KOTA KINABALU, July 19 — The Sabah state assembly passed two Bills today to raise the salaries of the governor, state ministers and executives, and state elected representatives...
KOTA KINABALU, July 19 — The Sabah state assembly passed two Bills today to raise the salaries of the governor, state ministers and executives, and state elected representatives from March 1 this year.
The Bills would increase by 40 per cent the privy purse, entertainment allowance and regional allowance of the head of state, and the salaries of the chief minister, deputy chief minister, state Cabinet ministers, assistant ministers, state Speaker, deputy state Speaker, state MPs and political secretaries.
According to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, the increase would cost the state government some RM5.6 million per year. The Bills were passed, but not unanimously. The ruling party’s state lawmakers who participated in the debate supported it, but some of the Opposition state lawmakers were against the salary hikes at a time when the people are suffering from rising cost of living.
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