The Sabah Development Corridor or SDC (Malay: Koridor Pembangunan Sabah or Koridor Sabah) is a new development corridor in
Sabah
Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
. The SDC was launched on 29 January 2008 by the Malaysian fifth Prime Minister,
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
The project is expected to take 18 years with total investment of up to RM 105 billion. On average, starts from the year of 2009, RM5.83 billion will be allocated each year for development. 900,000 jobs are expected to be created with this project along with a waterfront city, tourism sub project and a Sabah Railway terminal. The project kick-started with the Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announcing that the government has allocated an extra RM 5 billion under the
Ninth Malaysia Plan to improve infrastructure and lower the cost of doing business in the state.
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Key objectives of the project are:
* make Sabah a gateway for trade, investment and tourism
* transform the state into a harmonious state regardless of race or religion
* create job opportunities in the state
* make the state more technology-savvy
* make the state a comfortable state to live in
See also
* East Coast Economic Region
* Iskandar Malaysia
* Malaysia Vision Valley
The Malaysia Vision Valley (MVV; Malay language, Malay: ) is a development corridor that encompasses the districts of Seremban District, Seremban and Port Dickson District, Port Dickson in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The corridor wa ...
* Malaysian National Projects
* Ninth Malaysia Plan
* Northern Corridor Economic Region
** The Greater Kedah 2050
* Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy
The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE; Malay language, Malay: ) is an economic region and Economic corridor, development corridor covering central Sarawak, a Malaysian State on the island of Borneo. SCORE was launched in 2008. It is one ...
References
External links
Sabah Development Corridor
Sabah Development Corridor Open Community
Development Corridors in Malaysia
Sabah
Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)
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