Section 3
of Sabah Foundation Enactment 1966
Section 3
There is hereby established the Sabah Foundation and the charitable objects for which the Foundation is established are the advancement of education and the relief of poverty and other charitable purposes for the benefit of the peoples of Sabah and in particular (but if and so far only as the same are exclusively charitable) one or more of the following: -
(a)
actively to promote improvement of opportunity for education among all sections of the peoples of Sabah;
(b)
to widen the scope for the peoples of Sabah in any approved institution of learning throughout the world, but especially in Malaysian Universities;
(c)
to promote and encourage the provision in Sabah of facilities for higher learning;
(d)
to grant, and arrange for the award by other bodies of, scholarships or other educational assistance for the peoples of Sabah or any Malaysian citizen in
Sabah whenever it deems fit to do so;
(e)
to establish and operate in all areas of Sabah (and especially in rural areas)
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schools, colleges, and other centres for the purposes of providing the peoples of
Sabah with both formal and informal education and training in vocational, technical and business skills and of encouraging among them the study of traditional music, arts and crafts with the aim of promoting self-reliance, racial harmony, tolerance and unity among the peoples of Sabah whilst preserving the individual cultures of such peoples;
(f)
to assist and improve, whenever possible, the standard of living of poor
Malaysian citizens residing in Sabah;
(g)
voluntarily to give aid or assistance to the organisations and institutions which are organised and governed for scientific, medical, welfare, social, educational or other purposes (provided always that any such purpose is charitable);
(h)
to provide from its own resources on a voluntary basis ambulance service, a flying doctor service and other medical, welfare, social or educational services of a charitable nature;
(i)
to contribute to the relief of national emergencies or calamities such as flood, fire, drought and other acts of God;
(j)
to assist poor Malaysian citizens residing in Sabah by providing them with financial assistance whether in the form of cash payments or shares in investment trusts or otherwise, or material assistance whether in the form of accommodation, food, clothing or otherwise in every case in such manner and to such an extent as the Board may from time to time determine.
Establishment of the Fund.