PM announces RM1bil to upgrade Sabah, Sarawak border infrastructure


  • Nation
  • Friday, 20 Jan 2023

KUCHING: The Finance Ministry has given preliminary approval for an additional allocation of RM1bil for the commencement of work to upgrade the infrastructure and increase the capability of the Customs, Immigration, Quarantine and Security (CIQS) Complex at Sarawak and Sabah borders.

Prime Minister cum Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the approval was given following his recent discussion with Indonesian President Joko Widodo regarding the relocation of Indonesia’s capital to Nusantara, Kalimantan, which shares a border with the two Malaysian regions.

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