Winding-up of 12th Malaysia Plan set for Thursday (Oct 7)

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The last day of the winding up session of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Oct 7) will involve three ministries and five portfolios under the Prime Minister's Department.

The three ministries are the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives, Federal Territories as well as Youth and Sports while the five portfolios under the Department are Parliament and Law, Economy, Sabah and Sarawak Affairs, Special Affairs and Religious Affairs.

According to the Order Paper of the Dewan Rakyat, today's sitting will begin with the Ministers’ Question Time, which will touch on issues related to the process of procuring self-test kits for schools, raised by Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (PH-Setiawangsa) to the Education Minister.

Apart from that, Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (BN-Machang) will pose a question to Minister of Housing and Local Government on the number of abandoned housing projects nationwide.

There will also be questions for the Federal Territories Minister from Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli (PAS-Dungun) on the postponement of the enforcement of the ban on liquor sales by grocery and convenience shops as well as Chinese medicine halls.

During the oral question and answer session, Datuk Mohd Salim Sharif (BN-Jempol) will pose a question to the Health Minister on the development of the country's first Covid-19 vaccine.

Questions regarding the ceiling price of the COVID-19 self-test kit and action against traders selling fake pulse oximeter will be raised by Lukanisman Awang Sauni (GPS-Sibuti) to the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister.

The current Dewan Rakyat sitting will be for 17 days and will end on Oct 12.- Bernama