Will the sports fraternity get a bigger slice of the economic pie?


A WEEK from today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be tabling a revised Budget 2023 which is expected to focus on easing the immediate financial burden of households and businesses.

The budget is obviously highly anticipated by the sports fraternity, considering the fact that the previous administration had approved a total budget of RM332mil, with RM154mil to be channelled to talent development, training programmes and equipment for sporting facilities.

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