TOURISM, Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan suggested for the Sabah government to reclassify Batu Sapi due to its coastal location emphasising its suitability for tourism rather than industrial development.

The Batu Sapi MP said factories not only affected the lives of residents with pollution, but might have also caused harm to the ecosystem following factory waste that might have made way into the sea.

“This is an appropriate time to gazette the villages and I hope the Sandakan Municipal Council (MPS) could look into this,” he said when launching a tourism volunteer programme to revitalise the Heritage Park in Batu Sapi today.

Khairul was pleased the council had made progress to develop tourism in Batu Sapi by coming up with a tourism blueprint handed over to him by MPS president Henry Idol.

“We have formed a cooperation between Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry, Batu Sapi Parliamentary Office and MPS to ensure Batu Sapi’s Heritage Park will always become an attraction,” he said. – Bernama, November 19, 2023.