KOTA KINABALU: The State Government takes note of the Sabah Law Society’s
application for a judicial review in respect of the 40% net revenue in the form of Special
Grant that Sabah is entitled to under the Federal constitution.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor said the Sabah government sees
the initiative by the SLS in a positive light that is not partisan and not political in the
common furtherance of the constitutional arrangements when Sabah formed Malaysia in
1963.
“The Sabah government has been, and will continue to vigorously pursue the 40%
entitlement and other legitimate rights and interests of Sabah with the Federal
government,“ he said.
Last April, Hajiji said Sabah welcomed the four-fold increment of the Federal Government
Special Grant for Sabah from RM26.7 million to RM125.6 million beginning this year
seeing the move as a good development for Sabah whilst the State Government
continues to pursue the 40% as agreed under the 1963 Malaysia Agreement-pr/BNN
