RM120 million boost for 450 resettled families – Max

The Government’s RM120 million allocation to build an asphalt road and implement an Agropolitan programme to provide economic activities and development for the resettled 450 families at Gana here is a good example of promise delivered by Barisan Nasional.

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili said the RM60 mllion allocation to upgrade the timber road and another RM60 million for the Agropolitan programme were a generous and caring commitment for the 3,000 people living there.

The families were from 10 villages scattered within and adjacent to the Lingkabau Forest Reserve who were relocated through the Gana Resettlement and Integrated Development Project in 1997.

“The Agropolitan programme will allow the villagers to carry out rubber planting for income while the upgraded road will make Gana more accessible and bring development to the villages,” said the Kota Marudu Member of Parliament during a ground-breaking ceremony for the fourth phase of the Jalan Talantang-Gana road upgrading project.

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MUSA: SABAH’S POVERTY RATE DECLINING

The poverty rate in Sabah will continue to decline based on a study which showed a drop of 4.5 per cent from 24.2 per cent in 2004 to 19.7 per cent in 2009. Expressing confidence, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said the biggest decline in poverty rate was 13.2 per cent which was recorded in the interior – from 29 per cent in 2004 to 15.8 per cent five years later.

Musa who is also Finance Minister said this clearly reflected the commitment of both the state and federal governments in addressing poverty in the country. He added that all the agencies charged with the task of carrying out poverty

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