Sabah & Sarawak

Proposed RM17bil flood mitigation project failed due to objections, sand export ban, says Kitingan

By MUGUNTAN VANAR

KOTA KINABALU: The proposed flood mitigation, irrigation and drainage scheme with a Chinese Fortune 500 company for Sabah could not take off because of local opposition to it as well as a federal ban on the export of sand.

Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said in a statement on Sunday (Sept 21) they had hoped to structure financing for the RM17bil project via the sale of sand and carbon credits.

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Sabah , Flood Mitigation , Jeffrey Kitingan , SCEM , Shaanxi Construction Engineering Malaysia , Sand Exports

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