Effective and strict financial management under the Sabah Barisan Nasional Government have resulted in a significant increase in the State's annual budget over the last five years.
This year's whopping RM4.088 billion State budget, the largest ever in Sabah's history, was nearly doubled when compared to the RM 2.3 billion budget for the year 2008.
The people of Sabah have every reason to rejoice with the big budget, as it means more development programmes would be implemented for their benefit.
Most importantly is the proven capability of the state Government, under the able leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman to efficiently and prudently manage its finances and resources.
Sabah has been among the top states that have achieved sound financial management, with giving it a clean bill by the Auditor-General for the last 11 consecutive years.
The state also received the highest rating of "AAA" by RAM Rating Services for the last three years for its strong fiscal position as a result of a series of surpluses and accumulation of strong reserves.
It has also obtained ISO certification from Moody International for efficiency and proper state budget management for three consecutive years. It must also be noted that the auditor-general's report for this year showed several actual figures that reflected the state's excellent financial achievements.
Among them was that the state reserves had exceeded RM3 billion, its revenue surpassing RM4 billion, actual surplus amounting to RM 730 million, development expenditure at RM1.17 billion and it has no arrears on federal loans.
Musa, when tabling the budget at the State Assembly on Nov 18, expressed confidence in the ability of the State to deliver the RM4.088 billion budget, although its forecast revenue for this year is only RM3.6 billion. His optimism was based on the state's strong financial position and consistent actual surpluses, especially this year, where it recorded a surplus of RM730 million.
Musa, who is also State Financial Minister, said that Sabah's revised revenue for this year was about RM3.8 billion, an increase of more than RM1 billion or 39 per cent compared to the original estimate of RM2.4 billion.
--NEW SABAH TIMES (April 22, 2013)
Sabah berkembang menjadi sebuah negeri yang maju, makmur, aman dan stabil menerusi pendekatan yang dilaksana kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN), kata Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
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ReplyDelete“Ini membolehkan Sabah menjadi negeri yang membangun dengan mampan
ReplyDeleteMusa berkata pertumbuhan ekonomi Sabah kekal teguh selain memiliki rizab yang kukuh.
ReplyDelete“Ini testimoni komitmen kami dalam menggalakkan pertumbuhan modal insan seiring pertumbuhan ekonomi dan infrastruktur bagi faedah rakya
Musa berkata kerajaan negeri juga akan terus menyokong keperluan sekolah Cina termasuk dari segi pembiayaan.
ReplyDeleteUntuk memastikan ini terlaksana, harus ada kestabilan politik serta sokongan daripada semua komuniti agar kami boleh mentadbir negeri tanpa ganguan politiking yang terlalu banyak.
ReplyDelete“Kestabilan politik penting untuk menarik pelaburan serta membolehkan perniagaan berkembang pesat,
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