Budget 2022: Sabah, Sarawak get 60pc of rural development allocation plus extra RM500m, says finance minister


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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Sabah and Sarawak received 60 per cent of the allocation for rural development and 85 per cent of the allotted sum for the upgrade of poor schools from Budget 2022, apart from an additional RM500 million for the implementation of small scale projects there. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the allocations proved untrue the allegations that the federal government had marginalised the two states in the latest national budget. Commenting further on the extra allotment of RM500 million for the two states, the finance minister said the money will be used...