Chong, under whom Sabah started registering billion ringgit revenues from tourism for the first time as State Tourism Minister, said this to incumbent Datuk cliew30 at a meeting at her office on Wednesday.
Chong, under whom Sabah started registering billion ringgit revenues from tourism for the first time as State Tourism Minister, said this to incumbent Datuk Christina Liew at a meeting at her office on Wednesday. He is also credited with convincing former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to open up Sabah and Sarawak to northern destinations like Korea, Taiwan and China that has now resulted in a steady stream of visitors from these countries.
“This is not the first time you have pursued the matter. In 2018, you raised the possibility of reviving the project publicly, upon assuming the portfolio of Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, and had made a clear statement in the papers. “But I know you were constrained under the then Warisan-led Government.
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