KUDAT: Sabah will experience a tourism boom that will meet all the Sabah Maju Jaya goals of improving the State’s economy, provide jobs for locals and raise the livelihood of many in the poverty-hit district if the stalled Mazu project in Kudat is allowed to proceed.
Former Chief Minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee expressed shock that part of the Likas lagoon measuring 16.21 hectares (40.05 acres) – or the size of 40 football fields – has been zoned for commercial development despite initial objection in 2000 and without public consultation.
It is understood that the land title was issued in 2011 during the then State Barisan Nasional administration
Published on: Sunday, April 18, 2021
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Chong posing with his books.
DE: You have been credited as being the only Chief Minister (CM) who did his best to solve Sabah’s illegal immigrant problem to the extent of demolishing their settlements that were a refuge for criminals and causing millions of ringgit losses in water and electricity thefts. How did you achieve it?
Chong: I was able to mobilise all the various relevant enforcement officials. I succeeded in mobilising the Royal Malaysian Police, the Armed Forces all the Local Authorities, and enforcement officials to work as one team. It was a big family of Malaysians tackling one common problem, which everyone called the ‘Mother of All Problems’ and that is the illegal immigrants.