Property Hunter Magazine Property Hunter Magazine Issue 54 - May 2014 | Page 16

/// East Malaysia Property News RM1.4 Billion Disbursed for Sabah Development Corridor Projects MyHome Scheme Started on April 1 Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan studying a project from Wah Mie Group, winner of SHAREDA affordable homes platinum award in 2013 The official website of SEDIA, http://www.sedia.com.my Disbursements for projects in the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) for the 2008-2014 period under the Ninth and Tenth Malaysia Plans are currently at RM1.4 billion. This is 85.3 per cent of the total federal government allocation of RM1.634 billion received by the Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority (SEDIA) as at the end of February this year. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said by the first quarter of 2014, RM128 billion in investments had been planned and committed to, and of this, about RM38 billion had been realised. “This is also since the launch of the SDC in 2008. “We are expecting the investment momentum in the SDC to continue gathering pace, especially with the attention of global investors shifting to Asia, and economic recovery in the United States and the European Union,” he said this in his opening remarks at the 15th meeting of members of SEDIA at its office. Musa, who also Sabah Finance Minister and 16 SEDIA chairman, added that the authority had been in operation for five years and almost all of the SDC flagship projects are taking shape. “SEDIA has been collaborating with Teraju through the TERAJU@ SDC programme to support Bumiputera entrepreneurs. He called on implementing agencies to ensure that development projects are carried out according to schedule, meet the desired quality and produce the targeted outcome. “It has also worked closely with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation for 1Agro-SAIP programme and with agencies under its umbr [H