KOTA KINABALU: Residents of Pulau Gaya near here are to be moved out by the state government under plans to turn the island into a tourist attraction, Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor said today.

PULAU Gaya, nestled within the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park and some 10 minutes by boat from Kota Kinabalu, is a sanctuary of biodiversity. Named after the Bajau word gayo, meaning “big ...