Plans afoot to develop Tambunan into a coconut hub, says Jeffrey Kitingan


Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan. - Filepic/The Star

KOTA KINABALU: There are plans to redevelop idle grazing fields in Sabah’s Tambunan district into high-yielding coconut plantations, says Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

He said there were two phases planned out for this vision so far, with eight villages identified and selected for the first phase of the project which covers 3,400.75 acres of grazing fields.

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