THE state government is ‘stepping in’ with an allocation of RM81.7 million to rebuild, repair and upgrade dilapidated schools, including providing water and electricity supplies. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the sum was far from the estimated over RM1 billion needed to address the problem which
Race, social status or religion not an issue, but they must be Sarawakians KUCHING: Newborn Sarawakian children will be given a one-off incentive of RM1,000 each irrespective of ethnicity, religious beliefs or social status from next year. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, who tabled the Supply (2019)
THE new revenue stream from the petroleum sales tax, introduced by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, is “a very radical solution” to fund Sarawak’s development agenda for long-awaited basic infrastructure throughout the state. This was pointed out by the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Women’s Wing chief,
THE Sarawak Patriot Association (SPA) yesterday congratulated the Sarawak government under the leadership of Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg for having presented a people-oriented budget at the Dewan Undangan Negeri. In a press statement issued by its chairman, Datuk John Lau Pang Heng, SPA noted that
AT RM11.914bil, it is not only Sarawak’s biggest ever budget but that despite its size, the state’s reserve of RM31bil remains untouched. In stating this yesterday, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing said the budget derived revenue earned through the use of commodities sales tax,
SEREMBU assemblyman Miro Simuh has described the RM81.7 million provision to address the issue of dilapidated schools in the state as “a good move by the state govt”. Miro said he saw the allocation as “courageous and breaking into new ground” because education is under purview of Federal Government. “It
KUCHING: Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian could not help being “amused” by the finger-pointing at the Federal Government because it did not make any specific allocation in its 2019 budget to conduct perimeter surveys of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land. Baru, who is Works Minister, said land matters in the
Chairman of the Council of Eminent Persons Tun Daim Zainuddin recently stated that he would have granted Sarawak and Sabah autonomous status if it were up to him. The only issue for him was that there had to be policy makers in place before such a move should be made
The Sarawak Budget 2019 has showed the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is concerned about the needs of the people — with the allocation of RM6.049 billion devoted to the rural development. “The state budget presented by the Chief Minister is also able to cure the disappointment of the people against
The budget tabled by Abang Johari is indeed a good news especially for the rural people, said Meradong Assemblyman Datuk Ding Kuong Hiing. “This can bridge the development gap between the urban people and the rural people,” he said when met at the DUN building yesterday. Ding also thanked the