KUCHING: Any formula for payment of the special federal grant to Sarawak will only be finalised after a technical committee on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) examines the outcome of negotiations between the federal government and the state government, says deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof.
He said the matter had been agreed at the technical committee level, including efforts to formulate a distribution formula for allocations under the Federal Constitution that took into account national interests as well as the rights of Sabah and Sarawak.
“Currently, the finance ministry has already held discussions with Sabah. After this, it will hold discussions with Sarawak. Sarawak already has its own formula, and the federal government is also looking at it from its perspective,” he said.