The 11.4 percent completion rate for the Sabah Pan Borneo Highway project highlighted in the recent Auditor-General's Report does not reflect the actual physical progress on the ground, said Deputy Chief Minister Joachim Gunsalam.

The Sabah public works minister said the figure only measured the number of fully handed-over packages, which accounted for just four of the 35 packages under Phase 1 of the project...

The Sabah public works minister said the figure only measured the number of fully handed-over packages, which accounted for just four of the 35 packages under Phase 1 of the project.

"Although the 11.4 percent figure is correct in terms of handed-over packages, it does not reflect overall progress as other packages are actively being built, with some alignments recording between 90 and 93 percent physical progress," Joachim (above) told reporters on the sidelines of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah convention today.