Pan borneo highway: Impact towards national security of Sarawak, Malaysia

The Pan Borneo Highway will pass through vast areas, which will require future development and security initiative to make the roadway safe and prosper for development.  The objectives of this research are 1) To examine the potential development and security related issues on the establishment of the Pan Borneo Highway, 2) To study the adaptation and measures both on the development and security of the area established by the Pan Borneo Highway, 3) To analyse the potential implication on social, cultural, economic, and security issues. This research used qualitative approach. The data collected from primary and Secondary sources. The findings of this research are 1) The Pan Borneo Highway project does provide an important impact towards the state economic growth by creating more job opportunity, increase more local sellers and vendors and also lessen the time taken from one place to another, 2) The mega project is able to bring Sarawak to another stage of development, which the resources inside can be utilise to its extreme.  Consequently, the well-being of the people will be increased as well as an opening of the job vacancies for locals in Sarawak and 3) The connection of intra-state in East Malaysia can be enhanced. The long-term benefit on this mega-project is able to generate a positive impact to the state government and local people in term of political, economy, social/culture and technology. Besides the addition to being able to present a positive outcome from the development of this highway, it may allocatee a negative influence especially on the perspective of life and society.