The issue of development, especially regarding basic facilities in Sabah and Sarawak needs to take into account the size of the states and not only the population density of a certain area or state.

Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof said Sabah and Sarawak’s large size, compounded with their low population density compared to the Peninsular were factors behind why development was lagging behind other states as the government prioritised allocations based on the population density rate in a state...