Sabah Customs to have RM61m own building

Sabah Customs to have RM61m own building

Customs Department Director-General Dato Sri Khazali Ahmad said the construction of the eight-storey building will cost about RM61million.

The construction began on Dec 11 last year with land works which will take about eight months.

"Currently, the State Customs Department is renting a premises in Tanjung Aru Plaza and we also have our Customs Enforcement Division located in Wisma Kastam in Jesselton Point," he said this during the ground-breaking of the State Customs Department construction site in Jalan Sulaman here, Thursday.

He said operations will shift here once construction is completed by April 10, 2017 as per schedule," he said, adding that the Customs Enforcement Division will remain in the existing office in Jesselton Point.

Prior to that, Khazali also visited the construction site for the Customs Department housing quarters with a total of 120 units of various category at Sepanggar.

"The project began on July 8 last year at a contract cost of RM54million and is scheduled to be completed by July 4 next year.

"I was made to understand it is six days ahead of schedule and I hope this trend would continue until the project is completed," he said.

Also present were the State Customs Director Datuk Dr. Janathan Kandok and the newly-appointed Sabah Federal Secretary Datuk Borhan Dollah.

On another development, he said, there are 48 days left before the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is implemented on April 1.

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Sabah Customs to have RM61m own building