Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin has expressed
confidence that voters in Putatan will remain with the Barisan Nasional
(BN) in the next general election.
The assemblyman for Petagas, one
of the two state seats in the Putatan parliamentary constituency, said
even the young voters in Putatan would favour the BN. Tanjong Aru is the
other state seat within Putatan.
Yahya, who is Sabah Agriculture and
Food Industry Minister, spoke at a meeting with about 1,000 young and
first-time voters at his residence in Kuala Putatan II, on Wednesday.
Source: Borneo Post
The bustling town of Putatan which was upgraded to a full district over a year ago, will continue to see rapid development in the coming years, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
ReplyDeleteStrategically located right next to and serving as the gateway the City, Musa said the district needed to grow parallel with Kota Kinabalu.
ReplyDelete“Putatan is an important district because of its location just next to the state capital. The development here should be in tandem with that in the City,” he said when launching the Yayasan Sabah roadshow for West Coast South division hosted by Putatan at the Pasir Putih multi-purpose hall.
ReplyDelete“In line with this new status, the road network in the district will continue to be improved, with the federal government allocating RM140 million for this purpose,” he said.
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ReplyDeleteAs such, he called on the people in the area to make the right decision comes the 13th General Election, to ensure there will be a continuation of the development efforts being implemented for the district.
At the event, Musa approved an unspecified allocation for installing an air conditioning system at the multi-purpose Hall and witnessed several contributions for the Lahad Datu Warriors Fund.
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ReplyDeleteHe also performed the groundbreaking ceremony for another multi-purpose hall to be built near the existing one.
Touching on Yayasan Sabah’s future strategic plan, he said three core programmes had been identified for implementation starting this year until 2023.
ReplyDeleteThese were Program Desa, Program Kraftangan and Sabah International Convention Centre.
ReplyDeleteAlso present were Deputy Chief Ministers Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai and Datuk Yahya Hussin, who is also Petagas assemblyman.
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