Parti Bersatu Sabah vice-president Datuk Peter Mak said Labuan's future can be better secured by granting it autonomy in managing its own economic and development affairs as a special development zone.
However, he said the crucial decision of autonomy and development of Labuan as a special development zone must be made by the people of Labuan themselves through a referendum. Mak was weighing in on current discussions on returning Labuan to Sabah amidst the alleged failure of the federal government to develop the island as promised and envisaged, after its federalisation 38 years ago.
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