Mega dams to go ahead

Intricate design: Taib receiving a sape as a souvenir after launching the symposium in Miri.

BY STEPHEN THEN
STEPHENTHEN@THESTAR.COM.MY

MIRI: The cost of constructing new hydroelectric dams in Sarawak is going to shoot sky-high but the state will go ahead with these mega projects, said Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

A hydro dam that cost RM4bil to construct today would soon require at least RM10bil to build, he said yesterday.
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