TONGOD: Tongod will have a new landmark with another development project approved by the State Government to build a new town in the district.Housing and Town Development Board (LPPB) Chairman Datuk Masiung Banah said RM6 million had been allocated to build two rows of multi-storey shops containing 12 units on a 6.24-acre site.
He said, for the first phase, a total of six units would be constructed early this year as soon as the consultant obtains approval from the Tongod District Council.
“The proposed commercial project plan has been fully completed and we have already received advance orders from supermarket companies including franchise such as KFC,” he said after visiting the Tongod New Town Project site, recently.
The Kuamut Assemblyman is confident that Tongod is capable of generating more development programmes in the next five years since the district is located under the “Sabah Maju Jaya” development corridor programme.
According to him, once the commercial project is established, another low-cost housing project involving 50 units located next to the multi-storey shop building will follow.
The low-cost housing will be built in phases and sold to qualified buyers at a price below RM50,000.
Present were LPPB General Manager Rosemary Ahping, Commercial Division Manager Della Sindul and LPPB senior officers.
