Ahmad Faizal: Athletes' allowances cut because of budgetary limitations


IPOH: Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu (pic) hopes the public will not haul the ministry over the coals in the matter of allowances for athletes.

He said the decision to decrease the allowances was due to budgetary constraints.

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