KUCHING: Strengthening collaboration on tax policies and administrative facilitation topped the agenda during Sarawak’s courtesy visit to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in Putrajaya on Friday.
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Unggah Embas led a delegation from the Sarawak Government on a courtesy call to Finance Minister II, Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan, at the MoF office.
The meeting was convened to strengthen collaborative engagement between the Sarawak State Government and the MoF, particularly on matters relating to tax policies and facilitation for key Sarawak entities, including the Sarawak Sovereign Wealth Future Fund (SSWFF) and the Unit for Other Religions (UNIFOR) Charitable Trust.
The session provided a constructive platform for both sides to exchange views on tax-related matters and explore mechanisms to ensure regulatory clarity and administrative facilitation for Sarawak’s financial and charitable institutions.
Unggah, who also serves as Second Finance and New Economy Minister and Infrastructure and Port Development Minister, expressed optimism for continued cooperation and policy alignment to advance Sarawak’s development agenda.
“We look forward to having more dialogue with the Sarawak State Finance Office and the MoF moving forward,” he said in a statement issued by Office of the Deputy Premier Sarawak on Friday.
Also present during the meeting from the MoF were Under-Secretary of Tax Division, John Patrick Antonysamy; Deputy Under-Secretary (Sector of Tax Incentive & Sectoral), Mahfuzah Baharin; Head of Section of Tax Division (Services I), Azura Aziz; Head of Section of Tax Division (Services II), Hazlan Abdul Aziz; and Head of Section of Tax Division (GST Policy & Implementation), Mohd Fadzlee Malik.
The Sarawak delegation included State Financial Secretary, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Lizozman Wan Omar; Deputy State Financial Secretary, Datuk Hasmawati Sapawi; Sarawak State Legal Adviser, Datuk Seri Fong Joo Chung; UNIFOR Charitable Trust Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Kennedy Janang; Sarawak Sovereign Wealth Future Fund CEO, Abang Rahmat Yusuf; Special Administrative Officer to the Deputy Premier of Sarawak, Davin Marcus Raja; and Accountant at the State Financial Secretary’s Office, Abdul Rauf Zainal.
