Its chairman Mohd Noor Mansor said the coalition’s struggle to regain rights to Sabah’s petroleum resources would translate to higher revenues for the state.
“This means a Gabungan government would be able to kick off badly needed projects such as public transport initiatives including a light rail transit for Kota Kinabalu.
“This would improve the business environment in the state capital and the Chinese community would be among those to benefit,” he said.
Noor said a Gabungan-led state government would maximise revenues from the state’s resources.
“We can decide how our revenues are to be used according to the needs of our situation, without having to always refer to Malaya,” said the former state finance minister, referring to Putrajaya.
He said Gabungan would also give importance to the education sector, promising 500 scholarships every year to students from the lower income category.
“Sabah’s most valuable resource is our own people. Our youths should have access to education and skills training regardless of their background,” Noor said.
He said Gabungan’s pledge of introducing a Sabah identity card (IC) would also help improve Sabah’s security situation, adding that this would improve the business climate here.
“The issuance of Sabah ICs would weed out those who have managed to obtain fake identity documents all these years,” he said.
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