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The Star
30-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Sabah's GDP growth promising
Hajiji Haji Noor Facebook picture. KOTA KINABALU: With Sabah's gross domestic product (GDP) showing an increase in growth in 2024, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has called for a paradigm shift to ensure that all development plans are implemented successfully. Hajiji said the GDP growth of RM83.2bil last year against the RM82.1bil recorded in 2023 reflected a momentum of continuous improvement and positive development in Sabah. He said it was in line with the national GDP, which is expected to increase by 2.5% through the Madani Economy Framework that saw the restructuring of Malaysia's economy under the national Budget 2025. 'We must change our attitude to not just focus on the negatives without evaluating or giving credit to the successes or contributions made to the state,' Hajiji said when chairing the State Development Action Council meeting at Menara Kinabalu here yesterday. 'If we continue to contribute our energy positively through close cooperation from various quarters in the state, it is not impossible to successfully implement our Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya ( Hala Tuju SMJ) aspirations.' He also urged the relevant agencies to ensure all initiatives and programmes under the 12th Malaysia Plan and the development blueprint are implemented to spur economic growth and uplift the people's livelihood. Under the 13th Malaysia Plan, the Chief Minister revealed the state government has formulated a State Strategic Development Hala Tuju as a proactive step to spur Sabah's economy and development from 2026 to 2030. 'It is also an early framework that takes into consideration the policy, blueprint and current development plan. Various initiatives will be initiated encompassing the Blue Economy initiative and each state development agenda under the 13MP,' he said. Despite the various successes through the Hala Tuju SMJ initiatives and positive figures from all the released data to date, Hajiji said the state government must not become complacent. 'We must continue to work hard and be more proactive. All department and district-level heads must go down to the ground more frequently to monitor ongoing projects. 'This is important to ensure that all programmes are done well and thoroughly,' he said, adding that this year, 1,265 projects must be completed in Sabah. 'All the implementing agencies must constantly monitor these projects' progress and ensure they are completed according to schedule,' he said. According to him, Sabah is among the highest recipients of the national Budget, with RM6.7bil allocated by the Federal Government this year. 'This proves that the voices of the people and leaders of Sabah are heard at the federal level. It also demonstrates that we are very serious and will strive to boost the state's development.'
The Star
29-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Hajiji: Sabah's economy remains on a positive trend
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's gross domestic product (GDP) rose to RM83.2bil last year, announces Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Hajiji said the hike from RM82.1bil recorded in 2023 reflected a momentum of continuous improvement and positive development in the state. Describing the performance as encouraging, he, however, stressed the need for a paradigm shift to reinforce implementation efforts and warned implementers against becoming complacent. "We must change our attitude to focus solely on the negatives without acknowledging or giving due credit to the successes and contributions made to the state," he said when chairing the State Development Action Council meeting here on Tuesday. Hajiji said the achievement was due to cooperation from various quarters in the state. "If we continue to contribute our energy positively through close cooperation, we can successfully implement our Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya aspirations," he said. He urged the relevant agencies to ensure all initiatives and programmes under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) and Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya development blueprint are implemented to spur economic growth and to uplift the people's livelihood. Under the 13MP, the Chief Minister said the state government has formulated the State Strategic Development Hala Tuju as a proactive step to boost the economy and development from 2026 to 2030. "It is also an early framework that takes into consideration the policy, blueprint and current development plan," he said. He urged the state leadership and department heads at all levels to go down to the ground more often to monitor the ongoing programmes and projects. He said a total of 1,265 projects and programmes must be completed within this year. According to him, Sabah is among the highest recipients of Budget 2025, with an allocation of RM6.7bil. "This proves that the voices of the people and leaders of Sabah are heard at the federal level. "This also shows that we are very serious and will strive to boost the state's development," he said.
