Budget 2023: Mixed reaction towards lower allocation for esports


The announcement of a lower RM13mil allocation for esports in Budget 2023 – compared to RM20mil for Budget 2022 announced last year – was met with disappointment in some quarters. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: Juwita Jalil, head of communications for Malaysia Electronic Sports Federation (MESF), had been optimistic that the allocation for esports in the new budget tabled today would be higher than the previous year’s.

So it came as a rude shock that the sum announced was RM7mil less than the sum in the previous budget, particularly as the country had performed well on the international stage in the past year.

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