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Sabah, the next frontier for economic
development in Malaysia
Star Trek got nothing on us.
“Certainly Sabah is the next frontier State for economic
development in Malaysia. We still have land, the potential to go
forward and a lot to be uncovered in Sabah economically-speaking.
Speaking to the media at a breaking-of-
fast event recently, Minister in the Prime
Minister’s Department in charge of the
Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Datuk Abdul
Rahman Dahlan said that Sabahans are
fortunate to have a Prime Minister who is
concerned about Sabah.
Rahman said he brought the entire top EPU
team to Sabah last year to have a first hand
look at the situation in the city, Kota Belud,
Kota Marudu and Kudat, as a result of which
we are now seeing improvement on the
Yayasan Sabah-Indah Permai stretch and the
flyovers.
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He said the State Government has also
requested to extend the dual carriageway
from Yayasan Sabah to the upcoming Sabah “I’m here to help the State Government and He said all this is possible because the EPU
International Convention Centre (SICC) along the people of Sabah and I really hope that has a huge budget of about RM46 billion
Tg Lipat into three lanes which is faced with in the years ahead, we will be the region yearly.
congestion daily. “I am also looking into that.” yang kedepan dibidang ekonomi (ahead
economically in the region).
Even then, 2017 was not really his budget as it
was decided before he agreed to move from
“Certainly Sabah is the next frontier State for
economic development in Malaysia. We still He said, no doubt there are still issues the Urban Well-being, Housing and Local
have land, the potential to go forward and a regarding the high cost of living which is Government portfolio
lot to be uncovered in Sabah economically- hoped would be alleviated by the recent speaking. exemption of the Cabotage shipping policy Yong also hoped that the association, under
and are being tackled one by one through the leadership of Chin, would reach greater
improved port efficiency, among others. heights.
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