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Budget 2025 intends to look after the welfare of those living in rural areas by boosting development, particularly in Sarawak and Sabah, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Following the tabling of Budget 2025 on Friday (Oct 18), Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister, announced that the ministry has been allocated an additional RM457mil, raising its total budget to RM11.9bil - the largest in its history.

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00:00I feel that the unity of all the people of this country has been touched by the people of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur
00:15Where we have studied that the response this time is not to leave the people in the villages
00:27let alone the gaps between the provinces of Semanjung, Sabah and Sarawak
00:33We see that the Ministry of Villages and Regions has given an additional settlement of 457 million ringgit
00:49The total settlement amounted to 11.9 billion ringgit
00:54This is a large settlement to the KKJW
01:02I would also like to touch on the settlement given to several authorities that I manage
01:13namely TIVET
01:15For example, this year, a total of 6.8 billion ringgit has been settled
01:22But for Tuan Harapan, it has increased to 7.5 billion ringgit
01:29There are also settlements for the local water and electricity supply
01:40and facilities in the city
01:42It is clear that the increase is very significant
01:46Especially when the settlement in the development category, or DE, exceeds the settlement for OE
02:01This is very significant
02:06The total population of the village is 8.1 million
02:13The increase shows that the settlement in the outskirts of the city is not marginalized
02:23We also see that the infrastructure has been provided with 2.9 billion ringgit
02:34We would also like to thank the KKJW for providing a total of 350 village roads
02:45And for VELCRA, RISDA, and KELDA,
02:51a total of more than 2.5 billion ringgit has been settled
03:02KELDA is under my supervision
03:08This is a relief to the target groups in the development categories
03:16Thank you

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