Sorry for failing to get Putrajaya to spend on Sarawak, says state tourism minister
Karim listed the axed projects as the Belaga Waterfront, Kampung Panchor Hotspring Improvement, Baram Waterfront and Upgrading of Tourism Facilities at Gunung Serumbu, Bau. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
“At this juncture, I should let this August House know it is most unfortunate that since the PH took over the federal government, four of the approved tourism development projects by the federal Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia amounting to RM29.7 million have been cancelled,” he said. “But the PH federal government prefers the money to be channelled to Kedah,” he said in his wind-up speech.
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