Kota Kinabalu: The State Government hopes the Federal Government will allocate more funds in the 12th Malaysia Plan (RMK-12) to implement flood mitigation programmes in Sabah.
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“We have a very major flood problem in Sabah,” said State Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Junz Wong (pic), citing areas such as Penampang, Putatan, Kota Kinabalu and Sepanggar, among them.
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“I think we need to understand the facts first, that during the RMK-7 the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) did a flood mitigation plan for Kota Kinabalu, Putatan, Penampang and Sepangar and estimated at least RM3 billion was needed at that time.
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