JERLUN, March 29 – The Barisan Nasional (BN) will focus on development if it were to wrest Kedah from the opposition in the 13th general election, said State Umno Liaison Committee deputy chairman Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir(Pic). He said the BN would create employment opportunities by implementing various projects to stem the flow of youths leaving the state to find work in other states.
“If our track record is anything to go by, the BN has been known to bring progress to the state unlike the opposition which has not been able to develop Kedah for the past five years.
“We can save problem-laden Insaniah Universiti College (Kuin), but it will be very difficult to solve logging in Pedu, Changlun and Bukit Kachi for the forests have been cleared,” he told reporters after presenting the Samudera compassionate aid from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) here, today.
Mukhriz, who is also deputy international trade and industry minister, said the opposition-led state government could have resorted to logging to get some money for its coffer in preparation for the 13th general election. At the event, 1MDB presented a RM100 pocket money and school uniforms to 189 pupils, 415 lifejackets and 206 mackerel fishing nets to fishermen, food to 692 needy people, and 50 ‘fixie’ bicycles and 2,000 glasses to underprivileged people from the Jerlun parliamentary constituency.
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