Allocations don’t reflect regional equality
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing views that 2021 Budget does not reflect the equality of Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah. He said it is a disproportionate allocation of fund as Sabah received RM5.1 billion and Sarawak received RM4.5 billion and compared to what Malaya received was much more than that. “This shows […]
Hope for more aid to OKU
KUCHING: The 2021 Budget is not comprehensive for people with disabilities (OKU), opined Persatuan Anak Istimewa Sarawak (Perais) president Rapelson Richard Hamit. Today he said the OKU group, senior citizens, and single mothers should be given more attention. He noted that the government had increased the monthly welfare assistance for OKU, senior citizens, and carers […]
Commitment to pandemic fight earns praise
KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak has commended the government’s seriousness in combating the Covid-19 pandemic as exemplified by Budget 2021. PRS Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Brodie noted that the federal government has committed a huge sum of RM3 billion to acquire vaccine and another RM1 billion to fight the third wave of Covid-19. “It is […]
Expect a surplus State budget
OYA: Sarawakians can expect a surplus budget for next year because of the state’s strong financial standing, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She was commenting on the State 2021 Budget, which will be tabled by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg during the State Legislative […]
Dayak leaders welcome NCR land initiative
KUCHING: Dayak leaders welcome the RM41 million allocation in Budget 2021 for the Native Customary Rights (NCR) land programme in Sabah and Sarawak. Most of them opined that with this additional allocation, the survey of more NCR lands could be expedited and implemented smoothly. Here is what Sarawak Dayak leaders have shared on the specific […]
Largest allocation in the nation’s history to fight Covid-19, ensure welfare
KUALA LUMPUR: In facing the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, the government today tabled Budget 2021 with the largest allocation in the nation’s history to preserve the welfare of the people and country. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the main goal of the budget is to improve the well-being […]
Over 50,500 to benefit from increased monthly aid
KUCHING: A total of 50,521 recipients of the monthly assistance from Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKM) will benefit from the increase in welfare assistance announced in the 2021 Budget. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that the recipients of the monthly assistance included 7,532 non-working people […]
Hydrogen initiative gets Putrajaya’s support
KUCHING: The Sarawak government’s hydrogen initiative gets the support of the Federal government. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said that as part of the efforts to promote energy efficiency and environmentally friendly green technology, the government supports the initiate taken by the Sarawak government in using public buses that operate on hydrogen […]
Stamp duty exemption, RM1bln for rent-to-own scheme
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will be implementing several initiatives to help increase home ownership and provide comfortable and quality housing. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said to encourage home ownership, the government will implement several initiatives including a full stamp duty exemption on instruments of transfer and loan agreements for the purchase […]
Covid-19 fund ceiling to be raised to RM65bln
KUALA LUMPUR: The government intends to amend the schedule of the Temporary Measures for Government Financing Act (Coronvirus disease 2019) to raise the ceiling of the Covid-19 Fund by RM20 billion to RM65 billion. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the move takes into account the pandemic’s latest wave and needs […]
