KUANTAN: The specific allocations for the tourism, agriculture, and industrial sectors announced during the tabling of the 2025 Budget yesterday (Oct 18) are proof of the government's concern for the needs of Pahang, the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the allocations set aside in the RM421 billion budget prove that Pahang has great potential in the tourism, agriculture, and industrial sectors.
"Representing the people of Pahang, I am very pleased and grateful for several projects dedicated to the state which will ensure the wellbeing of its people and the state. "I thank Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the allocations. "The projects include the construction of the new state police headquarters, improving facilities at Taman Negara Endau Rompin and nominating the Sungai Lembing tin mining site for Unesco World Heritage Site status. "The others include prioritising flood mitigation projects involving rivers in Pahang, road construction and repair at villages in Lipis, and building a new bypass stretch between the McDonald's roundabout and Brinchang junction in Cameron Highlands," he said in a Facebook posting today. He added that the cooperation between Pahang and the federal governments is vital to ensure that all planned development initiatives can be implemented effectively, and provides maximum impact.
Wan Rosdy described the RM421 billion allocation in budget as a major commitment of the government to ensure a balanced development can be implemented throughout the country. In 2020, it was reported that the new Pahang state police contingent headquarters located at the administrative centre in Kota SAS here would be carried out through an allocation under the 12th Malaysia Plan. Yesterday, Anwar announced RM2.1 billion is being allocated for the construction of state and district police headquarters that will begin next year.
Source - NST
