Umno lifeline for Kelantan
KOTA BARU: Kelantan Umno is lobbying for RM3bil worth of projects for the state under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), said its chief Datuk Seri Annuar Musa.
He added that the party would set aside its differences with the PAS-led state government to bring rapid development to the east coast state.
It is time to bring development as those victimised by political differences are the people here. Kelantan continues to have high unemployment and a large number of hardcore poor, he observed.
Anuar added that many economic indicators had ranked Kelantan at rockbottom.
If Kelantan continues to suffer from lack of federal attention, it will affect national statistics on socio economic issues such as poverty and prosperity.
Even Sarawak, Sabah and Terengganu which were regarded as backwater states in the past, have overtaken Kelantan, said Annuar before breaking fast with federal department officers here on Monday. Also present was Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.
Asked if PAS was willing to work with Umno, Annuar said it was up to them but Umno would move ahead to develop the state.
He added that the 9MP was crucial for Kelantan as it needed to leapfrog to be on par with other states.
In a related development, Mustapa said Kelantan should receive huge allocations under the 9MP for agriculture since it was the main economic activity. It was also expected to receive huge funding for poverty eradication programmes.
On the delivery of projects under the 9MP, Mustapa said he was confident that the public sector was equipped to implement the projects, unlike previously when there were delays and wastage. //Thestar 19 Oct
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