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Sabah needs to integrate economy with Kalimantan
Some sugar from the neighbour.
“Everything that you want, they have it in Kalimantan. At the same time Sabah can
provide medical services, good education, tourism and service-oriented economies.”
Abdul Rahman said it is time for Sabah presidential decree in 2012. It is Sabah’s only Rahman, who is in charge of Economic
to stop looking at the peninsula as an Kalimantan neighbour and about the same Planning Unit (EPU) portfolio, said the world
economic umbilical cord but strengthen size. has changed and so have economies and
economic cooperation with regional areas,
cited the difficulty Sabah now faced sourcing
instead, especially BIMP-EAGA (Brunei, “Everything that you want, they have it in Indonesian labour for its plantations because
Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines – East Kalimantan. At the same time Sabah can they get better pay in Kalimantan.
Asean Growth Area). provide medical services, good education,
tourism and service-oriented economies.”
He said BIMP-EAGA has been around for
“There are massive plantations being opened
up where they can stay with their families.”
some time but needs fresh ideas and He pointed out that by integrating the personally felt that Sabah has plenty to gain economies Sabah had everything to gain and He also took a dig at the opposition, saying
by integrating its economy with the new cited the case of Indonesians in Kalimantan he had yet to see parties like Warisan
Indonesian province of North Kalimantan having to fly to Jakarta in order to catch a presenting any economic blueprint for
which borders Tawau. flight to Japan or Hong Kong. Sabah. “All the time it is about politics 24/7. I
Kalimantan has plenty of coal, oil, minerals “They won’t have to transit 3-4 hours by flying like their stand on the economy, education,
and plantations. North Kalimantan, the to KKIA (Kota Kinabalu International Airport) foreign relations, security, social security, etc”.
fifth Kalimantan province, was created by and proceeding north,” he said.
have not heard anything about their policies
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