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PROPERTY NEWS by Borneo Post
Sabah State Library, hub for
public and flight passengers
It’s flying off the shelves!
Wong said the library would benefit not only flight passengers but
also members of the public who were waiting for the arrival of their
friends or families.
Sabah State Library director He said the new library at KKIA was
Wong Vui Yin said the Sabah State expected to commence operation by
Library had obtained approval the end of this year.
from Malaysia Airports Holdings
Berhad (MAHB) to operate at the This would be the first library
Kota Kinabalu International Airport operating within an airport in
(KKIA). Malaysia, Wong said.
Wong said the state library behind The Sabah State Library and PWD
DBKK was demolished due to its were currently planning the design
structural issues and was temporarily and renovation of the library at KKIA.
relocated to Suria Sabah.
Wong said the library would benefit
He said the site had been handed not only flight passengers but also
over to DBKK where a new DBKK members of the public who were
building would be built. waiting for the arrival of their friends
or families.
Wong also added that DBKK would
allocate a floor to the state library According to Sabah Tourism Board,
once the building is completed. tourist arrivals in Sabah rose by
7.9 percent at 3.427 million visitors
“We will then move the library from in 2016, the highest since 2013,
Suria Sabah back to the DBKK generating RM7.25 billion from
building,” he said. tourism receipts and giving an extra
10 per cent into the State economy.
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