SANDAKAN: The upgrading of Sandakan Municipal Council (SMC) to City Council is subject to several criteria before implementation, said Deputy Chief Minister II cum Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Joachim Gunsalam.
He said the upgrade application had been discussed for a long time, but several matters needed to be taken into account before the implementation.
“Among them, the local authority must cover an administrative area with a population of not less than 500,000 people. It also needs to have income from stable financial sources, with annual revenue of not less than RM100 million.
