Construction of Pan Borneo Highway begins Tuesday


By YU JI

Workers looking at a video preview of the Pan Borneo Highway launching ceremony at Mile 32 Jalan Bintulu-Miri. PIX By ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE.

BINTULU: Construction of the Pan Borneo Highway, a project first discussed when Malaysia was formed in 1963, begins Tuesday.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will launch the upgrading of an existing road to Bakun Dam from KM-32 of the Bintulu-Miri trunk road.

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