Labuan: 'KL failed to fulfil objective'

Kota Kinabalu: Labuan can be developed into a strong and sustainable economic and financial centre, provided the Federal Government changes its attitude towards the local leaders and civil servants.

Former Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh said the Federal Government must also listen to local views and requests.

"Hope will always remain a hope, therefore, it is a hope that the Federal Government will take steps to develop Labuan and make Labuan a Little Singapore as promised and envisaged," he said

In a statement in conjunction with Labuan's Silver Jubilee, Harris said the State Government handed over Labuan to the Federal Government in 1984 in the hope of ensuring that Labuan would be economically viable and become a "Little Singapore".

The idea sprang up 25 years ago because the Federal Government has the power and funds to turn Labuan into an economically developed urban island, he said.

But, Harris said it was evidently clear that over these years, the Federal Government had failed to develop in all respects, to convert Labuan into "Little Singapore" as well as to create economic activities to sustain and assure the present and future.

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Beginilah Haris.... kau sudah let go sama Labuan.... jadi, jangan lagi menyesal. Kau yang kasi lapas ni harta Sabah sama dorang... jadi... apa lagi bah yang kau mau cakap ini? Kau tau sudah kita kana buuuuuuuuuuuyuk saja... sejak dari kita tubuhkan Malaysia sama dorang... mana ada kebaikan ketara untuk Sabah??? Kana kasi lima sen ada lah... Sekarang kau mau cakap dorang nda kasi bangun Labuan sepertimana yang kau harap-harapkan.... apa guna? Nasi bukan saja sudah jadi bubur... sudah bakarak lah bossssss.