Sabah highway next to get the chop?


Costly highway: Part of the Pan Borneo Highway across Papar-Donggongon in Sabah. Will the Sabah portion of the highway be axed due to cost overruns? — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: With the Pakatan Harapan government confirming it has dropped the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, attention has now turned to which mega-infrastructure projects could be reviewed next.

Under its manifesto, the Pakatan coalition identified a number of mega-projects initiated by the previous administration that it planned to review – to save the country billions of ringgit.

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