81.  Biotechnology firm MediChem Research announced Friday the creation of a joint venture with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to develop a natural drug to fight the AIDS virus.

82.  Because of a sharp recession in Singapore, businesses in the Malaysian state have been suffering this year.

83.  Border posts in Sabah, the other Malaysian state on the island, have not been closed.

84.  The order to close border posts in Sarawak, one of two Malaysian states in Borneo, was issued on Sunday.

85.  The third involves the southern Philipines, Brunei, the eastern Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the Indonesian provinces on Borneo and Sulawesi islands.

86.  Yeo will visit the Malaysian states of Perak, Kedah and Penang.

87.  Labuan island is situated off the east Malaysian state of Sabah on the larger Borneo island.

88.  Ling said Qantas would also serve domestic routes such as northern Penang state, and the eastern Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo island.

89.  On the electronic ticketing, potential test routes are those to the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and northern Malaysian state of Penang, he said.

90.  Other residents said they had heard of more sightings of the beast, which some suspected had swum across from the neighbouring Malaysian state of Johore.