Local activist Zainnal Ajamain says Sabah should make use of its vast tracts of land and strategic position to become the food basket of the region.
Sabah should produce tomatoes, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, everything people would want and sell them, says an activist.
“I am sorry to say but if the state industrial development ministry is thinking of developing electronics manufacturing in Sabah, that will never work. That ship sailed a long time ago. Being a food basket also meant Sabah would be safe from harm should any kind of conflict break up between world’s superpowers in the South China Sea, he said.In order to make this happen, Zainnal proposed that Sabah focus its agricultural activities in the interior and the government must facilitate the process by ensuring there was a good land network to connect each farm to the ports.
Zainnal said Sabah could not keep hoping that the federal government would assist it to grow as the current system meant the federal administration would only develop the central area, leaving Sabah, and for that matter Sarawak, to fend for themselves.
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