KOTA KINABALU: A total of nine completed reports would be used to guide the planning and implementation of the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) in Sabah.
Sabah Chief MInister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said that those master plan and feasibility study reports were prepared to continue development programmes and projects in lagging regions.
It includes the Sabah Border Economic Development Study, which proposed four catalytic projects and 27 additional projects.
"Another study is the Sabah Interior Food Valley Master Plan, covering five main districts - Keningau, Tambunan, Tenom, Tongod and Nabawan involving a land area of 2.3 million hectares," said Hajiji in a statement, who is also SEDIA chairman, after chairing the meeting.
Meanwhile, he also commended SEDIA's achievements in implementing key development projects in the state.
Among them is the development of the Keningau Integrated Livestock Centre (KILC), worth RM64.1 million that had achieved an average daily milk production of 7,168 litres or 2.5 million litres annually
The project contributed 29.6 per cent of Sabah’s total milk production in 2022 and created 78 jobs as of 2024.
In the industrial and logistics sector, Hajiji said the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC Lahad Datu), worth RM932 million and developed to accelerate downstream palm oil
industry development, has generated RM4.1 billion in investments and created 3,099 job opportunities as of 2024, with 42 companies currently operating.
As for the infrastructure and connectivity sector, among the key outcomes are the 16.1-kilometre pedestrian and cycling pathway from Tanjung Aru to Universiti Malaysia Sabah; the dual-carriageway road from UiTM to the Sepangar Bay Container Port spanning 3 kilometres, including a 600-metre tunnel serving as an alternative route that has reduced travel time and distance.
"As a result of this project, the total investments in Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) increased to RM8.32 billion (2017–2024) and created 5,882 job opportunities," he said. in a statement.
Hajiji also said SEDIA has also established the Sandakan Education Hub, worth RM100 million, as a Human Capital Development Model Cluster involving four institutions - the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, UMS; Sandakan Polytechnic; MARA Junior Science College (MRSM) Sandakan; and Sandakan Vocational College 2.
SEDIA was also mandated to implement Madani initiatives involving 1,230 projects under 12MP worth RM102.3 million, including poverty eradication, people- centric programmes, the People’s Facilities Initiative (IKR), and the People’s Income Initiative (IPR).
The agency has received a total allocation of RM3.7 billion from the Federal Government since its establishment during the 9MP up to the 12MP.
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