KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud today named Tan Sri Adenan Satem as his successor.

The Star daily quoted Taib as saying that he has handed over his resignation letter dated February 28 to Sarawak Governor Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin.

Taib said that Adenan has the trust of not only the other candidates for the chief minister’s post but that of the whole Parti Pesaka Bumiputera  Bersatu, the paper added.

“Native lands will get a chance for development for higher income for the natives,” he was quoted as saying.

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