Decentralise more powers to Sarawak, Deputy Premier urges Federal Govt

Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan at the state assembly on Wednesday (May 24). - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: The Federal Government should decentralise more powers to Sarawak so that the state government can deliver services more efficiently, says Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.

The Deputy Premier said the recognition of the state Public Works Department and Drainage and Irrigation Department as technical departments was laudable as it gave the state government the authority to implement federal projects worth up to RM50mil in Sarawak.