Najib deserves big mandate in 13th GE — Awg Tengah

WELCOME TO KUCHING: Second Minister for Resource Planning and Environment Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan welcomes South Korea Dongbu Group president Myung Oh (left) during a courtesy call at his office at Wisma Sumber Alam in Kuching Saturday.

KUCHING: It is imperative that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak be given a bigger mandate in the 13th general election to enable him to continue leading Malaysia and ensure continuity in his transformation and development programmes.

Second Minister for Resource Planning and Environment Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said since Najib became the prime minister, Sarawak had received higher allocations for development.

“In the 1960s, Sarawak only had about 800km of roads, and by 2008 it increased to 18,000km due to the excellent state-federal relationships,” he said in a press statement.  “And for the 2013-2016 development budget, Sarawak was given RM2.5 billion for infrastructure alone.”