Govt raises development expenditure to RM230bil


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 26 Jun 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is allocating another RM30bil for development expenditure under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), increasing the ceiling to RM230bil, according to the Mid-Term Review of the Plan.

The extra money would be to finance priority projects including food security, building more rural roads and low cost housing and to accommodate the surge in cost of building materials for approved infrastructure projects under the 9MP (2006-2010).

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