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| Datuk Seri Musa Aman |
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s annual budget continues to increase with
RM4.088 billion proposed expenditure against an estimated revenue of
RM3.828 billion for next year.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman
in unveiling the state’s 2013 Budget yesterday, said Sabah was prepared
to go for a bigger budget, thanks to the record high projected revenue
for next year coupled with a strong consolidated revenue account of more
than RM3.
“The State’s development momentum must not only be
maintained but ought to be intensified. Therefore the State Barisan
Nasional (BN) has provided a higher allocation for the year 2013 as
compared to 2012 Budget,” he said at the Assembly’s budget sitting
yesterday.
The budget themed “Consolidated Efforts Towards
Continuous Prosperity Of The People” represents an increase of about
RM40 million from this year’s RM4.048 billion supply expenditure.
The
Chief Minister underlined six key objectives to be achieved under the
budget, including strengthening the state’s financial position, to
improve basic infrastructure and public amenities and to accelerate the
achievement of the Halatuju.
The budget was also aimed at
developing valuable and high quality youth and human capital, to
eradicate poverty and improve the quality of life of the people and to
achieve balanced regional development.
Musa, who is also the
Finance Minister, said prudent spending and efficient expenditure
management will see a reduction by RM32.92 million or 2.94 per cent in
recurrent expenditures under the 2013 Budget, as compared to RM1,120.85
million for 2012.
He said RM2,337.38 million from next year’s
allocation will go to special expenditures, an increase of RM33.61
million or 1.46 per cent compared to RM2,303.77 million for 2012.
According
to him, the increase among others was due to an increase in
contribution to the development fund from RM500 million in 2012 to RM800
million in 2013, which is the largest contribution ever made by the
state government.
The emoluments estimates proposed for next year
was RM663.17 million, an increase by about 6.34 per cent or RM39.51
million compared to RM623.66 million this year mainly due to the
adjustments of salaries of state civil servants implemented in 2012.
For
development, RM2.42 billion will be provided, with thw state
contributing RM1 billion and RM1.42 billion from the federal government.
The
federal contribution consists of reimbursable grants totaling RM35.4
million, loans RM186.07 million, and direct grants amounting to RM1.19
billion.
“The bulk of the development estimates in 2013 amounting
to RM2.07 billion or 85.71 per cent of the total amount will be
allocated to the economic sector.
This will include funding for
public utilities totaling RM988.23 million, RM763.7 million for
infrastructure and communication and RM234.9 million for agricultural
and land development,” he said.
Out of the RM988.23 million
allocated for public utilities, Musa said RM480.67 million will be
allocated for water supplies, RM400 million for rural electrification
and RM95.56 million for sewerage projects.
The balance of RM12 million will be used for capital contribution related to water and electricity projects, he added.
Under
next year’s budget, the infrastructure and transportation sectors will
recieve an injection of RM763.7 million, out which RM742.95 million has
been set aside for roads and bridges, RM13.5 million for ports and
harbours and RM7.25 million for railways.
Considerable allocation
was also given for agriculture and land development, where RM72.72
million will be used for drainage and irrigation, RM42.06 for
agriculture extension projects and RM34.87 for veterinary services.
A
sum of RM291.16 million or 12.03 per cent of next year’s budget for
development was set aside for the social sector, said Musa.
Of the
amount, a sum of RM181.92 million was for community and rural
development under the Ministry of Rural Development and the Chief
Minister’s Department.
Another sum of RM71.66 million was
allocated for the construction and upgrading of religious buildings,
sport complexes and cultural centres.
The general administration
sector was provided with a sum of RM29.75 million or 1.23 per cent of
the development expenditures which is mainly dedicated to finance
projects undertaken by the Land and Survey Department and for the
construction of government buildings.
In line with their
individual roles, responsibilities and functions as the Government’s
main implementing agencies, the distribution of the proposed 2013 Supply
and Development budget for the ministries are as follows:
(Ministry of) Development Supply
(RM million) (RM million)
- Finance 1,873.57 27.00
- Infrastructure Development 716.50 368.51
- Chief Minister’s Department 443.97 203.43
- Agriculture and Food Industry 306.88 156.13
- Social Development and 139.49 8.50
Consumer Affairs
- Tourism, Culture and 108.25 17.53
Environment
- Local Government and 87.92 32.20
Housing
- Resource Development & 87.89 6.93
Information Technology
- Rural Development 68.00 103.92
- Youth and Sports 58.34 29.60
- Industrial Development 10.38 21.26
- Expenditure not included
in Ministerial Portfolios 23.63
- Charge Expenditure 143.66
- Contingency Reserves 25.00
Total 4,088.48 1,000.01
we hope that the budget will give more development especially in rural area.
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