Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has been commended for his visionary and down-to-earth leadership in transforming the state’s timber industry.
Sarawak Timber Association (STA) chairman Pemanca Datuk Wong Kie Yik said during his tenure as chief minister, Taib had transformed Sarawak’s timber industry from a humble enterprise to one that generated revenue of RM7 billion last year.
“Very importantly, the timber industry has provided a great number of job opportunities and rewards to some 100,000 people, not including those spin-off industries and their dependence,” he said……
Wong also pointed out that Taib had encouraged timber industry players to work closely with one another and to carry out timber activities prudently.
The wealthy timber tycoon Mr Wong, who has desecrated Sarawak and is now being caught out desecrating Papua New Guinea, will have to excuse a pause, while the rest of the world laughs.