Return Labuan to Sabah and watch its economy take off, says ex-CM Yong


KOTA KINABALU: Building a bridge to link Labuan and Sabah will be pointless if the island remains a federal territory, says Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee.

The former chief minister contended that the only effective long-term solution to Labuan's persistent economic problems is to integrate the island's economy with Sabah's by way of the proposed Labuan-Menumbok link.

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