Funding can increase, but public money must be managed transparently, PM says
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- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia could increase funding for the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.
- He said additional funding would directly benefit farmers, paddy growers, plantation operators and fishermen.
- Anwar stressed that any increase must come with careful and transparent management of public money.
Malaysia’s Agriculture and Food Security Ministry can receive more funding, but the government must manage public money carefully and transparently, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.
Speaking in Serdang, Anwar said he had no objection to increasing the ministry’s allocation because the additional funds would directly benefit farmers, paddy growers, plantation operators and fishermen.
He nonetheless stressed that greater funding must be accompanied by transparent management of public resources.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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