Anjung Selera Tanjung Lipat redevelopment launched
KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman yesterday launched the Anjung Selera Tanjung Lipat redevelopment project.
The 2.47-acre project when completed, will offer 51,130 square feet of tenancy space for Bumiputera entrepreneurs in the food and beverage, retail and services sectors.
It is a joint project between TERAJU under the Entrepreneur Development Programme and Modal lnsan Bumiputera Sabah with the Perbadanan Pembangunan Ekonomi Sabah (SEDCO) through its subsidiary, SEDCOVEST Holdings Sdn Bhd and Kota Kinabalu City Hall as owners of the land area.
The redevelopment is to be built at a cost of RM13.5 million commencing September 2017 and to be completed by December 2018. It will also feature 112 car park lots to facilitate ease of traffic to the venue.
Musa earlier chaired the Sabah Bumiputera Economic Council meeting yesterday.
He said the State Government aims to produce more human resource with high potential from among the senior management level of government-linked companies (GLCs) in Sabah.
To make this a reality, he said Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp) and TERAJU were now working together on the Sabah GLC Talent Development Program whhich was being done with the cooperation of the State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN).
Senior management would be placed at several identified GLCs to get exposure of best practices, expand their profession network, at the same time contribute to knowledge and technology exchange in developing and implementing high value projects, he said.
“Starting this month, two candidates of the Sabah GLC Talent Development Program have been posted to Khazanah Nasional Bhd and TERAJU,” he said.
Musa also disclosed that in the aspect of education for the Bumiputera community, Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera is an initiative to strengthen the capacity building of Bumiputeras continuously.
Yayasan Peneraju had benefitted 1,611 Sabahans, he added.
The Chief Minister also presented cheques to the recipients of TERAJU’s funds.
Source: The Borneo Post
