SANDAKAN: The way forward for a strong Malaysia is that the Federal Government, making up of leaders from Sabah, Sarawak and the Peninsula, develop all regions concurrently.Chairman Of DAP Sabah, cum Tanjung Papat Assemblyman, Datuk Frankie Poon recalls when Sabah first agreed to form Malaysia with Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore (before Singapore left in 1965), one of the agreed terms was the 40 per cent revenue be returned to Sabah.
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“It was enshrined in the Federal Constitution under Part IV of The Tenth Schedule that 2/5 of the Net Revenue derived from Sabah would be returned as a special grant. The would allow Sabah to administer with a certain degree of funding.
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