PM: Local contractors will have place in large infrastructure projects

Najib (second from left) arriving at UEM Group's 50th anniversary dinner on Thursday. With him are UEM Group Bhd chairman Tan Sri Ahmad Tajuddin Ali (left) and International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed (right).

KUALA LUMPUR: Local and bumiputra contractors have been assured a place in the Government's future large infrastructure projects, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"In view of several large infrastructure projects that I announced recently, it is clear that there will be major construction work at home in the next five years or more.