KUCHING: The Sarawak government will never build a road to Gunung Mulu National Park because of its commitment towards preserving what it considers its tourism industry’s crown jewel that will be there for generations to come.
Addressing a State Banquet held last night in honour of Prince Albert II of Monaco, who is on his first visit to Sarawak, Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said efforts to preserve the park as a nature heritage for all generations to come would continue ceaselessly.
On Price Albert’s visit to Mulu today, the chief minister said the latter would see that the national park was well kept and that the rivers were yellow with silt, not chemicals.
“Mulu is doing very well. It was declared a World Heritage Site. We hope that it will be handed down to our younger generation in the same pristine condition,” he said.
“Because of that, the government has taken the decision not to build a road to Mulu in order to maintain its very loud silence and very fresh environment,” he added.
Mulu is now only accessible by plane or boat.
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