KOTA KINABALU, April 18 -- Sabah Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin has called on all ministries, departments, and revenue collection agencies to play their respective roles more effectively by implementing initiatives to increase the state's coffers, especially in exploring new sources of revenue.

He said Sabah's government-linked companies (GLCs) must also be more aggressive in carrying out socioeconomic activities to increase the state's revenue and improve the well-being of the people.

"For that, the state government will continue to strengthen the governance and management of GLCs so that they can more viably generate sources of revenue for the state government through the distribution of dividends and declared contributions.

"In ...