Federal gov't assures full help to Sarawak

THE Federal Government will continue to give 100 per cent commitment to fulfilling the state's development and aspirations.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said, this was because it had always been a Barisan Nasional (BN) stronghold.

Speaking at a meet-the-people session at the SJK (C) Tong Ah here yesterday, he said, most of the 312 projects costing RM2.35 billion which were promised during the last general election, had been implemented.

The completed 245 projects totalled RM213.67 million.

Of the remaining 67 projects, work on 40 big projects costing RM1.312 billion was currently in progress, said Muhyiddin.

He said that the rest of the projects faced problems which included land acquisition, and that as such, work had yet to begin.

"Since the last state election, the opposition had gone around saying that the government had failed to implement many projects which were promised or announced.

"But, they are just shooting from the hip. In view of the coming 13th General Election, they will go around again, discrediting the government while promising the people the moon and the stars.

"I hope the people will not be easily swayed because they (opposition) have neither the ability nor the capacity to do better.

"Whatever we have promised or announced, we are definitely going to deliver," he said, adding that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had directed all ministers, deputy ministers and civil servants to work closely under his National Transformation Programme (NTP) to enable the country to become more progressive and a high income society by 2020.

Bernama