‘Restructure coastal, island devt’

Kota Kinabalu: The State government is advised to restructure the development plan for houses on stilts in the coastal areas and islands to ensure fire incidents can be dealt with properly.

Warisan President Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the fire incident that occurred in Kg Lok Urai, Pulau Gaya, on Thursday is a lesson learnt and should initiate the rearrangement of the structure of such houses.

 

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