Sabah hopes for early disbursement
Published on: Monday, October 28, 2019
By: Bernama
KOTA BELUD: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal hopes Budget 2020 allocation for education in Sabah will be channelled early next year.
He said budget allocation would usually come in the second half of the year.
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“I think it will be much better if the allocation could reach the ground (schools) sooner, possibly in February, March or April.
“At least we can realise some of the urgent initiatives planned, I mean we are talking about poor schools,” he told the media after attending the “Tamu Besar Kota Belud”, here, Sunday.
Mohd Shafie said in Sabah, more than 500 poor schools have to share buildings between primary and secondary schools.
Also present at the event were Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin and his wife Toh Puan Norlidah R.M. Jasni and State Ministers.
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Earlier, Mohd Shafie also announced an allocation RM200,000 for next year’s Tamu Besar Kota Belud.
He said the sum would enable facilities in the tamu area to be upgraded to attract more visitors, apart from expanding exhibition site.
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“We are increasing the allocation as needed by the organisers from RM50,000 previously,” he said.
Meanwhile, State Rural Development Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick said the Sabah Government wants to attract more tourists especially from overseas to the State through the organisation of cultural festivals.
In addition to the beauty and uniqueness of Sabah’s nature, Ewon said rural Sabah also has a range of other interesting tourism activities, including the “Tamu Besar” in Kota Belud.
“However, to date, only locals are celebrating the festival and it is not promoted to foreign tourists. We have to introduce the traditional food to foreign tourists so that our entrepreneurs can turn it into a commercial product,” he said, in a statement, Sunday.
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