinated — Sarawak Worsens As Labuan Improves

Covid-19 infections, hospital admissions, and ICU cases are surging in Sarawak, with deaths also rising (albeit very low numbers), unlike sharp declines in Labuan -- both have fully vaccinated more than 60% of their total populations.

30 July 2021

Malaysia

Is Vaccination The Only Factor Behind Labuan’s Declining Covid-19 Outbreak?

Dr Amar-Singh HSS notes that Labuan, with nearly 10% of its population having been diagnosed with Covid-19, may have natural herd immunity conferred from widespread infection.

17 June 2021

Malaysia

Labuan Case Study For Covid-19 Vaccine Efficacy Against Delta Variant

Khairy Jamaluddin says the Pfizer shot will be sent to Labuan due to real-world data on its effectiveness against the Delta variant, as he hopes to fully vaccinate all adults there by mid-July.

17 March 2021

Malaysia

Labuan First To Vaccinate All Frontliners With One Dose

Labuan completed administering the first Covid-19 vaccine dose for all 2,342 frontliners on March 12, ahead of schedule, and will start to administer the second dose from March 20.

20 November 2020

Malaysia

Labuan MP Lost Friends To Covid-19

Patients from Labuan have to travel by boat and bus for almost five hours to Kota Kinabalu to seek specialist treatment.

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SSPA Slashes BIW Allowance For New Medical Officers Posted To Sabah, Sarawak

Both Highly Vaccinated — Sarawak Worsens As Labuan Improves

Is Vaccination The Only Factor Behind Labuan’s Declining Covid-19 Outbreak?

Labuan Case Study For Covid-19 Vaccine Efficacy Against Delta Variant

Labuan First To Vaccinate All Frontliners With One Dose

Labuan MP Lost Friends To Covid-19

Master’s Graduates Run Hospitals On ‘Study Leave’ But Can’t Apply For Subspecialty Training — Physician

Medical Officer Duties, Service Load Strain FMS Gazettement Training — Government Doctor

Beyond Turf: Safeguarding Malaysia’s Clinical Core Before It Thins — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

Coronary Stent Excluded From Civil Servants’ GL Coverage In Public Hospitals: UiTM

House Officers Are Treated Like Modern Slaves — Dr Ghazali Ahmad