Flashback #Star50: Fuelling the economic growth


Mega project: A news report published on May 3,2003 in StarBizweek on the Bakun dam which went against all odds and challenges to finally get constructed in 2010.

Built in 2010, the state’s largest hydroelectric dam, now supports energy-intensive heavy industries

FROM the get-go about two decades ago, it was a hot button topic.

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