KOTA KINABALU, Sept. 19 -- Addressing disappointment felt by Sabahans at the lack of "goodies" on Malaysia Day, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal said that the state was still in negotiations with Putrajaya over the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).

Shafie said that Sabah's claim for 20 per cent oil royalty and 40 per cent return of revenue was still on the table and progressing well.

"We are still talking. Discussions are progressing well. Some things have already been realised and given back to us, like Sipadan and Ligitan islands," he said when speaking to reporters after launching Tourism Malaysia's "Best of Sabah" tour packages at the airport here.

He was asked to comment on the prime minister's Malaysia Day speech in Kuc...