Environmental autonomy transfer from fed govt to Sarawak to be carried out in phases, says Deputy Premier

Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan showing his winding-up speech at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly complex. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: The transfer of environmental autonomy from the Federal Government to Sarawak under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) will be carried out in phases, says Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.

In the first phase, he said, the Sarawak government planned to take over administrative power on the management of scheduled wastes starting in 2025.