High allocation for Sabah, Sarawak based on needs: Anwar

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Anwar said he had been criticised by the opposition for giving higher allocation to Sabah and Sarawak but he emphasised that he did this based on the need to be fair to all states theSun theSundaily funding allocation government Malaysia

: The high allocation given to Sabah and Sarawak, especially involving the country’s annual budget, is based on the needs of the two states, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim .

“Fairness means putting something in its place, fairness does not mean giving equally. It’s not giving an allocation of RM1 million to Sabah and Sarawak, and then giving other states RM1 billion also, we give based on the needs of the states. Also present were Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Yusof Apdal, UMS Board of Directors chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan and UMS Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Kasim Mansor.

Anwar said that this year he made a very drastic decision, that he wants hardcore poverty nationwide to be eradicated and, as such, Sabah needs the highest allocation to do just that.

 

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