Voters: Just fix the ‘mooncraters’

Settle the basics first: Lye and his son Ricky, who run a stall selling noodles in Kota Kinabalu, want broken roads fixed because roads are not simply infrastructure but the backbone of mobility, business activity and daily survival.

KOTA KINABALU: Livelihood concerns – especially the long-neglected state of basic infrastructure – continue to dominate the Chinese community’s priorities, even in urban areas.

Many of those met say the condition of roads, which they described as “mooncraters” in districts and towns, has become the clearest indicator of whether elected leaders are delivering.