
Allocation for Prime Minister’s Department is unnecessarily huge
- 15 November 2016
- Economy, Institution, National

The Prime Minister’s Department will receive an allocation of RM 15.94 billion in 2017, of which RM 4.92 billion is for Administration and RM 11.01 billion for Development. The allocation is unnecessarily huge when most other ministries, especially health, education, welfare and policing suffer substantial cuts.
Yesterday, I received a written reply from Dato’ Seri Azalina Othman Said, Minister in Prime Minister’s Department, to my question on the huge allocation to the Prime Minister’s Department. She stated that the RM 11.01 billion Development allocation will be channeled through the 31 departments within the Prime Minister’s Department involved in the 11th Malaysia Plan (Rolling Plan 2), as approved by Economic Planning Unit.
Before the start of the current session of Parliamentary sitting, I submitted a motion which is displayed as Item 27
27. PR-1343-U77348 Tuan Liew Chin Tong [ Kluang ] akan mencadangkan:- “Bahawa Dewan ini bersetuju mengurangkan peruntukan untuk JPM dan menyalurkan kepada peruntukan bagi hal ehwal pendidikan, pengangkutan awam, kesihatan dan kebajikan rakyat. Peruntukan untuk Jabatan Perdana Menteri telah dihadkan tahapnya pada tahun 2008 iaitu masing-masing sebanyak RM3.4 bilion bagi peruntukan pengurusan dan RM3.5 bilion untuk pembangunan. Ini membawa kepada jumlah keseluruhan sebanyak RM6.9 bilion. Berbanding 2016, anggaran peruntukan pengurusan dan pembangunan telah melepasi tahap ditetapkan pada 2008 tersebut iaitu masing-masing sebanyak RM5.9 bilion dan RM14 bilion yang membawa kepada jumlah keseluruhan RM20 bilion.” [ Menteri Kewangan ]
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