Abang Johari Openg said Sarawak was more interested in developing its own satellite capabilities than pursuing rocket launches. (UKAS pic)PETALING JAYA: Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg delivered a sharp rebuke of DAP for its criticism of the state's infrastructure projects. While speaking of the state's ambitions of launching its own satellites, he mocked the DAP symbol of a rocket which he said never takes off.
He said the state had been approached by the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and Russia to discuss potential cooperation on rocket launches because of the state’s location near the Equator.
“We are not particularly interested in rockets. We already have the rocket here, but it is only a picture. It divides people," Dayak Daily quoted him as saying. “That is the same rocket telling us to stop Tanjung Embang and stop the Autonomous Rapid Transit project. That rocket never takes off; it remains in the same situation.”
