KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — The government is focusing its efforts on strengthening critical sectors like health and education this year, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“For this year we want to take very firm and bold measures, by spending far more to resolve basic infrastructure problems concerning dilapidated schools, toilets, school facilities, health and medical aspects. “That is why we see major allocations for the Health Ministry and Education Ministry in Budget 2023. It is not that other ministries are not important; it is just that we need to focus on sectors which have pressing needs,” he said when launching the Phase Two Putrajaya MRT Line at the Serdang MRT depot near here today.
Also present were Transport Minister Anthony Loke, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. Budget 2023, which was tabled by Anwar on Feb 24, saw the Education Ministry getting the biggest allocation at RM55.2 billion, followed by the Health Ministry at RM36.3 billion. — Bernama