BESUT, April 21 — The Besut Barisan Nasional (BN) launched an eight-point manifesto for the 14th General Election (GE14), near here last night.
The launch was officiated by Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, who is also Besut Umno Division chief, in the presence of Umno division leaders, MCA and more than 3,000 party supporters.
Idris was Besut MP in the 13th Parliament.
The eight key points of the Besut BN manifesto are:
To build the East Coast Expressway Phase 3 (LPT3);
To build 1,500 affordable homes in the Besut parliamentary constituency;
Continue the development of Knowledge Park;
To upgrade Besut Hospital with specialist facilities;
Promote the tourism industry in Besut;
To make Besut a livestock breeding centre and supplier of goat milk;
To make Sungai Keluang a recreation site; and,
Development of the Kota Putera Mall.
At the event, Idris also received applications to join Umno from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Besut security chief, Hashim Hassan, together with 12 of his followers.
In the meantime, on one of the manifesto’s points to make the Besut district a centre of livestock breeding and goat milk supply in the country, Idris said it was a continuation of the dairy goat breeding project undertaken by Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) in Bukit Marak, Hulu Besut over the last two years.
He said for now, the centre was monitored and well-maintained by staff from UniSZA, with two professors overseeing nearly 1,000 dairy goats imported from Australia. — Bernama
