KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that annual expenditure distribution and the appointment of Sabah and Sarawak representatives in the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) are among the main issues in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) which have been successfully resolved by the Unity Government.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that annual expenditure distribution and the appointment of Sabah and Sarawak representatives in the Inland Revenue Board are among the main issues in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 which have been successfully resolved by the Unity Government.
He added that the Federal Government would also fund public infrastructure construction projects in Sabah and Sarawak, with the entire allocation being distributed to the state governments conditionally, but that it must go through strict financial supervision and regulations and be monitored by the Finance Ministry.
"Therefore, we created a format and regulations to increase the allocation to RM300mil per year, subject to some details of the agreement," he said when met by reporters after the Chinese New Year open house, hosted by the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall , at the KLSCAH building here on Sunday .
Earlier, in his speech, Anwar stressed that most of the provisions in the MA63 agreement which had been unresolved for more than 60 years, were successfully completed during the MA63 Implementation Action Council meeting, attended by the Sabah Chief Minister and Sarawak Premier, last Friday .
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