An areal view of Lahad Datu town..--M. Azhar Arif/The Star.
LAHAD DATU: Shedding its cowboy-town image, Lahad Datu is set to become a municipality by 2015, following in the footsteps of neighbouring Sandakan and Tawau.
The town is located in a rapidly developing district of the same name that covers 6,500 sq km.
