No need for Sabah to have its own health ministry, says SAPP


KOTA KINABALU: There is no need for Sabah to have its own state Health Ministry as there would be an overlap with duties being done at the federal level, says SAPP president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee.

He was responding to criticism from Sabah DAP leaders after the portfolio was dropped from the new Cabinet line-up.

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