The Sabah Development Corridor (SDC)

The Sabah Development Corridor or SDC is a development corridor in Sabah, launched on 29 January 2008 by the Malaysian fifth Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The project is expected to take 18 years with total investment of up to RM 105 billion. On average, starts from the year of 2009, RM5.83 billion were allocated each year for development. 900,000 jobs are expected to be created with this project along with a waterfront city, tourism sub project and a Sabah Railway terminal. The project kick-started with the Prime Minister at that time announcing that the government has allocated an extra RM 5 billion under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to improve infrastructure and lower the cost of doing business in the state. This corridor will eventually make Sabah a gateway for trade, investment and tourism, transform the state into a harmonious state regardless of race or religion, create more job opportunities in the state and make the state a comfortable state to live in. This paper attempts to show the achievement of SDC in developing Sabah since its launching in 2008. The achievement covers all sectors in the state of Sabah.