Friday 29 Mar 2024
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KUBANG PASU (July 15): The Pakatan Harapan government will proceed with the implementation of the Special Border Economic Zone (SBEZ) in Bukit Kayu Hitam as planned by the previous government in Budget 2018, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah.

He said the project would be implemented because of the positive returns it could provide for the people and the economic spill-over effect for local residents.

He added that the project would be carried out on a 4,400-acre site by Northern Gateway Sdn Bhd.

“The project will be carried out in seven phases,” he told reporters after a briefing on the project by Northern Gateway Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Razwin Sulairee Hasnan Termizi at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs and Quarantine Complex here today.

Amiruddin said the land for the purpose had been acquired and expressed confidence that the project would be a catalyst for the setting up of Kota Perdana as envisioned by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 2001.

On the sales and service tax, he said, a bill on the matter would be tabled in Parliament for it to be implemented, scheduled this September.

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