Kota Kinabalu: Three engineering associations had a dialogue session with Deputy Works Minister Datuk Arthur Kurup to exchange ideas on improving Sabah’s construction industry.Participating in the dialogue were the Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM Sabah Branch), Sabah Engineers Association (SEA) and the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM Sabah Branch).
Arthur stressed on the construction industry’s importance especially with Malaysia’s neighbour Indonesia relocating its capital city from Jakarta to Nusantara in Kalimantan.
It was discussed that as both Sabah and Sarawak are located on the same Borneo Island as Kalimantan, Malaysia has to catch up and be infrastructure ready to re-ignite and spur growth for the nation.
The three engineering NGOs thanked Arthur for giving them the opportunity to voice out their members’ feedbacks and opinions to improve Sabah’s economic competitiveness.
The NGOs said they would train more skilled and competent engineering personnel in the road infrastructural work for the remaining Pan Borneo Highway packages in Sabah which will be implemented in future.
All three NGOs also pledged to continue to upscale their services and bring confidence on Sabah’s engineers’ professionalism to the international arena.
