By Karen Bong
KUCHING, Nov 14: The Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) unanimously approved the Supplementary Supply (2024) Bill, 2024, authorising an additional RM68,746,470 (RM68.7 million) for ordinary expenditures.
Deputy Premier and Second Minister of Finance and New Economy Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas highlighted that this additional funding addresses the cost of various services across ministries and departments where the initial 2024 Estimates and First Supplementary Estimates, 2024, provided insufficient or no allocation.
The assembly also approved an extra RM61,000,230 (RM61.0 million) for development expenses.
“There are 22 sub-activities and 24 sub-sub-activities for which additional provisions are necessary. The required funds have been reallocated from savings within the relevant subheads or advanced from contingency reserves,” he explained.
The bulk of the additional development allocation, RM61,000,000, is earmarked for housing projects, with the remainder designated for land infrastructure, government buildings, public utilities, land compensation and residential extensions, urban and industrial development, public finance, tourism, social development, crop and agricultural development, education, and transport infrastructure. — DayakDaily
