LAHAD DATU: The promises made by Barisan National (BN) during the Sandakan Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election last October have come to nothing, a losing contender for the seat has charged.
Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) leader, Yong Tack Lee, said that after 101 days there are still no signs of any work being carried out to fulfil the state BN government’s promises to the people of Batu Sapi.
“I am not talking about completion. I am talking about starting work, and today after 101 days after they won the Batu Sapi seat, I have yet to see any project being carried out.”
He said that among the promises made were the construction of a RM16 million road stretching for 2km in Taman Mewah, the RM5 million Sibuga road by-pass and the RM30,000 Kampung Pukat community hall.
“The BN government said the state has a RM2 billion reserve fund, but it can’t even start work to build the hall which costs only RM30,000,” he said.
Yong also regretted that the BN government had reneged on its promise to give RM30,000 to every school in Batu Sapi.
He said that the BN state government had in the last 100 days made the same promises three times to the Batu Sapi people.
The first time was during the by-election, the second time was when it won and the third was last week when Chief Minister Musa Aman visited Sandakan where he reiterated the promises.
“Not only have the people failed to see any the promises materialise, they also suffered from a flash flood recently.
“So after 101 days, the people can now see for themselves that these are all sweet, empty promises,” Yong said at a thanksgiving dinner here on Sunday night.
