{
  "id": 17957449,
  "title": "Govt to gazette Sabah grant order by year end, says Amir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/govt-to-gazette-sabah-grant-order-by-year-end-says-amir-17957449",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T11:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/03/govt-to-gazette-sabah-grant-order-by-year-end-says-amir"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan has announced that the government will officially gazette an order by the end of the year to facilitate Sabah's receipt of the remaining RM900 million of its RM1.5 billion special grant. So far, RM600 million has been disbursed, with the balance to be paid once the order is published. Speaking during the debate on the finance ministry's budget allocation for 2027 in the Dewan Rakyat, Amir stated that the order will likely be gazetted before the year's end.\n\nPrime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had previously announced in May that Sabah's annual special grant would be raised from RM600 million to RM1.5 billion. The initial RM600 million was paid on June 12. The RM1.5 billion represents an interim payment while the federal and Sabah governments work out the full amount owed according to the Federal Constitution. Sabah is entitled to 40% of the net increase in federal revenue from the state compared to the amount collected in 1963. However, both governments have yet to agree on the payment amount based on this formula.\n\nMadius Tangau, a member of the Sabah Democratic Party, also asked Amir whether the new order would affect Sabah's constitutional right to the 40% revenue share. Amir assured Madius that the federal government has never denied Sabah's entitlement to this payment.",
  "summary": "The finance minister II says the remaining RM900 million will be paid after the order is gazetted.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}