1MALAYSIA SONG: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, Umno and Barisan Nasional component party leaders as well as villagers singing the 1Malaysia song after launching the Yayasan Sabah roadshow for West Coast South Division at the Putatan multipurpose hall yesterday. Musa also performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Putatan new multi-purpose hall and witnessed several contributions for the Lahad Datu Warriors Fund.
PUTATAN: The bustling town of Putatan which was upgraded to a full district over a year ago, will continue to see rapid development in the coming years, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
Strategically located right next to and serving as the gateway the City, Musa said the district needed to grow parallel with Kota Kinabalu.
“Putatan is an important district because of its location just next to the state capital. The development here should be in tandem with that in the City,” he said when launching the Yayasan Sabah roadshow for West Coast South division hosted by Putatan at the Pasir Putih multi-purpose hall yesterday.
“A lot of development has been brought to Putatan under the Barisan Nasional (BN). This included elevating Putatan from a sub-district into a district with its own municipality.
“In line with this new status, the road network in the district will continue to be improved, with the federal government allocating RM140 million for this purpose,” he said.
Expressing gratitude to the federal government leadership for its continuous commitment towards Sabah’s development, he said various other allocations had been given under the Putatan constituency.
As such, he called on the people in the area to make the right decision comes the 13th General Election, to ensure there will be a continuation of the development efforts being implemented for the district.
At the event, Musa approved an unspecified allocation for installing an air conditioning system at the multi-purpose Hall and witnessed several contributions for the Lahad Datu Warriors Fund.
He also performed the groundbreaking ceremony for another multi-purpose hall to be built near the existing one.
Touching on Yayasan Sabah’s future strategic plan, he said three core programmes had been identified for implementation starting this year until 2023.
These were Program Desa, Program Kraftangan and Sabah International Convention Centre.
Also present were Deputy Chief Ministers Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai and Datuk Yahya Hussin, who is also Petagas assemblyman.