Budget 2023 remedy for nation's financial standing, takes care of people, says Sabah CM
Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor welcomes the federal government’s commitment to delegate the approval of federal projects below RM50 million to technical departments in Sabah and Sarawak. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 24, 2023.
“In addition, another RM2.5 billion is allocated for Sabah and Sarawak to implement public amenity projects such as roads, street lights, electricity and water supply. Hajiji welcomed the prime minister’s commitment on a RM1billion allocation for the construction of a Customs, Immigration, Quarantine and Security facility at the Sabah-Sarawak border town in Kalabakan in anticipation of the shifting of the Indonesian capital to Kalimantan.
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Ewon Benedick, in a separate statement, said as a federal minister from Sabah, he truly appreciated Anwar’s commitment to increase special grants and other allocations for the state. Several Sabahans who were interviewed hoped a big portion of the allocations would be used to maintain, upgrade and build roads, clinics and schools in the state.
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