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Kota Kinabalu: Susulan kejadian banjir bermla 27 Jun yang melanda 10 daerah dan menjejaskan kehidupan lebih 1,000 penduduk di sini, Senator Datuk John Ambrose (gambar) mencadangkan agar cadangan pembinaan Empangan Papar ditangguhkan untuk memberi laluan kepada pembaikan kemudahan pengairan, projek tebatan banjir dan membersihkan sungai-sungai yang tersumbat.“Saya mencadangkan kepada Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, agar menangguhkan cadangan projek pembinaan Empangan Papar dan menggunakan sebahagian daripada dana itu untuk menambahbaik kemudahan pengairan sedia ada dan membersihkan mana-mana sungai yang tersumbat, yang dikenal pasti sebagai faktor penyumbang utama kejadian banjir kilat di Sabah baru-baru ini, termasuk membantu menyiapkan projek tebatan banjir,” kata Ketua Bahagian Bersatu Penampang itu.
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