{"id":1424,"date":"2022-11-06T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2022-11-06T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:41:11","slug":"satta-chairman-in-ge15-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=1424","title":{"rendered":"Satta chairman in GE15 race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_104805-461x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1426\" class=\"wp-image-1426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_104805-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_104805-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_104805-768x1705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_104805-692x1536.jpg 692w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_104805.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Satta) chairman Dato&#8217; Seri Winston Liaw has decided to offer himself as candidate for the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election (GE15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liaw representing Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) says he has 50 ways to upgrade all the facilities in Kota Kinabalu to boost its tourism activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Kota Kinabalu has been not moving forward for decades as until today the city still did not have a proper public transport system to address the massive traffic jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_090944-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1429\" class=\"wp-image-1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_090944-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_090944-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_090944-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_090944-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_090944.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Sabah need to do more to woo more international tourists arrival to the state in order to expand its economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism  is a crucial sector for the state as 90 per cent of Sabahans worked in this industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to make full use of my three decades of experience in the tourism industry to develop the state\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_102142-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1430\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_102142-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_102142-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_102142-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_102142-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221105_102142.jpg 1849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though the domestic economy is picking up but we\u2019re still lacking in foreign injection,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to develop Kota Kinabalu into a vibrant city so that more tourists will come here to spend their money, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is involved in a five-cornered fight with incumbent PH-DAP Chan Foong Hin, GRS-PBS Yee Tsai Yiew, Parti Warisan Amanda Yeo and independent Marcel June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nomination of candidates were held on Nov 5 at Kota Kinabalu community centre  and polling day has been set on Nov 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Satta) chairman Dato&#8217; 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