He said the Madani government had also successfully completed the conversion of the status of Bintulu port from a federal port to a state port in addition to the labour force in Sabah and Sarawak. “In addition, the special interim grant to Sabah and Sarawak has been doubled to RM600 million each starting this year,” he said. Regarding today’s meeting, Fadillah said it was very important to enable the government to plan pragmatic follow-up actions regarding the status of matters or demands under MA63 that have not been implemented. He said it was in line with the decision of Meeting (MTPMA63) Number 1 of 2024 chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Sept 12. Fadillah said the meeting also discussed six presentation papers from several relevant ministries/departments, including the status of actions for matters under the Ministry of Finance as well as the report of the Working Committee Meeting on the Sabah and Sarawak State civil service. In addition, he said also discussed was the proposed amendment of item 25A (Tourism) in List I (Federal) of the ninth schedule of the Federal Constitution to List III (Joint) of the ninth schedule of the Federal Constitution. “Also discussed were the development of the Sabah-Sarawak-Kalimantan border area, the report of the Sabah and Sarawak Health Development Joint Action Committee Meeting and the report of the Sabah and Sarawak Education Development Joint Action Committee Meeting,” he said. He said all decisions agreed upon today would be brought to the next meeting for consideration and agreement. Meanwhile, other matters or claims related to MA63 which are still pending will continue to be discussed and monitored by the Technical Committee under MTPMA63, said Fadillah (ICE KUALA LUMPUR)

Fonte notizia: 19 marzo 2025, Kuala Lumpur