Goodies for Sabah, Sarawak in Pakatan manifesto

The opposition coalition also announced two second level national oil companies will be set up in Sabah and Sarawak.

SHAH ALAM: Pakatan Rakyat today unveiled its election manifesto, giving more “goodies” to the people of Sabah and Sarawak.

The manifesto was launched at the fourth Pakatan convention here.

DAP vice-chairman M Kulasegaran told the nearly 1,000 participants at the Shah Alam Convention Centre that Barisan Nasional had neglected the East Malaysians for far too long.

“Therefore, if elected to federal power, we will set up two second level national oil companies in Sabah and Sarawak. These companies will serve to safeguard the interest of our East Malaysian brothers and provide employment to them,” he said.

Also present were PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli and PAS central working committee member Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Kulasegaran, who is also Ipoh Barat MP, said that the Pakatan government would also implement a mammoth highway project in East Malaysia, currently named the Pan Borneo Highway.

“The highway will link Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Kudat. This is one of our measures to equal the infrastructure projects in both East and West Malaysia,” he said.

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