Chamber Chairman Datuk Wong Kii Yii said all economic sectors in the island protested when the special privilege withdrawn under Budget 2021 by the previous government.
“Numerous appeals, including memoranda, were submitted to the Ministry of Finance and other agencies and there were high expectations that the new Anwar-led government would restore this colonial-era privilege in the revised 2023 budget but was not done,” he said. Dear Daily Express reader,Ever since 1963, before the formation of Malaysia, The Daily Express has kept the public well-informed as well as helped shape Sabah & Labuan's development for almost 60 years.
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