A quantum leap for Sabah with Borneo highway, says Najib

PM says highway project will have highest impact and raise the state to new level of development.

PAPAR: Prime Minister Najib Razak said the Pan Borneo Highway Sabah (PBHS) project will have the highest impact on Sabah and take the state to a higher level in terms of socio-economic development.

“Yes, we have many projects in Sabah such as Sipitang Oil & Gas Industrial Park, Sabah Oil & Gas Terminal, Lahad Datu Palm Oil Industrial Cluster and Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

“We construct rural roads, implement electricity and water projects, build public housing and many more since Sabah joined Malaysia.

“Of all these projects, the Pan Borneo Highway Sabah project is the single most impactful project for Sabah,” he said at the launch of the Sabah section of the highway project in Kampung Andus, Papar. More than 20,000 people attended the opening.

Among them were Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Works Minister Fadillah Yusof, Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak and federal and state ministers.

Najib said PBHS will have high impact on Sabah and its people because the development will be in the form of a quantum leap, unlike other projects.

The launch of PBHS also proved the commitment of Barisan Nasional in delivering its 2013 general election manifesto to implement it in five years.

PBHS covers 2,300 kilometres from Semantan in Sarawak to Serudong in Sabah.

“BN fulfills its pledge to the people. It is not a party which practises the politics of hate and provocation. This is the Opposition.

“BN has a vision for the future, a socio-economic development plan to transform Sabah. We can deliver real things that benefit the people of Malaysia and Sabah.”

-BERNAMA